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Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: PeterT on January 28, 2012, 05:55:37 PM
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The Corydalis are underway here; Corydalis popovii in a pink spurred form is the first for me this year
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Gorgeous! Did you grow it from seed?
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C. popovii is very easy from seed and very long-lived if allowed to dry thoroughly in the dormant period. Mine has not set seed but it may be available from the Czech collectors.
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Gorgeous! Did you grow it from seed?
Not this plant, but I have others from seed. If you want to grow Corydalis from seed it is important to get fresh seed. old seed germinates very badly.
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Not this plant, but I have others from seed. If you want to grow Corydalis from seed it is important to get fresh seed. old seed germinates very badly.
Definitely could be the problem for me. I've tried seed from exchanges years ago and no germination. :(
C. popovii is very easy from seed and very long-lived if allowed to dry thoroughly in the dormant period. Mine has not set seed but it may be available from the Czech collectors.
Thank you Lesley. I'll check into this suggestion.
Julie
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You can contact me in a few months, - I may have seed.
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Thank you Peter - I will put a note on my calendar to check back with you.
If you'd like something in trade, I plan to collect seed like mad this year. ;D
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;) :)
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A few Corydalis just starting here: C. schanginii ainae and C. popovii.
Alex
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A nice whie spurred popovii Alex. I have not noticed any shangii her yet.
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Some more: C. sewerzowii and something sent to me as 'sp. Afghanistan' about 9 years ago. Can anybody shed light on its identity?
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Alex,
Your unknown corydalis is very pretty. However, your sewerzowii is awesome, such gorgeous blue leaves! :o
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Thanks to Peter T I have some corydalis in bud or flower.
This is corydalis henrikii
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Glad it is doing well Arthur. The picture I took, today, of my plant is badly over exposed. I prefer pre digital photography but I am on a learning curve now...
Corydalis aitchisonii is flowering here now, also popovii forms and maracandica. I seem to have a number of maracandica and ?ledebouriana seedlings flowering in the sand too...
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Alex, your Afghan Corydalis looks like ledebouriana to me, though I am no expert. It is the angle of the flowers to the stem...
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Peter, does this look any better for your C. maracandica?
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Thanks Maggie :-* and now the Corydalis henrikii is visible behind it :) , the pot which Arthur's came from. It is actually quite a strong pink.
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C. popovii is very easy from seed and very long-lived if allowed to dry thoroughly in the dormant period. Mine has not set seed but it may be available from the Czech collectors.
Peter , I just came across Lesley's comment ,that C. popovii is long-lived . My first plant of this beautyful species ,I raised from seed sown in 1961 and it lived to the ripe old age of 35 years .
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Gorgeous! Did you grow it from seed?
Not this plant, but I have others from seed. If you want to grow Corydalis from seed it is important to get fresh seed. old seed germinates very badly.
I know from personal experience that you are right about the woodlanders but do you know whether it is true also for the "bulb belt" species?
Göte
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Yes Gote, I grow mainly the drier 'bulbs'. Spring sowing from the year before - exchanges etc gives very few plants and they sometimes germinate only one each year. I sent Lesley seeds I had kept for some months. They had been stored in a damp room over summer - not a fridge! Perhaps she could comment on their germination?
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Yes Gote, I grow mainly the drier 'bulbs'. Spring sowing from the year before - exchanges etc gives very few plants and they sometimes germinate only one each year. I sent Lesley seeds I had kept for some months. They had been stored in a damp room over summer - not a fridge! Perhaps she could comment on their germination?
Well Peter, there goes my hope :'( Thank you anyway, bad news are also news
Göte
PS more then 20 cm ice on the lake today, Excellent skating.
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Wish I was there, do you do figures?
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Wish I was there, do you do figures?
Nope, I am a very bad skater and my skates are of the type that is long and low and fits normal treking boots. Hjälmaren is "my lake" so there is spade to go trekking on skates, having picknicks on islands and generally enjoy the winter nature.
Göte
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I have a pair of these blades (pond skates) too 8) ....but mostly I dance in modern figure blades :-X
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Peter, something of each species you sent, germinated (down now of course). A couple germinated quite well, a couple others just one or two but I still hope there may be some this coming spring. Martin B sent me seed of solida forms and that germinated over 3 years!
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Thanks Lesley. Many are not supposed to be self fertile so keep a gene pool of each!
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Corydalis solida 'White Swallow' in the frame
Corydalis malkensis and a Corydalis solida seedling in the garden
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I love C. malkensis, especially as it did an impersonation of Topsy, for me. ;D
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This little fellow keeps popping up in various pots and around the garden.
I believe it's Corydalis aurea but await to be corrected ;D
It didn't take long to be corrected to Corydalis cheilanthifolia
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May be Corydalis cheilidonifolia,matey.
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May be Corydalis cheilidonifolia,matey.
Darn..... aurea is easier to type ::)
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May be Corydalis cheilidonifolia,matey.
Darn..... aurea is easier to type ::)
;D ;D ;D ;D
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It's cheilanthifolia, isn't it?
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It's cheilanthifolia, isn't it?
Martin your right Fred aurea is easier ;D ;D
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It's cheilanthifolia, isn't it?
Yes
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Corydalis cheilanthifolia is an easy one for zone 4 gardens.
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C. sewerzowii today, more mature flowers than last time I showed it with a nice reddish infusion.
Peter, I love your C. aitchisonii. Might you have any tubers or seeds for swap anytime soon?
Alex
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Alas Alex I only have one flowering plant, not sure if I have any seedlings but would be very glad of a second plant myself. Very nice sewerzowii, I did obtain some seeds of that and am hoping for flowers next year....
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Corydalis macrocentra
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Corydalis sewertzovii
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Corydalis popovii
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Fantastic Jan!
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Corydalis sewertzovii dark form , rare
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If I had seen this I would not have shared my seedlings before flowering... :-\
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Corydalis sewerzovii - classical form
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Corydalis sewertzovii - yellow form
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Corydalis sewertzovii dark form , rare
:o :o :o WOW
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Corydalis repens in the garden
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Fantastic pictures Jan.
I was going to ask how you did it but I see that you garden in Samarkand which would give you some advantage over me.
How cold are your winters?
Göte
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Thank you, I live in Europe 6 months and 6 months in Central Asia. Now I'm in Europe
Winter in Europe and in Samarkand is the same.
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Jan, are you Jan Jilek? If so I had some seeds from you a few years ago and had a lot of success with them but them lost your contact details. If you do a seed catalogue I would appreciate receiving the next one please.
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Hi Jan,
So are the plants that we see in these pictures growing in Europe? What happens with them when you head for Central Asia (I presume in the Summer)?
Alex
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Hi Jan,
So are the plants that we see in these pictures growing in Europe? What happens with them when you head for Central Asia (I presume in the Summer)?
Alex
Yes, the photos are from Europe. In the summer of sleeping plants in the country until November
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Jan, are you Jan Jilek? If so I had some seeds from you a few years ago and had a lot of success with them but them lost your contact details. If you do a seed catalogue I would appreciate receiving the next one please.
Yes, it's me. ;D
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Jan
Do you still have an on-line seed catalogue and also a bulb catalogue?
When will you be publishing 2012 lists - As you can see from the many questions on the Forum there is a pent up demand.
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Jan
Do you still have an on-line seed catalogue and also a bulb catalogue?
When will you be publishing 2012 lists - As you can see from the many questions on the Forum there is a pent up demand.
Bulbs and seeds from the Far East I will be sending in May-June. From the Central Asia in July.
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Jan has sent me his Online catalogue including seeds and I'll have to buy a lottery ticket, something I never do but just this once.....
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Jan has sent me his Online catalogue including seeds and I'll have to buy a lottery ticket, something I never do but just this once.....
Good luck Lesley ;D ;D ;D
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Bulbs and seeds from the Far East I will be sending in May-June. From the Central Asia in July.
Jan - I would love to have a copy of the catalog too please. ;D
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Hi everyone, just a couple of photos from the garden here. Nothing special but they give me alot of satisfaction. The "beth evans" was bought as 5 tubers about 18 months ago and looked a bit sparse last season, but as you can see it has bulked up well and now makes a nice show. The malkensis is a little behind but also doing well. I have had this in a pot for several years and have numerous babies coming up all over the place :) :) :) - including those in the third picture. I wasnt sure how these would cope with my heavy, cold, wet soil but they have obviously not been troubled. Time to try some other species and types...
Chris
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A few corydalis out in the rockgarden.
Corydalis angustifolius "Talish Dawn"
Corydalis caucasica alba
Corydalis decipiens
Corydalis henrickii
Corydalis tauricola x caucasica alba
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And a few solida types:
Corydalis solida "Dieter Schacht"
Corydalis solida "Evening Shade"
A purple-blue solida seedling
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Two years ago I got a pack of 100 corydalis from Augi's Bulbs. Here are a few of the results. All unnamed....
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I could well be in danger of another obsession ;D
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I could well be in danger of another obsession ;D
Ditto!!
Love them all 8)
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I could well be in danger of another obsession ;D
I think I am already there.
Lovely photos Luc, Chris. Chris have you got 100 still, all different colours? Sounds wonderfull.
Chris
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Two Corydalis which were flowering here today:
Corydalis solida 'Falls of Nimrodel'
Corydalis solida 'Frodo'
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ChrisD -I haven't exactly counted them, and I got substantially more than 100 at the time, but I'm sure there are that many, all in one bed. Many are the traditional purple of course, but its a mix and it looks glorious at the moment. I've tried photographing the bed, but none of my efforts do it justice. I'm planning to get more now, they really cheer me up....
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Ah, if only I could keep the bulbous Corydalis alive here. :'( I've tried a number of times, and failed every time. I still have some seedlings coming along, but they don't do a lot. Just too hot and dry here in Summer I think?
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I know little about the requirements of them but here they are doing extremely well. I don't bury them very deep at all, almost on the surface when I plant them and they do ok. I'm on very free draining sandy soil. The bed they are in has a laurel hedge not far away and it keeps the bed in shade from Nov to Feb. We've had very little rain here this winter. Last winter we had several feet of snow though, and I really do think the snowmelt had something to do with how well they've performed this year.
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How wonderful Chris, to be able to buy a packet of 100! and a really good selection of colours and habits too. Yes, I'd be buting more too, given the chance. :D
I really like your dark blue last picture Luc, a beautiful, rich colour. :)
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Going through my "surplus" pots today, trying to sort out those which need not be watered when the hose ban comes in next month, I found the only "blue" Corydalis I have left is Blue Panda. No elata or its hybrids; even that one so good in Aberdeen has gone. I can't be sure they were still there at the end of summer so maybe not the winter that did it.
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They may have fared better in the garden, Brian, than in pots.
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Guess what I found today. At the top of the garden, where it got trampled under the snow by the fire brigade putting out an inconsiderate neighbours out of control bonfire; a pot on its side, of 'Craighton Blue'. Maybe being on its side helped it survive. Thought I had another pot somewhere. :D
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Corydalis sp. nov. ex Baoxing
Corydalis sp. nov. ex Hailuogou
Corydalis pseudoincisa
Corydalis angustifolia 'Talish Dawn'
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Wow - those first two are beautiful!
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I agree - magnificent, especially the first.
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Nice corydalis from all, here some pictures from the last days in my garden.
Corydalis integra
malkensis
solida ssp.transsylvanica
`` 'White Swallow', a early white form
wendelboi 'Abant Wine'
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I just love C. malkensis. I love the colour, greeny thru' white and the compactness and the wide laminae(?) and I love that I had an accidental one last year which gave me 7 seeds. When I put it in a new pot this summer it had become 2 bulbs, so I love it even more. ;D
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Corydalis macrocentra getting going today.
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some new Corydalis in the last days,
Cory. allenii 'Enno'
solida pink
pink-orange
schanginii ssp.schanginii and schanginii ssp.ainae
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Very rare Corydalis repens much improves in cultivation. In nature it has only very few flowers in spike. Here the best form with most marked leaves. Note the size of spike. But in each seedpod usually are only very few seeds - both in nature and in cultivation. When I grew it in garden quite often leaves were damaged by late frosts and spikes never was so magnificent, so now I'm growing it in pots but replace jhem as soon as possible in shaded position out of greenhouse.
Janis
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some Corydalis in the last days:
Cory. ornata
marschalliana in lilac-white and in yellow
solida 'Pinks and Reds'
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Some more Corydalis
chionophila
erdelii
tauricola
triternata
verticillata
zetterlundii
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WOW! Great pictures Janis, keep them coming. I've never seen pictures of chionophylla or verticillata. They're knockouts.
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Amazing pics, Dirk and Janus. Some truly stunning colour combinations in there!! :o
Dirk, that planting out of reds and pinks is mind-blowing to me. I can't even get one of them to grow successfully, let alone that large plot! ;D
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Few days ago visited Augis in Lithuania where saw some wonderful and unusual Corydalis
Two hybrids between kusnetzowii and solida
Very nice hybrid between sewerzovii and popovii (3 pictures)
Corydalis glaucescens from Ihnachsai (I suppose that new species) - my own stock was almost lost, so it was very great pleasure seeing it so well grown in Augis collection.
Janis
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Some more from augis garden
Very unusual Corydalis ledebouriana - flowers are smaller but in very dense and pyramidal inflorescence (Kuk-Ul, wsuppose that from Jilek seeds)
Corydalis nudicaulis - my own and reported as from Afganistan in Augis collection from Jilek seeds with glossy green leaves
Corydalis kamelinii
Corydalis popovii
Janis
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3 more from augis garden
Corydalis caucasica with creamy yellow flowers, not garden hybrid but from wild
Corydalis wendelboi something similar to Abant Wine but with longer very erect spikes
Corydalis sp. reported as from Afganistan (Jilek seeds) resembling firouzii but different in color
And some from me
Corydalis repens in full bloom
Corydalis solida subsp. pyrotensis Alba
Janis
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Love those goldy-orange ones but they're all superb. :D 8)
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Corydalis repens
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Corydalis repens
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Beautiful plants Jan.
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Corydalis ussuriensis
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WoW :o :o :o 8) 8) 8)
Dirk, Janis and Jan - all are spectacular! Rabbits or deer ate my single C. solida 'Beth Evans' seedling which was blooming. :(
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Corydalis repens
Gorgeous plants, Jan!
Corydalis repens seems to be a highly variable species and all the pictures from your website are impressing.
How stable are flower color and leaf markings when crossing two similar looking plants?
Is it possible to breed a "strain" with a uniform look or is vegetative propagation the only way to get similar looking plants?
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Erwin.
There are a lot of different C.repens with the different color and leaf. The color of flowers and form of leavs will stay forewer.
It multiplies with seeds without the problem, and the color of the plant is the same as mother plant. The soil has a big influence on its color. Especially for pink plants
Corydalis repens
Gorgeous plants, Jan!
Corydalis repens seems to be a highly variable species and all the pictures from your website are impressing.
How stable are flower color and leaf markings when crossing two similar looking plants?
Is it possible to breed a "strain" with a uniform look or is vegetative propagation the only way to get similar looking plants?
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3 pictures C.popovii x C.ledebouriana, natural hybrid, only 2 cm long flower
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Classic Corydalis popovii, flower 5 cm long
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flower Corydalis darwasica
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Jan and Janis, very nice and rare Corydalis.
Here today in flower,
Corydalis cava from Germany.
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My two last Corydalis from bulbs in flower,
Corydalis bracteata and vittae.
Cory. vittae looks similar malkensis, but malkensis have already ripe seeds.
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Corydalis cashmeriana
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rare Corydalis ussuriensis North Korea
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They are all so beautiful. C. cashmiriana was the first I ever had so I tend to take it for granted now but it's hard to match it for colour and beauty. It has special associations for me as it was part of a little parcel of wedding present plants sent to me way back in 1965 by the late, great Roy Elliott. Just a tiny scrap the size of my little fingernail (and I have small hands) but all the plants in NZ originated from that little gift. At one time my mother had a patch more than a metre wide. 8)
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rare Corydalis ussuriensis North Korea
I am a bit color-blind (red-green), nevertheless this C. ussuriensis looks quite pinkish to me, doesn't it?
Didn't know that Corydalis ussuriensis extends to North Korea. All earlier references are pointing to Kedrovaya padj-nature reserve near Vladiwostok.
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rare Corydalis ussuriensis North Korea
Is C. ussuriensis pink colored in North Korea?
I have always the clear blue bladdery and broad-lipped flowers in mind, shown on Liden's and Zetterlund's Monography.
The flowers should be well poised too - I think.
A really gorgeous plant :o
I always wished to have these in my garden since I first saw it on the cover of the Corydalis-Monography.
If a good fairy came and granted me two plants I wish to cultivate, I would wish for Lilium gloriosoides and Corydalis ussuriensis.
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Yes, C.ussuriensis is blue in color, more rarely pink and very little white form. I will write more tomorrow.
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There are 3 tipes of not so well known Corydalis are growing In Russian Far East
Corydalis vorobievii, with 20cm of height, with a small tuber - azure blue color.
Corydalis woroshilowii, it is a huge plant with height - 25cm. with a big amount of flowers. Up to 200 flowers with azure blue color.
Corydalis ussuriensis, it is a plant with a big tuber, the height is around 20cm. with few large flowers. up to 10 flowers, 3 times more than C.ambigua has with azure blue color.
The difference between Corydalis from Far East and others is that it has a large flowers and It has round or oval box with seeds.
There is Corydalis ussuriensis is growing in North Korea with pink or very rare white color.
All 3 Corydalis are growing in Europe without the problem. it can stand up to -40C
There is also interesting Corydalis repens is growing in North Korea, large plant with the different form and color of leaves. The colors are white, pink and blue
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Those are very beautiful Corydalis, Jan! Wonderful!
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Thanks to everyone who has posted on this thread, it has been an inspiration. Lovely photos of some superb plants - Great.
Chris