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

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