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Re: Fritillaria 2010
« Reply #360 on: September 10, 2010, 02:30:01 PM »
This, with the little "antlers", is most likely to be F. pontica, Art.

As far as I am aware, F. pontica is the only frit to have bulbs of this shape.
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Re: Fritillaria 2010
« Reply #361 on: September 11, 2010, 11:22:45 PM »
Wouldn't it be great if every species had some unique characteristic which made ID so certain? ::)
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Re: Fritillaria 2010
« Reply #362 on: September 14, 2010, 02:21:57 AM »
Quite a number of Frits out currently .however the two i'm most taken with are F.latifolia --such a wonderful large flower and F. aurea .
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Re: Fritillaria 2010
« Reply #363 on: September 20, 2010, 10:53:40 PM »
There will be bulbs for sale from the collection of the late Jim Archibald at the Fritillaria Group meeting (and AGM) at Wisley on 26th September.... see here :
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=6046.msg166787#msg166787
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Re: Fritillaria 2010
« Reply #364 on: September 21, 2010, 07:13:48 AM »
Quite a number of Frits out currently .however the two i'm most taken with are F.latifolia --such a wonderful large flower and F. aurea .

Dave, I'm taken with these two also (just learnt this expression by a dictionary).

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Re: Fritillaria 2010
« Reply #365 on: October 14, 2010, 08:18:50 AM »
Fritillaria messanensis ssp messanensis, originally from Marcus Harvey about 8 years ago, is flowering well this year,
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Re: Fritillaria 2010
« Reply #366 on: October 14, 2010, 10:19:00 PM »
Looks good Fermi. :)
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Re: Fritillaria 2010
« Reply #367 on: October 15, 2010, 12:02:35 AM »
A friend recently gave me a pot of seed grown Fritillaria persica!
It was in flower a couple of weeks ago,
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Another Fritillaria which has come up without a label (How?! I only planted it in autumn!) and is most likely Fritillaria graeca ssp thessala (from Marcus Harvey) was also in bloom then,
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Re: Fritillaria 2010
« Reply #368 on: October 17, 2010, 01:15:16 AM »
Fermi , here is what I grow as F. graeca ssp. thessala , flowering last week , also a couple of yellows some 3 weeks ago.
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Re: Fritillaria 2010
« Reply #369 on: October 17, 2010, 10:00:52 AM »
Fermi,

Oh that persica!!  Is it as nice in person as it looks in the pictures?  I've never managed to actually see it in person, although I do have young ones coming (very) slowly along.  Congratulations!!
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