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General Subjects => Alpines => Topic started by: Rick R. on April 12, 2017, 03:53:33 PM
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April 8th, Weaver Dunes Scientific and Natural Area, Minnesota, USA.
This is a wild area where vast amounts of pure sand were deposited by ancient giant rivers from the last ice age. Over the millennia, the winds have constantly shifted the sand, building and deconstructing dunes, and there are still a few small areas of active blowouts. The vegetation is relatively thin in most places, and dune stabilization has been at work for many centuries. This is one of the environments that our native Pulsatilla patens ssp. multifida thrives. If you look hard, they can be seen in the foreground of the first pic.
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In one area, the hillock was stable enough to support a lichen similar to reindeer moss (but cleary, not) and Selaginella rupestris (not pictured).
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Not much else blooming at this time of year there. Common is the little Ranunculus rhomboideus, and Arabidopsis lyrata (not picutred).[attachimg=1]
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Beautiful Pulsatilla, Rick!
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I am very happy to see pictures of Pulsatilla. Especially at the natural location. What a rare sight. Thanks for pointing, Rick. I love Pulsatilla very in every shape.
Here some of today ... other botanical species will follow.
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Very nice Pulsatillas Rick and Leucogenes.
Pulsatilla halleri ssp. slavica - SRGC seed 2014. First flowering.
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Pulsatilla vulgaris in one of its English habitats. Sorry for poor image.
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Beautifully compact and richly coloured Ian. We used to grow a distinct form of P. vulgaris (gotlandica) that Richard Bird gave me seed of, and it is very like the UK plant and seemed to keep that smaller habit in cultivation. There is one little plant of it on the sand bed, just producing a flower - fingers crossed we might be able to collect seed again and grow more.
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I like the gloomy mood in the photo very much, Ian ...
Pulsatilla pratensis ssp. nigricans
Pulsatilla vulgaris ssp. albiflora
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Pulsatilla vulgaris
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Seed for this one was labeled Pulsatilla flavescens. Is Pulsatilla patens ssp. flavescens a synonym?
Pics were taken in evening light. Flowers are slightly more yellow.
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Very nice flowers Rick. Is this from your garden.
I am trying to grow them in my garden. So far not successful.
What kind of culture ? Can you please inform.
Krish
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Seed for this one was labeled Pulsatilla flavescens. Is Pulsatilla patens ssp. flavescens a synonym?
Wish I'd never looked this up in 'The Plant List' ::) . Pulsatilla patens is shown as a synonym of Anemone patens, and P. flavescens as a synonym of Anemome flavescens.
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Seed for this one was labeled Pulsatilla flavescens. Is Pulsatilla patens ssp. flavescens a synonym?
Pics were taken in evening light. Flowers are slightly more yellow.
Looks very vernalis-like to me!!
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Looks very vernalis-like to me!!
Yes, agree, but vernalis keeps the old, green leaves!
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This is my P. flavescens from wild seed, I noticed the flower yesterday
in our meadow garden by searching for the Easter Eggs.
The plant is very old and rather shy flowering, I maybe placed it
at the wrong place
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I had the idea that P. flavescens sent up leaves with the flowers, so I question.....
At this stage, P.vernalis is a strong possibility, but I don't think the foliage is correct if this posting is correct:
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=5290.msg147113#msg147113 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=5290.msg147113#msg147113)
Leaflets are palmately arranged, rather than pinnately. I dug for a foliage pic of mine, and this is all I can find.
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Dang! P. vernalis is missing in Olga Bondareva's priceless Pulsatilla foliage pic
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That foliage is not vernalis, for sure. Wonder if it's a flavescens hybrid?
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Kris, sorry I forgot to answer you...
Yes, the so-labeled "flavescens" is in my garden. It grows in rich clay in full sun. Not exactly the soil one would think it would be happy in, but there is a large White spruce on the north side that keeps the soil dryish. I would guess the quick removal of excess moisture by the tree'roots is the saving attribute.
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This is Pulsatilla tatewakii from Sakhalin (a large Russian island in the North Pacific Ocean). As well as the attractive nodding flowers it has beautiful golden hairs on the leaves. Seed was from Jelitto, sown last year.
Paul
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I'm glad you told us what the plant was, Paul - I nearly thought with all that fur it was a misplaced Pet Photo of a new kitten! ;)
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Paul,
an extraordinary beauty!
Gerd
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Very beautiful Paul. The flowers look quite small. I have one plant of Pulsatilla dahurica grown from seed Olga Bondareva gave me but the flowers are pretty insignificant compared to familiar garden Pasque flowers, and certainly compared to this lovely thing. A wonderful genus to explore.
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A fantastic plant and perfect photos, Paul! incredible how the hairs seem to hang down.
Any pics of when the bracts were still hugging the flower bud?
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very beautiful.
What type of soil does it need Paul?
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The flowers are between 2 and 3 cm diameter. The earliest picture I have of the buds is below - just a snapshot. They have a definite preference for a slightly acidic soil i.e. one with no lime in it. Having said that, some have survived and even flowered in very alkaline conditions outside, but they are clearly not thriving or happy and have made much smaller plants than those in slightly acidic compost. My best plant is in a medium called Sylvagrow which is a blend of fine bark, wood fibre and coir and has a pH of 6.5
Paul
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That's a beautiful growth stage, and more anemone-like foliage, I see. Overall, quite spectacular!
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Differences in two subspecies of Pulsatilla pratensis
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Very dark and very bright form of Pulsatilla pratensis
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Hi Karol - welcome!
Nice comparisons of the pulsatillas.
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A little bit unusually at this season..., however, she blossoms first sometimes with me. Pulsatilla tatewaki.
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My Pulsatilla campanella is also flowering ???
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Hi, a few fotos from springtime. Pavel
Pulsatilla flavescens
Pulsatilla grandis
Pulsatilla subslavica
Pulsatilla turczaninovii
edit by maggi to add plant names
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Lovely set of pictures Pavel.
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Oh. Thanks David.
Pulsatilla armena
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Beautiful Pulsatillas Pavel.
To the rocks indeed! :)