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Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: sokol on January 08, 2018, 05:53:26 PM
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Four winter blooming species are in flower outside.
Colchicum szovitsii
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Colchicum munzurense
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Colchicum/Merendera mirzovae ex Idjevan, Armenia
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Colchicum/Merendera raddeana ex Igueti, Armenia
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Lovely photos Stefan; the Colchicum/Merendera mirzovae looks really sculptural...
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Thanks Gail, probably because of low ligth levels even outside Merendera mirzovae didn't really realize that they were already out of the soil. The petals were stuck together and I had to help to open the flower.
I had the same with Merendera candidissima last year.
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Next two Colchicum before the snow will cover them next week.
Colchicum doerfleri from north of Elassona. The leaves are rather hairy.
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Colchicum hungaricum from Podgorica, MNE. The leaves are hairy just at the margins.
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Colchicum hungaricum
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Colchicum doerfleri
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Small "autumn" flowering colchicum which is self-seeding gently through this bed.
It was originally from the seed exchange as one of the larger species - if anyone knows what it is please let me know!
cheers
fermi
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More flowers from Colchicum NOT bivonae
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fermi
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Some had to wait for some weeks for enough warmth to open their flowers.
Colchicum kesselringii
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Colchicum luteum
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Wonderful photos - a delight to see them all.
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This autumn variety is known in Australia as 'Lilac Major'.
I have asked before if anyone thinks it is 'Lilac Wonder' but no one has commented yet
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fermi
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I am no expert at all, but here 'Lilac Wonder' has very weak stems (or what ever that part is called beneath the flower) and easily falls over. It is not an early flowering variety, more mid or late.
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It is Colchicum byzanthinum, earlyer called C. autumnale Major.
greetings
Sjaak de Groot
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Thank you, Sjaak and Leena,
I'll mention this to my friends who also grow it,
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fermi
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This is the colchicum I got from Marcus Harvey many years ago as Colchicum "atropurpureum" which might be a form of C. cilicium
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fermi
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This Colchicum neapolitanum appears to be a bit elongated - possibly because it's in more shade now,
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fermi
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Some more Colchicum from last sunday.
Colchicum diampolis
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Colchicum luteum
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Colchicum szovitsii
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Among the seedlings of the NOT Colchicum bivonae is one that is staying pale pink even after it has opened
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fermi
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This colchicum was passed around our group as "Mrs Craig's Colchicum" for many years.
Otto and Viv have identified it as a form of Colchicum byzantium
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fermi
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This possibly the hybrid called 'The Giant'
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fermi
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We got this one from a friend as Colchicum autumnale but I'm not sure if it mightn't be a hybrid.
It emerges with pale flowers with just the tips of the petals coloured; as it matures the colour spreads to the entire flower,
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fermi
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Another misnamed one: Colchicum NOT sibthorpiae
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fermi
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Colchicum corsicum grown from seed and planted out long before the Dymondia margaretae overgrew the area!
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fermi
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I grew this Colchicum arenarium from seed sent by Betty Clarke in NZ in 2011; she said she'd originally got it from Mary Evans
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fermi
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A last hurrah from Colchicum "atropurpureum"
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fermi
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Interestingly enough Colchicum cupanii is in flower again - it flowered around this time last year which I thought was because it had been kept dry for too long.
I got this from Jon B ("Minibulb Lover" on this Forum) a few years ago and his were in flower more than a month ago!
cheers
fermi
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nice colors
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Hello everyone. This is my first post here, and it's of the first autumn Colchicum already here, 2-3 months early!
This is Colchicum byzantinum 'Innocence', which opened a few days ago.
Best wishes.
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It’s beautiful, Rob-Rah!
Over near Seattle, some of my Cyclamen hederifolium var album are blooming a few weeks earlier than normal too. It’s been hotter than normal, so I’ve been watering more than normal, and wondered if that might be related.
Welcome from a fellow newcomer! :)
Kelly
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Welcome, Rob-Rah! It's a crazy year, isn't it?
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Two Greek colchicum in flower despite the heat :
colchicum parnassicum
colchicum euboeum
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A pleasant surprise in your sizzling summer, Luc!
cheers
fermi
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Colchicum have started also here.
25 years ago I had thrown some seeds of Colchicum autumnale in my lawn. Meanwhile I have about hundred flowers every year.
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This one I have got as Colchicum borisii. I have found out that it should be a synonyme of Colchicum autumnale but it looks different.
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Recent acquisition: Colchicum kotschyi
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8 years a ago I picked up a rather small bulb from a street south of Monemvassia, Greece. It turned out to be Colchicum sfikasianum that is flowering reliably every year and multiplied well.
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Start of the Autumn-flower-saison with Colchicum spec in 20.8.2018.
This is 3 weeks earlier, as last years here in Döbrichau/Germany/Saxonia
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Colchicum x agrippinum and the lovely Merendera montana to start the season ;D
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I am doing it the other way round, Merendera montana is planted out and Colchicum x agrippinum is still in a pot. Both are still not visible here.
I discovered Colchicum bivonae Giona yesterday.
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I've got the first of the C. agrippinum coming up in the garden now :) I'll post more if they put on a better display over the next weeks.
(that's some handsome fruits of Arum dioscoridis behind the first pic)
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Here's my Colchicum agrippinum roughly within days of the same time last year
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agrippinum is regular as clockwork :D
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Colchicum in the garden.
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Easy to see you're in the south, David - those are miles ahead of ours.
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What? Everytime I look at the weather forecast Aberdeen is bathed in sunshine and they're eating ice cream as fast as they can make it ;D
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That's just a ruse by the Visit Scotland folks, David! The city is overloaded with hotel rooms and since the oil downturn the hoteliers are desperate to attract visitors! Pity none of them thought to try dropping prices!!
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Easy to see you're in the south, David - those are miles ahead of ours.
An interesting remark, Maggi. You might think that the drop in temperature and the rain might trigger the flowers in the north first, but this is not the case. Could it be that they come into spring growth later, so flower later? Do a certain number of days need to pass between leaf growth and flowering?
David, super colchicums!
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We have certainly had a drop in temperatures lately, as well as quite a bit of rain. But only one or two colchicum appearing so far. I must admit I cannot recall exactly when they come into leaf - so your point about the timing from flower to leaf to flower again may well be right on the button. I'll ask Ian if he could work this out from photos of the garden - if not - that's another project to be working on !
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What? Everytime I look at the weather forecast Aberdeen is bathed in sunshine and they're eating ice cream as fast as they can make it ;D
hihi 8)
Here's Colchicum byzantinum
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More and more Colchicum are coming out here.
Colchicum davisii
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Colchicum from Montenegro from self collected seed, any suggestions?
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Colchicum parlatoris from AGS seed
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Colchicum parlatoris from self collected seed at SW-Kefalonia. One flower damaged bei slugs, the following ones not ;D.
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Some more Colchicum.
Colchicum sfikasianum, one bulb has flowered 2 weeks ago, the other three now.
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Colchicum speciosum from the mountains above Trabzon, Turkey.
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I'm not sure of this one i lost label, the white heart makes me think of Neptun...
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Is this Colchicum laetum?
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Colchicum x agrippinum is not difficult and not rare, but for me definitely one of the best for the (rock) garden.
The fact that it flowers together with a Delphinium grandiflorum in its second flowering is an added bonus !
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The Colchicum varieties are over aready, only the wild Colchicum flowers, as the White Alba too.
There additional is a late colchicum comming out!
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Colchicum x agrippinum is not difficult and not rare, but for me definitely one of the best for the (rock) garden.
They are nice, Luc. I have one that flowered earlier, and I thought that it was C. x agrippinum too, but it probably is something else. Does anyone want to guess?
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2 days ago we had fantastic light and all Colchicums were in their prime. Again, I am not sure which hybrids they are and wheter I have C. autumnale or C. speciosum… The hoverflies don't seem to mind!
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The only ones I haven't seen yet is C. 'Harlequin' and C. speciosum 'Album'. They appear to be late here, and a lot less vigorous.
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Colchicum x agrippinum is not difficult and not rare, but for me definitely one of the best for the (rock) garden.
The fact that it flowers together with a Delphinium grandiflorum in its second flowering is an added bonus !
Fantastic pictures... Luc.
By the way.... when you and your botanical friends visited the arctic - alpine - garden in Chemnitz this year, I happened to be there too. I recognized you immediately. ☺
Thomas
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Colchicum Princess Astrid
Colchicum byzantinum Alba
Ants seem to find them very attractive
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Colchicum pusillum, these ones are from Cyprus
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Fantastic pictures... Luc.
By the way.... when you and your botanical friends visited the arctic - alpine - garden in Chemnitz this year, I happened to be there too. I recognized you immediately. ☺
Thomas
Ah.... too bad you didn't come forward, would have been so nice to meet Thomas !
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'Simple' autumnalis here
Gerd
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Not quite as simple, found today on a local site.
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There were others with more than the usual 6 petals. One had 6 and two additional ones of half the size. This one shows 7 petals.
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Colchicum variegatum grown from seed collected on Samos 2013.
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This one shall be Colchicum pusillum, it is from AGS seed. But I am not convinced that this is right.
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Anyone an idea which one this is?
(Maggi, I didn't flip it on the computer, but it is still not right... ???)
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..... fixed for you ! m
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First time blooming in our garden. The foliage throws off many visitors. This combination of an unknown Colchicum variety, and Arisaema candidissimum, seems to have worked out. I had hoped that the Arisaema would have been on its way out, by this time, but it has kept a few guessing ;D
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Bart:
My vote would be Colchicum byzantinum Alba. It has the purple style tips. I've had some with an occasional purple strip down the petal as in one of yours.
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This one shall be Colchicum pusillum, it is from AGS seed. But I am not convinced that this is right.
This is Colchicum pusillum from Agios Kambos on Crete
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Bart:
My vote would be Colchicum byzantinum Alba. It has the purple style tips. I've had some with an occasional purple strip down the petal as in one of yours.
I´d think the same. Sometimes this variety tends to revert to Colchicum byzantinum.
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Excellent! Thank you Arnold and Marietta.
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Colchicum Waterlilie between Heuchera.
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In the wild, 400m from the sea Colchicum autumnale
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Colchicum 'Dick Trotter'
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Colchicum 'Nancy Lindsay'
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Colchicum cousturieri (syn. Colchicum cupanii), so tiny I almost missed it.
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This year, Colchicum ´Dick Trotter´looked unusually pale in my garden, at least the first flush of flowers. Maybe due to the hot, dry summer and early flowering? Now, nine days later, the new flowers look more typical.
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Colchicum 'Waterlily' looking good this year.
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Is that one always late Ralph, all mine are over now?
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same here David, this form is always late.
Colchicum cupanii, a split from Kurt Vickery
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same here David, this form is always late.
Thanks for the reply Yann.
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Is that one always late Ralph, all mine are over now?
Looking back to previous years photographs, David, it seems to bloom at around the same time each year.
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Thanks for the reply Ralph.
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A double Colchicum autumnal is. Not as conspicuous as Water Lily but nice somewhat bicoloured and one of the last to flower, sometimes doesn’t have time before snow comes, anyway I enjoyed it’s flovering in April this year (picture 2). And now in its usual time.
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Lowland populations from Colchicum troodi in flower in Cyprus (pictures from one week ago )
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Near Cedar Valley (elevation : 1100m ) they already have leaves ...
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Colchicum cupanii var. bertolonii
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Flowering since Dec.... but can anyone tell me if this is indeed C. hungaricum (purchased as 'Velebit Star' which it clearly isn't.....)