Jim Waddick wrote: “Yes it does look like a paper white in bloom... a very teensy tiny paper white. If anyone is looking for a floral display, a cut flower or any kind of show, this is NOT the Narcissus for you. I consider it a collector's item that I am done collecting and passing along.” Jim Waddick, this makes me wonder if we are growing the same thing as Narcissus pachybolbus. Yes, the flowers are smaller than those of the paperwhites I know, but they are not that much smaller. And the flowers of what I grow as Narcissus pachybolbus are hardly the smallest Narcissus I know – in fact, the flowers of N. pachybolbus are about three times the size of some daffodils. Long ago Bowles pointed out that the apparent size of the flowers of N. pachybolbus is partly a result of so many flowers being crowded onto a disproportionately stout, long stem. He compared the blooms to those of N. dubius. and noted that on a plant of the stature of N. dubius such blooms do not seem so small. If you want to see “teensy tiny” in Narcissus, look to some of the elfin jonquils! Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone 7 My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/