Narcissus Tete-a-Tete

My little Narcissus Tete-a-Tete were out when we got home from our holiday and seem to be holding up well to all the wind and cold weather. It is a miniature daffodil and flowers earlier than most other ones.

Today is my youngster sons 35th birthday and we spent the day shopping and having lunch together. Tonight we are going out for family a meal at a Chinese restaurant. It has been really cold windy today and I just couldn't get warm, my bug is still there and has gone down into my chest. I am not feeling any worse than yesterday, but not feeling any better either.

Tete-a-Tete is a known allotriploid hybrid – that is a complicated way of saying it has at least two ancestral parents and an extra set of chromosomes compared to most other similar plants. Without a doubt the seed parent was the primary hybrid between N. cyclamineus and N. tazetta ‘Grand Soleil d’Or’, called N. ‘Cyclataz’, an heirloom daffodil variety. What is somewhat unknown is the pollen parent – it either was a crossing with another N. ‘Cyclataz’ or back onto N. cyclamineus. Based on genetic studies, it is well established that both parent species’ chromosomes are present, but since the seed set was spontaneous, we’ll never know the other parent for sure.
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