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mark smyth

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Re: Colchicums July 2009
« Reply #15 on: July 27, 2009, 10:15:17 PM »
I hope Colchicums arent coming out early this year. I have plans for a bed for all my big Colchicums and nothing else
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Re: Colchicums July 2009
« Reply #16 on: July 28, 2009, 12:07:35 AM »
Graecum flowers normally in July/August.
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Re: Colchicums July 2009
« Reply #17 on: July 29, 2009, 08:31:52 PM »
Janis , Oron , Franz, thank you for your comments , but it can't be C. cupanii , which I do
 grow and which is an autumnflowering species . The '?C. stevenii' is flowering now[winter]
 and is a larger plant , broader leaves and looks more like C. burtii . Most important is the
fact that the seed was collected in Turkey where cupanii does not grow .
 
  Just spoke to Marcus Harvey in Tasmania ,who together with Norman Stevens collected the
seeds near Antalya , in the area where Crocus mathewii grows., on the road from Kalkan 
 to Elmali , a short distance before the 'Flowery Pass'. Janis you will know where that is .
 
    So we still need a name for it .
       
              Otto.

Regarding the mysterious Colchicum Otto refers, it is C. triphyllum.
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Re: Colchicums July 2009
« Reply #18 on: July 29, 2009, 08:49:20 PM »
Janis , Oron , Franz, thank you for your comments , but it can't be C. cupanii , which I do
 grow and which is an autumnflowering species . The '?C. stevenii' is flowering now[winter]
 and is a larger plant , broader leaves and looks more like C. burtii . Most important is the
fact that the seed was collected in Turkey where cupanii does not grow .
 
  Just spoke to Marcus Harvey in Tasmania ,who together with Norman Stevens collected the
seeds near Antalya , in the area where Crocus mathewii grows., on the road from Kalkan  
 to Elmali , a short distance before the 'Flowery Pass'. Janis you will know where that is .
  
    So we still need a name for it .
      
              Otto.

Regarding the mysterious Colchicum Otto refers, it is C. triphyllum.
Here's the photo again.....C. triphyllum
« Last Edit: July 29, 2009, 09:02:14 PM by Maggi Young »
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Re: Colchicums July 2009
« Reply #19 on: July 29, 2009, 08:54:05 PM »
Thanks Maggi.
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Re: Colchicums July 2009
« Reply #20 on: July 29, 2009, 09:01:50 PM »
My pleasure, Oron.  :)
Seems easier to have he photo near the name.... and Mark is also seeking an ID so it saves confusion with that.
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Re: Colchicums July 2009
« Reply #21 on: July 30, 2009, 01:22:17 AM »
Maggi , many thanks for putting a name to the Colchicum .
 I had been in contact with Oron last week and we both agreed that it had to be C. triphyllum - it is widespread  in that area .

 The season of the winterflowering Colchicums is coming to the end here - only luteum
 and diampolis still in bloom .
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