Colchicums January 2008

[dominique]

Tony, I did not know that Colchicum bivonae could be without white base. All mine are with. Good lesson

[Anthony Darby]

I bought Colchicum minutum from PC over a year ago and he says it flowers with narrow leaves in January. The pic on his website shows no leaves and my plant's leaves are anything but narrow. More on a par with C. cupanii, which are very broad! Any views?

[mark smyth]

By coincidence I photographed mine today using the southish facing widowsil as a photo studio - I must be feeling better! Mine have a full set of leaves with the flowers among them

[mark smyth]

Here you go Anthony, C. minutum. C. jolanthae turned out rubbish and didnt cost £27 the ex guy from Ebay tried to sell them for

[mark smyth]

in my haste to flood the forum with photos I forgot Colchicum kesselringii including one that is almost white. Those in pots are flowering at the same time as those outside in troughs

[Tony Willis]

very nice Mark.

here is a picture of two I forced out today on top of the central heating.We have not had daylight for the last four days and they would just go over without opening. I think the difference in the two colour forms is nice They may be merendera's.They are from Nehmrut dag in the east of Turkey

[hadacekf]

Nice to have a little warm and a break from the winter this week.

Colchicum hungaricum
Colchicum doerfleri
Eranthis hyemalis

[Maggi Young]

Nice to have a little warm and a break from the winter this week.

Indeed that is true, Franz, especially with these flowers to cheer you also.  I am, as ever, most envious of your meadow.

[dominique]

gorgeous pics Franz. I love your C. doerfleri. Thank you. Here Colchicum crocifolium after 3 years of patience. It is not very well opened. Better next days

[Maggi Young]

That is one small colchicum! How pretty! 

[I.S.]

  Yes that is pretty one.
Domnique! I will ask a better picture of that colchicum because c. crocifolium is recorded in my flora but I have never seen it before. I must learn more about it.

 

[Maggi Young]

Ibrahim, if you can source this document it may be of help:
English Title: Morphological and anatomical investigations on some species of Colchicum L. occurring in South East Anatolia, Turkey.
Personal Authors: Akan, H., Satil, F.
Author Affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Art and Science, Harran University, Sanlurfa, Turkey.

Document Title: Journal of Biological Sciences, 2005 (Vol. 5) (No. 4) 402-410

Also this, which you likely know already: http://biow.tubitak.gov.tr/present/taxonForm1.jsp

[Lvandelft]

Today at the weekly Flowershow in Lisse, I saw the two following Colchicums.
Colchicum trigynum
Merendera (Colchicum?) jolanthae

[Lvandelft]

When I came home I just saw the next two plants in my garden.
Because of the rain I did not come out the last two days, but nature goes on...!
Colchicum szovitsii, just in time
Colchicum hungaricum, almost too late. It suffered badly from wind and rain.

[I.S.]

  Maggi thank you very much I have that doccument but still it is very hard to identifie colchicums. The pics help lots to me. 
  Dominique I see some blue balls on your post. Do you nourish your crocuses?