Thanks Jane...great read...!! Leigh Blake... Trail, Oregon On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 10:57 AM Jane McGary via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Thanks to Carlos for his travel and excellent photos. It's very > interesting to see examples of what some of these unfamiliar names apply > to. > > Especially unusual and attractive is the hybrid that looks like a deep > yellow N. triandrus, but with twisted outer segments. Would N. rupicola > be involved in that one? I wish more different species flowered here at > the same time, so that more varied hybrids would result. I don't > deliberately cross Narcissus species in my collection, but the bees do > sometimes. Just now the earliest form of N. cantabricus is at the end of > its flowering season, and N. romieuxii is in full flower; N. bulbocodium > forms just starting. Their hybrids are often a pleasing (to me, anyway) > pale yellow. I also have early forms of N. bulbocodium, and I think the > hybrids in which the corona (cup) is more goblet-shaped rather than > funnel-shaped like cantabricus or romieuxii result from crosses with > bulbocodium. I just marked a robust one of this type to save. N. > rupicola and its close relatives flower much later for me, and N. > triandrus even later. > > The early trumpet daffodils are opening quickly in the garden. N. > obvallaris (Tenby daffodil) is scattered in the bulb lawn among the > crocuses. Trumpet daffodils elsewhere in the garden were received as N. > readinganorum and N. baeticus. Some N. jonquilla are opening there too, > and I suppose some N. fernandesii and/or N. cordubensis, which I can't > tell apart. The very tall trumpet received as N. hispanicus looks very > well among some shrubs. At least some of these trumpet species are > lumped in N. pseudonarcissus by some botanists. In the bulb house I see > N. hedraeanthus, N. albimarginatus (yes, hand pollinated this year), and > N. asturiensis. The last also grows on the tufa rock garden. > > Having thrown up my hands at understanding Narcissus taxonomy, I just > label them with the names that came with wild-collected seeds, and > investigate them in various books, with various concepts of the genus, > when they flower. There are none that are not beautiful, and so far all > except some autumnal ones are easily grown with the minimal overhead > cover of the bulb house. The midwinter ones can survive outdoors here in > western Oregon, but the weather ruins their flowers. > > Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>