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Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: Maggi Young on April 01, 2021, 10:38:26 AM
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Janis shares many photos with us in the forum and this thread shows images from his bulb collection in March 2021. (The crocus are shown in the Crocus section.) The comments are from Janis.
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The earliest of daffodils always is this Narcissus bulbocodium of unknown origin - from where it came in my collection, I have no idea, but I'm growing it for very long time and for years it grew even outside, although then bloomed less abundantly.
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Outside perennial garden this morning - 4th March
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Gymnospermium albertii from Uzbekistan
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Tulipa cf. biflora 12KZ-090 - from Kazahstan
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Is it some succulent? No, Bellevalia cyanopoda from Iran comes out.
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According to the last publication, this one must be labeled as Iris popovii (according to the place, where it was collected), but I'm not sure about correctness of identification, although name was given by Tony Hall and Arnis Seisums.
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Anemone banketovii clone
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Anemone blanda 'Radar' - one of very few cultivars grown in my collection.
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Anemone caucasica
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Anemone heldreichii from Crete
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Anemone petiolulosa x tschernjajevii - Tadjikistan
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A snowdrop from my small collection - Galanthus graecus from Chios Island, Greece.
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Hyacinthella sirtensis - Turkey, near Siirt
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Another colour form of Hyacinthella sirtensis
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Colchicum brachyphyllum from Gothenburg BG
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Iris rosenbachiana from Harangon
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Another colour form of Iris rosenbachiana Harangon with white anthers.
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Colchicum szovitsii Tivi from Armenia has so large flowers, that sometimes I'm doubtful - is it szovitsii at all. Good grower in outside garden where is selfsowing.
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Colchicum szovitsii LST-167
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Colchicum vernum - very impressive now in buds 8th March
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Colchicum wendelboi Iran - from Jim Archibald
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Collected as Narcissus munnozii-garmendiae from Portugal, Porto de Sentinele, on rocks at mountain top. Could be N. confusum.
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Corydalis hrcana 16IRS-082 - darkest red, known from one gorge in Iran, doesn't like complete drying out in summer.
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Corydalis hyrcana- very rare species from Iran with perennial tubers, , so can be multiplied only by seeds. I have 2 tubers and tried to pollinate it this season.
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Corydalis malkensis - N Caucasus
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Corydalis malkensis - N. Caucasus
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This one was grown up from seeds received as Corydalis malkensis -it's not - should be white and with large flowers.
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Corydalis maracandica - Tahta-Karacha pass Uzbekistan
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Corydalis sewerzowii
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Corydalis solida 'Sura Yogi' I got last autumn from Sulev Savisaar
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Corydalis x Cosmic Rainbow was found as accidental seedling of unknown origin by Henrik Zetterlund in Gothenburg BG
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Darkest pink form of Scilla bifolia received by me from Chris Brickell and later named after him as 'Chris' Favourite'
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Dwarf form of Anemone coronaria JATU-052 from Turkey, NW Antalya
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Earliest between Erythronium dens-canis is form from vicinity of Lipcha in Eastern Karpathian mountains, W Ukraine.(22 march)
(note by maggi: Images are not in time order, as you will likely guess!)
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Eranthis hyemalis 'Aurantiaca'
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Eranthis hyemalis blooming in garden
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Eranthis hyemalis Flore Plena
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Eranthis longistipitata - Uzbekistan
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Erythronium caucasicum - Georgia
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Erythronium dens-canis from Rožňava in eastern Slovakia ( probably! )
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This year the first Fritillaria which started blooming is this F. zagrica from Iran.
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Fessia - was Scilla- hohenackeri WHIR-124 from Iran
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Fessia khorasanica - - although in wild it has only one spike, in cultivation number of spikes increase up to 2-3.
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Fessia olangensis 16IRS-152 was described and published by me and Dimitry Zubov from Olang gorge in Iran ......
Fessia olangensis (Asparagaceae): a new species of squill from Golestan Province, NE Iran described by Dimitri Zubov, Dr. biol. Janis Rukšāns, Dr. biol. h.c.
Published in International Rock Gardener (IRG 113), May 2019, pages 51-69. http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2019May311559296345IRG113.pdf
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Fessia sp. from Iran - could be new species - still not identified.
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Former Chionodoxa now regarded as Scilla albescens
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Fritillaria alburyana Kop gec, Turkey - dwarf but with huge flower.
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Fritillaria armena
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Fritillaria assyriaca WHIR-189 from Iran
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Fritillaria aurea
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Fritillaria baisunensis - Baisun Tau, Uzbekistan - easy separable from F. bucharica by undulated leaves and black anthers - in F. bucharica anthers are yellow
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Fritillaria chitralensis - earliest from imperialis group - can't be grown outside where it comes out too early and always is frost damaged.
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Fritillaria serpenticola - Turkey
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Fritillaria stenanthera - from near Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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Fritillaria strausii - Iran
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Galanthus rhizehensis - - the smallest of snowdrops in my collection (I'm not snowdrop grower) which I got from Gothenburg BG.
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Gymnospermium albertii - from Chimgan, Uzbekistan
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Gymnospermium scipetarum
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Gymnospermium smirnovii - has the largest flowers and spikes in my collection of Gymnospermiums.
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Gymnospermium smirnowii from Georgia is one of rarest Gymnospermiums
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Hyacinthus litwinowii - Kopet Dag, Iran
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Hyacinthus orientalis RIGA-105 - Turkey
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Hybrid between Corydalis maracandica x unknown species - it's a pity, but species from this group don't increase by tuber splitting
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Hybrid between Corydalis paczoskii and Corydalis solida 'Hocus Pocus'
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Hybrid between Corydalis schanginii and C. ainae 'Apricotin' - raised by Augis Dambrauskas, Lithuania.
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Iris aucheri 'Indigo King' This is unusually short this spring-this relates to all I. aucheri forms grown by me this spring- although usually is around 50 cm tall.
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Iris aucheri 'Leylek Ice' - Turkey, selected and named in Gothenburg BG
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Iris aucheri 'Snowflake' - from Gothenburg BG
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Narcissus cyclamineus from Portugal where it grew on riverbanks, occasionally even covered by water.
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Iris cf. reticulata from Semnan, Iran, but may be from Turkey - it's not my gathering.
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Iris hyrcana - Talish, Aserbaijan
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Iris occinica - Uzbekistan, Aksakatasai, not far from Tashkent
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Iris pskemense was found by me and Arnis Seisums in mountains over vill. Pskem, Uzbekistan and named by me.
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Iris reticulata - very light form from Armenia
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Iris reticulata seedling- of huge size - 1.5 times larger by flower size and by height than any other reticulata iris known by me.
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Iris rosenbachiana from Harangon
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Iris rosenbachiana Varzob
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Iris sisianica - unique between reticulatas as forming side growing stolones with large bulbs at tips. Found in Armenia by Dima Zubov and Leonid Bondarenko.
Iris sisianica Zubov & Bondarenko, Int. Rock Gard. 99: [23] (2018). Iris sisianica described by Zubov and Bondarenko in the IRG for March 2018 http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2018Mar291522354177IRG100.pdf
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Iris stenophylla RIGA-017 - Turkey
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Hybrid from Crocus gramensis pollinated with C. cf. veluchensis from Serbia
( edit by maggi : oh, a Crocus sneaked in!)
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Iris svetlaneae hybrid from bee pollinated seeds of Iris svetlaneae
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Iris willmottiana from Kara-tau mountains
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Iris winogradowii is almost extinct in the wild. Those are seedlings from original stock presented to me (Janis) by Dr. George Rodionenko.
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Iris winogradowii - the first flower opening on 15 th march
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Iris zagrica - from Zagros Mountains, Iran - from locus classicus
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John Grimshaw's selection of Crocus tommasinianus
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Muscari sp. WHIR-036 - collected as M. leucostomum in Iran, on Kuh-e Hazar Masjed ridge, between Emam Qoli and Kabkan, after the pass at 1670m
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Last flowers of Iris pskemense
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Muscari polyanthum - regarded by some as synonym of M. armeniacum but it is very different - forming much wider leaves only in spring and growing in different ecological conditions
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Most unusual and most beautiful form of Muscari cf. discolor named as "sausage form"
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Muscari discolor sausage form - pity, I lost origin of this unusual beauty. Label was lost and can't find in my files from where it came and where it was collected.
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Narcissus calcicola 15PTS-002 from Portugal
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This beautiful wild hybrid named as Narcissus x susannae was collected in Portugal
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New in my collection Ficaria verna Aurantiacus
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Scilla cf. caucasica from Georgia and Armenia has very dark, purplish shaded leaves - could be new species
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Puschkinia bilgineri published by Turkish botanists and only 12 days later by me as P. kurdica
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Puschkinia scilloides alba 14ARM-042 - from Armenia
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Puschkinia scilloides from Alaverdi, Armenia
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Puschkinia scilloides from Hustup, Armenia
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Ranunculus ficaria Alba Plena
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Romulea bulbocodium 12-001B from near vil. Ossa, Vertisko Ridge, Greek Macedonia
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Romulea bulbocodium ENE Larissa, Greece
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Romulea bulbocodium from Karpathos Island, Greece
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Romulea clusiana from Morocco
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Romulea crocea from Turkey was the first Romulea sp. seen by me in wild.
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Romulea sp. from Karpathos Island Greece
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Scilla bifolia JATU-010 from Turkey
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Scilla bifolia R2CV-057 - Turkey
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Scilla hohenackeri
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Scilla leepii BATM-278 - Turkey
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Scilla libanotica from N of Beirut Lebanon
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Scilla mischtenkoana from heights over Megri, Armenia - earliest of Scillas. Thank you, Dima!
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Scilla siberica Alba - from Ukraine 2
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Scilla siberica Alba - from Ukraine, slightly pinkish toned and much earlier than Dutch Scilla siberica Alba
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Spring blooming Colchicums
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Sternbergia fischeriana - Armenia Karabah
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Tulipa biflora aff 12KZ-059 from Kazahstan, S end of Dzhungarian Alatau. Very salted soils, desert. alt. 879 m.
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Tulipa kaufmanniana seedling with semi-double flowers -Latvian Juris Egle raised Tulipa kaufmanniana seedling with semi-double flowers - 'Pārsteigums'
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Tulipa kurdica - from Iraq Kurdistan
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Thanks for posting these beauties Maggi. Do you know is Janis still selling to the UK? Between Brexit and the Latvian business regulations it's quite hard to work out whether we can order anything, and if so when! ???