Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Specific Families and Genera => Amaryllidaceae => Topic started by: fermi de Sousa on February 02, 2018, 01:06:30 AM
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Once again Acis autumnalis opens the Leucojock year for us ;D
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fermi
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A few more Acis autumnalis are in bloom - it seems to be a good season - hopefully I'll manage to collect some seeds!
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fermi
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Leucojum vernum
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Nice clumps Herman
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Nice clumps Herman
Thank you David. They are sowing themselves.
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Hi there,
Very nice clumps. One of my favourites. I grow Acis autumnalis and Acis autumnalis rosea. I find that A. autumnalis does very well with me but I have problems with the rosea form. It seems to be much weaker and definitely not as hardy. I am down to a few bulbs now and have them in the Alpine house to try and bulk them up again. Its shorter in flower and the leaves are slightly broader and tend to be more horizontal. It is a delicate pink when I can get it to flower. May be a separate species?
Alasdair
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Acis autumnalis grows wild here (dunes in Mid West France along the Atlantic ocean) but I have never seen a pink form.
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Acis autumnalis is not a wild species in France, maybe feral population ? (even if I've never heard of this kind of population before). A. autumnalis is from Spain, Portugal and Marocco.
Acis rosea is a different species from A. autumnalis. It is a small species endemic from Corsica and Sardinia
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Acis autumnalis is absent (wild term) from France
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Many thanks Karaba on the info on Acis rosea. I always assumed it was the same species. I have had it for years under autumnalis rosea. It would explain why it doesn't seem to like wet cold winters and why its leaves seem to be flatter an more horizontal. Its a lot shorter in height as well. I will keep it in the alpine house from now on. Hopefully I will be able to bulk them up or perhaps get some seed if they flower. I did have quite a number of bulbs but I am afraid they lay too wet over the last few years. If I get seed I will post on here to see if anyone would like some.
Alasdair
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Nearly 2 months after the first Acis autumnalis var oporantha started in the main rock garden another colony has just started!
These might be the var oporanthum
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fermi
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The original clump of Acis autumnalis is now in seed
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fermi
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Acis trichophylla f. purpurascens :)
No data. From The Alpine Garden Yamakusa, a plant nursery in JP.
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Nice clump Tatsuo. A. trichophylla is the last Acis that is missing here. If someone have some (or will have) some seeds, I would be pleased to sow them ;D (wild origin prefered)
Two other spring Acis
Acis nicaeensis (clump in the frontyard, they are self sowing now !)
Acis nicaeensis (seedlings in pot)
Acis longifolia from Corsica
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My friend Cathy has a very different garden to ours and her Acis tingitana are already starting! No sign of them here
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fermi
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A month after Cathy's Acis tingitana ours are now coming into flower
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fermi
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Spotted three flowers on Acis autumnalis yesterday.
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Just checked this thread for last year. I saw the first Acis autumnalis on July the 2nd last year.
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Just checked this thread for last year. I saw the first Acis autumnalis on July the 2nd last year.
Mercy!!
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Leucojum aestivum, the so called "Summer Snowflake" is in flower here in mid-winter.
In southern Australia it is the most common of these snowflakes/snowdrops and is often offered instead of galanthus by unknowing retailers! If "snowdrops" are offered cheaply you can expect to get these instead!
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fermi
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We got this as Leucojum aestivum 'Gravetye Giant' a large form of the common snowflake
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fermi
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First bulb of the autumn (really?)
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Acis autumnalis var. pulchella
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First bulb of the autumn (really?)
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Acis autumnalis var. pulchella
a fine foto and an interesting time of flowering!
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two 2018 threads merged to here :)
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AA. ionica & rosea have started here (ionica for at least 2 weeks).
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Sorry Maggi! ;D
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Sorry Maggi! ;D
Tee hee! ;D No worries, Yann - these things happen all the time!
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This lovely little plant was sold to me as Acis autumnalis 'Autumn splendour', although I don't know what the 'Autumn splendour' bit is all about! It's come into flower on the rockery now. It's been there a couple of years and is a most delicate-looking little thing.
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Acis valentina has been blooming for a week or so after the frame got soaked in a thunderstorm.
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Acis ionica today.
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A nice potful of Acis autumnalis var. dispathaceus.
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Nice pictures !
Can I ask you if all the stem flowers have 2 spathes and if this is really 2 spathes or one spathe split in 2 by the pedicel ?
The reason is that I have an old clone (grown for ~20 y) of Acis autumnalis and discovered the var dispathaceus on the forum. Last year, I have a look and found that some of my flowers have 2 spathes (or one splitted in 2) and others only one. This year, none have a splitted spathe ! So, I wonder what is the characteristic of this variety and if it's stable.
With the same kind of idea, I wonder if someone have seen a real difference with the "September snow" cultivar. I've received one supposedly be "september snow" and don't see any differences. I can't say that I'm able to see any difference with the pictures on the web. All the flowers have a diffuse pink at the base of the petal which disappear with age.
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Discovered this Acis trichophylla in flower today but can't remember planting one here - or at least I couldn't find a label.
cheers
fermi
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Nice pictures !
Can I ask you if all the stem flowers have 2 spathes and if this is really 2 spathes or one spathe split in 2 by the pedicel ?
The reason is that I have an old clone (grown for ~20 y) of Acis autumnalis and discovered the var dispathaceus on the forum. Last year, I have a look and found that some of my flowers have 2 spathes (or one splitted in 2) and others only one. This year, none have a splitted spathe ! So, I wonder what is the characteristic of this variety and if it's stable.
With the same kind of idea, I wonder if someone have seen a real difference with the "September snow" cultivar. I've received one supposedly be "september snow" and don't see any differences. I can't say that I'm able to see any difference with the pictures on the web. All the flowers have a diffuse pink at the base of the petal which disappear with age.
I have no idea!
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I have no idea!
At least, this is an answer ! But I also know that others have different var/ssp/cultivar of this species. Did they also have no idea about what are the morphological differences ? ;)
I have one more question : what distinguish var/ssp. oporanthus except that it is from N Africa ? https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/AcisOverview (http://[url=https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/AcisOverview)]Pacific bulbs society wiki [/url] is not very clear about this exept that pulchellum and oporanthus are no longer considered to be worthy of variety status.
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A big colony of Acis autumnalis in flower right now here in Portugal.
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Jaime,
Thank you for these magnificent pics. They raise the desire to go south.
Gerd
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Jaime,
Thank you for these magnificent pics. They raise the desire to go south.
Gerd
Thank you Gerd, they are still going, but Autumn's first rains have demaged many of them.
I love Acis, such a sweet bulb.
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A big colony of Acis autumnalis in flower right now here in Portugal.
Wow - one of my favourite bulbs - thanks for posting
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surprise today in the greenhouse, Acis tingitana has started to bloom. Pure white and perfect shapes
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Very nice Yann. It's flowering here too.
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Mine didn't start flowering before January 15th and the last flower just fade away. It was the first time that it bloomed here :)