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Memorable Topics – Threads and posts that are just too good to lose => Plant Information and Portraits => Topic started by: Maggi Young on September 29, 2020, 02:10:48 PM
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Dimitry Zubov has given permission to share his photos of autumn flowering Colchicum.....
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autumnale
next four : balansae, alpine meadows of SW Turkey
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now onto byzantinum album
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These listed as C. byzantinum forma album
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three pix of Colchicum davisii- a stoloniferous species from S. Turkey
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now two pix of C. filifolium, Spain (Merendera)
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Colchicum kotschyi
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Iran
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Iran
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W. Iran
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C. laetum
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laetum, E Stavropol Kraj, S Russia
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A typical habitat with colchicum
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C. micaceum
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from W. Turkey
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C. rhodopeum
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and
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C. sanguicolle LST 422
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C. speciosum with dark tube.
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C. speciosum - in wild these are matte, C. woronowii, while superficially similar, are shiny
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C. speciosum
C. turcicum from Macedonia, Greece
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C. variegatum Ikaria, Greece
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C. woronowii
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woronowii wild W Transcaucasia and Manych basin
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woronowii - in habitat - darker form
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paler forms
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Now for some cultivars in horticulture ......
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C. autumnale, 'Daendels' & 'Larisa'
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C. autumnale, 'Daendels' , 'Larisa' and 'Nancy Lindsay'
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Daendels, Larisa & Nancy Lindsay
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Larisa and Nancy Lindsay
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Larisa and Nancy Lindsay
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more
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'Daendels' & byzantinum album - showing size comparison
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'Daendels'
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'Daendels'
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'Larisa' & 'Daendels'
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Nancy Lindsay
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'Harlekijn'
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'Harlekijn' & pink-coloured C. kotschyi, W Iran
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C. 'Lilac Wonder'
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'The Giant'
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'The Giant' & C. byzantinum f. alba
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'World Champion Cu'p & byzantinum f. alba
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This is really informative and a good thread. Thank you!
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Thank you, Leena - still a few to come in the Spring flowering thread!