Category: Taxonomy

This is about the naming and relationships between the different narcissus species.

Tête à Tête in the Sierra de las Nieves

   In March I made a trip to Spain looking for narcissus species. I saw many different sites and visited also the Sierra de las Nieves near Ronda, where in  different kown places Narcissus hispanicus and Narcissus assoanus grow. There…

Interesting French daffodil drawings

I found this page at the Chicago Botanic Garden Library some years ago and will excise a few blooms for illustrations in our show schedule which I am putting to bed now. I don’t recall the date of the publication,…

Final Pick

Last week was the last significant pick of daffodils for the season. Just because it was possible a few of these were put in the Canberra iris show. Typically late flowers do poorly here and many from the N. hemisphere…

Paperwhites

Different paperwhites flower here in Canberra from about April to September. Flowering time is influenced by both rainfall and temperature. A couple more paperwhite N. broussonetii seedlings have flowered here and these too have, at best, only slight fertility. The autumn…

zaianicus

Hi Dave, I can’t help you much. I have old photos and no expertise. My photos that include the name ‘zaianicus’ don’t appear to be consistent. They have all been grown from seed so feel free to speculate on the…