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694.100 : NARCISSUS ATLANTICUS Pictures: 23 Mar. 2018
694.100 : NARCISSUS ATLANTICUS * Morocco, High Atlas, above Amizmiz. 2000m. Among scrub, in soft, moist loam. Ex the 1936, E.K. Balls type coll. (A very local plant in the wild &, after almost 70 years, still rare in cultivation, where it is by no means easy to grow. Sweetly scented, creamy white jonquils carried singly on 15cm. stems. Distinct from the N. rupicola group in its deeper, cup-shaped corona & in the arrangement of the anthers.)
590.256 : IRIS KIRKWOODII (Sect. Oncocyclus) * Syria, W of Aleppo, Bishmishli. Rocky outcrops between cultivated fields. Ex R.& R.Wallis 95-09 (From a type-locality collection of this spectacular relative of I. gatesii from around the border of Turkey & Syria. Somewhat intermediate between this and the dark-veined, more southern species centred on I. sofarana. About 30-40cm. tall with huge flowers with tucked-in falls. Standards veined & stippled with violet on a whitish ground. Falls veined with deeper purple. A vigorous plant, possibly needing richer treatment than the Iranian steppe-species.) Seeds from: NEWSLETTER & SEEDLIST / NOVEMBER, 2007 Sowing: Nov. 2008 Germinating: Dec. 2008 Firdt blooming: Apr. 2015 Pictures taken: 05 Apr. 2018 Though this iris was not listed on Nov. 2007 list, they sent me the seeds as a substitute.
690.080 : MUSCARI MCBEATHIANUM (Subgen. Pseudomuscari) * Turkey, Adana, ENE of Tufanbeyli. 1200m. Open areas among Pinus in fine sand. (Racems of open-mouthed, ice-blue to white flowers from porcelain-blue buds on 10cm. stems. A charming, delicate little species we discovered in 1985. Needs careful watering in the alpine-house. Seeds from: NEWSLETTER & SEEDLIST / SEPTEMBER, 2008 Sowing: Nov. 2008 Pictures taken: 02 Apr. 2016
Muscari mcbeathianum, JJA 690.080Pictures: 1st Apr. 2018
342.850 : CROCUS CARTWRIGHTIANUS var. CRETICUS * Greece, Crete, Hania, Akrotiri peninsula, near Falassarna. Growing as a chasmophyte on coastal cliffs. Ex a P. & P. Watt coll. (Dubiously sustainable taxon but from the area of the type-locality, so we keep the name. Silvery exterior.) Seeds from: NEWSLETTER & SEEDLIST / OCTOBER, 2009 Sowing: Feb. 2010 Germinating: Nov. 2010 First blooming: Dec. 2017 Pictures: 25 Nov. 2018
689.270 : MUSCARI DISCOLOR Pictures: 08 Feb. 2019Quote from: YT on December 26, 2015, 01:23:46 PM689.270 : MUSCARI DISCOLOR (Subgen. Botryanthus) * Turkey, Mardin, N of Mardin. 1100m. Among talus on steep limestone slopes. (This is the 'true' plant. Hausshnecht's type-collection was from Mardin & this taxon appears to be restricted to the hills in southern Urfa & Mardin provinces, along the northern edge of the Syrian Desert running towards the Iraqi border. Extreamely early flowering (February with us) & about 10cm. tall with racemes of bicolored, open-mouthed bells, the blackish blue of the base contrasting with the white of the apex, which occupies almost half the length of each flower.) Seeds from: NEWSLETTER & SEEDLIST / SEPTEMBER, 2008 Sowing: Nov. 2008 Germinating: Dec. 2008 First blooming: 05 Feb. 2013 Pictures taken: 26 Dec. 2015
689.270 : MUSCARI DISCOLOR (Subgen. Botryanthus) * Turkey, Mardin, N of Mardin. 1100m. Among talus on steep limestone slopes. (This is the 'true' plant. Hausshnecht's type-collection was from Mardin & this taxon appears to be restricted to the hills in southern Urfa & Mardin provinces, along the northern edge of the Syrian Desert running towards the Iraqi border. Extreamely early flowering (February with us) & about 10cm. tall with racemes of bicolored, open-mouthed bells, the blackish blue of the base contrasting with the white of the apex, which occupies almost half the length of each flower.) Seeds from: NEWSLETTER & SEEDLIST / SEPTEMBER, 2008 Sowing: Nov. 2008 Germinating: Dec. 2008 First blooming: 05 Feb. 2013 Pictures taken: 26 Dec. 2015
