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Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: YT on January 03, 2016, 09:53:23 AM
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Scilla ingridiae, JJA. 874.009
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Lovely little plant! I'm not familiar with this species. Does it stay on the small side (for Scilla)? Great to see blooming plants and new seedlings in the same pot!
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Lovely little plant! I'm not familiar with this species. Does it stay on the small side (for Scilla)? Great to see blooming plants and new seedlings in the same pot!
Hello Carlo. Yes, this plant stays small for Scilla. See the picture below taken last season. The ruler in the picture is a metric unit.
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Fantastic! I will have to look for seed in the US...anyone?
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it's really a dark and mild day, Scilla messeniaca brings sweet colors
If you're interested by the genius : DIE FRÜHJAHRSBLÜHENDEN SCILLA by FRANZ SPETA
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Scilla bithynica, an easy one
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Scillia messeniaca
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Scillia messeniaca is now if full bloom
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Scilla ingridae taurica, from RRW, a little cuttie :P
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Scilla cilicica - Syria
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The little blues are cute - after all, what's not to like about blue pollen, shown in a great close-up?
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The flower is 16-20mm diam, it's quiet small yes. I repotted it in a new compost elaborated with Wim's piece of land (he'll know) and lots of small sharp grit.
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The little blues are cute - after all, what's not to like about blue pollen, shown in a great close-up?
All beauties Yann, but I find them tricky to distinguish.
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Here is the first Scilla Siberica that blooms for me in the garden. I have carpets annually.
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Scilla puschkinioides - large form
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Hyacinthella reverchonii from RRW
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Scilla armena - Erzican province - TK
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Nice collection, Yann :)
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Scilla mesopotamica, from Janis in 2012
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Scilla winogradowii
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1612/25330600632_a804aeb92c_o_d.jpg)
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I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before - but no harm in repeating it anyway :
"Key To Scilla And Close Relatives
Here is a simple key highlighting the differences between Scilla and its close relatives Chionodoxa (widely accepted as part of Scilla sensu lato as Scilla sect. Chionodoxa), and Puschkinia. No matter what they are called, the species can be difficult to tell apart. This simple guide may be useful in this regard. This was not so much created for taxonomic purposes, but rather for the gardener who wishes to be able to determine what they are growing easier. "
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/KeyToScillaAndCloseRelatives (http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/KeyToScillaAndCloseRelatives)
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Steve nice photo.
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On a recent trip to Peloponnese I came across this muscari in Northern Peloponnese.
Can anyone identify it?
George Papapolymerou
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Muscari pulchellum
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Two forms of Scila peruviana, scilla hyacinthides, muscari muscarimi, Leopoldia cycladica in flower at the moment.
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Thanks Oron
My Muscari muscarimi is also in full growth and is flowering profusely. I have got more than 25 flowering plants. It's been raing hard for 5 days so I haven't got any pictures of it. May be tommorrow or Friday.
In which island is Leopoldia cycladica endemic to? Do you know when it is flowering in the wild?
George Papapolymerou
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George,
L. cycladica is present in most of the Cyclades Islands and in Crete. It blooms in March.
I have 3 different collection, theone i showed earlier is from seeds collected in Santorini.
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Grape hyacinth img. 1010104. Glory of the snow,chionodoxa luciliae img. 1010101. Scilla? species img. 1010108.
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Scilla - sibirica group but not sure of the species
Chionodoxa from a stray bulb I got in a clump of snowdrops from a friend
Scilla bifolia
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At home too, Scilla siberica start to become pretty. They naturalize very well.
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I bought this species as Hyacinthella sp, 3 years ago from Potterton. Now it is flowering well but, it seems to me more like a Muscari sp. Which one, I don't know. Beautiful neverthless.
George
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This is Scilla (Fessia) greilhuberi ex AGS seed 2013.
I like the reflexed tepals in the manner of Scilla rosenii - maybe the flowers
are somewhat smaller.
Gerd
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Scilla peruviana in flower here with me and spreading nicely.
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Scilla peruviana in flower here with me and spreading nicely.
Very nice John - is that outside in the open garden?
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Hi Maggi yes it is, the last few winters have been mild here so I suppose that helps, but it is supposed to be hardy. It is really generous with seeds as well and I sent a lot into the seedex and will again this year most likely, you should get yourself some Maggi and get Ian to germinate them in his bulb house.
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That sounds like a good plan, John. :)
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;D
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it is Scilla season again in the northern hemisphere.
Proposero autumnale (Scilla autumnalis) has been blooming sporadically since July 31
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Scilla scilloides (Barnardia japonica) is in bloom for a week already and
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yesterday i noticed this early black leaved Moroccan Scilla lingulata emerging.
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yesterday i noticed this early black leaved Moroccan Scilla lingulata emerging.
Oh! That is rather different and stunning even before the flowers are out.
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yesterday i noticed this early black leaved Moroccan Scilla lingulata emerging.
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Wow! Worth growing just for the foliage!
Rimmer, is that an open wooden raised bed, or you use it as a covered frame in the winter?
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Rimmer, is that an open wooden raised bed, or you use it as a covered frame in the winter?
it is in a frame made from 2" x 12" boards with a 1/4" sreen on top to keep the chipmunks out. i have in past wrapped the cover with plastic and filled the 2" frame gap with bubble wrap, but this past winter which only got down to about +5F to zero F (-15 to -18C), i did none of that but had a sheet of polycarbonate greenhouse siding place on top with bricks for cold nights below 15F (-10C) and propped it open most of the winter. so i wonder if i really need protection between freezing and 15F (-10C).
most Scilla lingulata get moldy if they freeze and dont have air, that is why i kept the frame open last winter which happened to be very mild for Michigan.
frame pics from last fall
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Thank you Rimmer. I need something like that even for 'regular' small seedlings, just because of the chipmunks >:( I had in mind small PVC arches over the frame, like a miniature greenhouse but your slanted cover is more practical.
Yes, last winter was mild but I'm sure you remember the other previous two of them, so the possibility of adding protection on top is important.
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more pics of frame- snow picture is from 17 March 2015
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More Scilla (Hyacinthoides) lingulata from N. Africa beginning to bloom in a sourh facing frame a few days after a good rain. And the one posted last week as emerging now has a few open flowers.
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S. lingulata is such a beauty!
Thanks for the additional images Rimmer; I've decided to have at least one with the slanted cover (not that I'll start to grow bulbs and such, well maybe a Scilla or two... ??? ::)
Actually, S. scilloides can be grown and flowers well in the open ground in this region.
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The scilliodes and barnardia and prospero and acis autumnal are all grown out side in open sandy beds here for many years.
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Scilla lingulata (Hyacinthoides lingulata) early form in bloom
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Scilla melaina survives in our garden while S. sibrica won't,
cheers
fermi
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Scilla autumnalis, seeds collected on the Lasithi Plateau and sown in 2010, first time in bloom.
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Scilla lingulata alba, so tiny flowers that i didn't it blooming in a corner of the greenhouse.
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Very petite, Yann!
Here we have one of the larger, spring flowering ones making a show:
Scilla peruviana
cheers
fermi
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Scilla lingulata var ciliolata is up and in bloom
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Scilla madeirensis. This plant seems to like to take a year off from blooming