Fritillaria 2012

[Alex]

I don't think anyone else has started this, so....

Fritillaria striata (including a view inside the flower to show the markings), F. ariana (an Ok form, unfortunately the really beautiful form I had rotted over Summer and I never got fertile seed from it) and F. chitralensis from Janis, which seems to be opening a little prematurely. This afflicts a few Frits (like F. alburyana) in my relatively warm greenhouse.

Alex


 {edit by maggi to turn photo (last)  of inside of Frit. striata flower}

[Maggi Young]

I covet that striata, Alex... it is gorgeous. Super pictures.

Quite a few of the frits will try to flower too soon ( even underground in the case of alburyana) if they are too "cosy".
Try keeping them cooler and only bringing them into warmer conditions when the leaf growth is well begun.

I must complain to you though  .... your glasshouse is SO clean and tidy  .... you're making us look bad! 

[PeterT]

My sympathy goes out to you Maggie I covet the striata too 
A lovely set Alex, it will be another week or two before I have any frits in flower.

[Alex]

I wish the striata would put out offsets like liliacea and co. do, but 6 years and nothing. No seed either.

I'd *love* to get hold of another, or even some pollen to try for seed. I am so keen to propagate it, I'm thinking of taking a few scales off the bulb this Summer, but I don't think I'm brave enough.

[Maggi Young]

I wish the striata would put out offsets like liliacea and co. do, but 6 years and nothing. No seed either.

I'd *love* to get hold of another, or even some pollen to try for seed. I am so keen to propagate it, I'm thinking of taking a few scales off the bulb this Summer, but I don't think I'm brave enough.

Ian's chitralensis was like that for years.  Did give some seed but resolutely refused to split. I can't remember now if he did finally score the base... but it did eventually split.

[PeterT]

Raddeana did the same here, the bulb just kept getting bigger. I stored some big pots of dormant bulbs in a "borrowed " green house one Summer. The owner of the greenhouse stuck canes into the pots to support her tomato plants. Right through the bulb. It divided into three and flowerd the following spring. I dont borrow that green house any more though!

[ronm]

 ;D

[Maggi Young]

Bright and early to have frits in february.

Welcome to the SRGC Ron!

[ronm]

 

[Peppa]

Wow, nice collection Alex!

Ron, your F. koidzumiana is very cute! I just sowed some seeds this year; I was surprised that the seeds looked a bit different from other Fritillaria that I know. Very small... They were dried seeds, so I'm not expecting a lot, but if I would get some to germinate, I would be very happy! Has anybody had good luck with dried Japanese Fritillaria seeds?

[ronm]

 

[Peppa]

Hi Ron, I hope your plants will set seed for you! Please keep me posted on how they do!

I have got lots of germination from five-year-old Erythronium oregonum seeds right now and (unexpectedly) I also have quite a few seeds from F. eastwoodiae collected in 2005 and sowed last fall that are also germinating. I know Japanese Fritillaria seeds don't like to be dry, and maybe the fact that my old seeds are germinating is just random luck, but I'm hoping it will happen again!

[ronm]

 

[Peppa]

Thanks for the info about F. eastwoodiae, Ron! I love lots of plants but Fritillaria is one of my favorites, so I would very much appreciate your input!

[ronm]

Are you a member of the Frit Group Peppa?