Sternbergia 2015

[Matt T]

Oh yeah, forgetting that   
Maybe it will set some seed though.
M

[Pauli]

Sternbergia sicula "Pantokrator" after an almost mediterranean summer

[Maggi Young]

A huge patch of sunshine!

[Roma]

Sternbergia sicula "Pantokrator" after an almost mediterranean summer

Wow

[pehe]

Sternbergia sicula "Pantokrator" after an almost mediterranean summer

Very impressing, Herbert!

Poul

[krisderaeymaeker]

Sternbergia sicula "Pantokrator" after an almost mediterranean summer

What a great form ....

Doing very good here in the garden to .....(many thanks to the fine people who share a few bulbs)

[krisderaeymaeker]

The one I grow for more years in the rockgarden and sure an old favorite ..... 'Arcadian Sun '

[krisderaeymaeker]

One more ....

[Matt T]

Hi John,
I picked it up as S. lutea, but the leaves are more like those of S.sicula. I suspect that it may be the plant known as S. lutea var. angustifolia (or 'Angustifolia' if you prefer). The identity of that plant is unclear and might be a hybrid, but it seems to be the easiest and most reliable. I'll post a pic when it's out - ...

She's out and enjoying the sunshine!

I also have a flower out on a recently acquired plant purporting to be S. greuteriana (third photo). I doesn't look like the plants I've seen in the wild and I think it's S. sicula. Opinions?

[udo]

Two several forms from Sternbergia sicula,
the great is from Greece Mainland, the smaller from Crete

[Matt T]

Just a few steps down the kalderimi/mule track and we were finding more interesting specimens ... Then a couple of flowers that seem to me to clearly be Sternbergia colchiciflora (31) ...

Quote from post here

This has been bugging me today. I'm pretty certain that this is S. colchiciflora, but I can't find any sources (online or books I have here) to confirm that it occurs on Crete, i.e.: http://e-monocot.org/taxon/urn:kew.org:wcs:taxon:288134

Any thoughts on whether my ID is correct, sources confirming a distribution that includes Crete or has anyone else seen this species on Crete themselves? Thanks.

[ikizzeki]

Does S. Lutea set seeds? In my garden and around there are so many of them but I havent seen their seeds.
And the rain came only two days before , so just nothing there..

[udo]

Matt,
why should the Sternbergia colchiciflora be?
Nevertheless, one already sees foliage sheets, it is certain greuteriana or sicula.

ikizzeki,
with me attaches Sternbergia lutea even very few seed, Sternbergia sicula against it really well.

[Matt T]

Thanks, Dirk. I was wondering if it was perhaps S. greuteriana due to the leaves starting to show at flowering.

[Yann]

A nice surprise this morning, Sternbergia lutea greuteriana is blooming