LEWISIA-2014

[Luc Gilgemyn]

David,

I will post some photos of our wild Lewisias when I get a chance. In the Salmon Mountains I've seen Lewisia cotyledon growing by the thousands in the forest duff, not the site one would except! There are other species local to our area.

I never get to Eastern Washington these days to see the L. tweedyi. 

Luc,

Very nice red Lewisia. What sort of blooming season do you have with your climatic conditions?

Thanks Robert !
Actually, it's flowering extremely early this year because of the "warm" winter we had - normally it would be flowering mid-May

[Robert]

Luc,

Our winter has been very mild too, with many plants blooming much sooner than average.

[astragalus]

Luc, that's a very nice red  L.cotyledon.

[David Nicholson]

A yellow cotyledon grown from Ashwood yellow seed sown 15/10/13 and Lewisia congdonii which is quite tall growing and difficult to photograph

[Maggi Young]

Yes,  with taller stems and little flowers it will be a challenge to photograph Lewisia congdonii well.
Nice thing, though.

[Mark Griffiths]

just found this thread, love the lemon tweedyii. I have a white one from seed first time flowering plus a rosea. Managed to lose all the buds on my typical plant, must have got it too dry I guess.

[Robert]

A few more Lewisias:

1. A nice orange-yellow L. cotyledon.

2. Lewisia cotyledon heckneri. Typical flower coloration for L. cotyledon. The foliage is a bit different.

3. Lewisia cantelovii is a local endemic growing in the Yuba River and Feather River canyons on north facing cliff faces. I remember gather seed of the plant photographed on the South Fork of the Yuba River. The river was way down there!

[Roma]

First flower this year on Lewisia rediviva

[Peter II]

Lewisia pygmaea

[Menai]

I acquired this as L. nevadensis but it looks very like your pygmaea. I believe they do hybridise. Should I correct my label?
Thanks

Erle

Anglesey

[Martinr]

Should I correct my label?

In a word...Yes. Looks like L. pygmaea to me as well. L nevadensis is white, unless of course you get the 'rosea' form, and in both cases the flowers are bigger and held upright.

Cheers

[Graeme]

Okay here we go -

Lewisia 'Archangel' - very dainty

Lewisia 'Goulds Hybrid' - my favourite lewisia - the flower spikes are quite tall but it is a copper/yellow colour with red veins - it could have done with a little shade which intensify's the colour

Lewisia 'George Henley' - this is just hanging on at the moment so only showing the flower

[Roma]

Lewisia rediviva

[Maggi Young]

Exquisite aren't they, Roma?  Real stars of a genus which has a lot of goodies.

[David Nicholson]

Lewisia columbiana 'Alba'. A 'rangy' little plant and not easy to photograph in the whole.

Two variations of yellow L. cotyledon from Ashwood yellow seed.

L. cotyledon from Ashwood red seed.