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Tristan_He

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Re: Erythronium 2020
« Reply #45 on: April 16, 2020, 03:10:06 PM »
This is a rather small flowered plant raised from seed which I think is a hybrid. It has mottled leaves.



Another hybrid with a nice dusty rose colour.


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Re: Erythronium 2020
« Reply #46 on: April 28, 2020, 06:30:57 AM »
Hello everyone!

Most of my Erythroniums are finished apart from the late ones. But I have a question that you may be able to answer. Over the years I've bought corms from our botanical garden in Gothenburg but the labels got mixed up. I've moved to new gardens a couple of times or so...

So from the pictures could you help me with who's who? I've bought E d-c 'Snowflake', ssp niveum and 'Charmer'.

The figure at the end of the filename shows which belong together.

Thanks in advance!
« Last Edit: April 28, 2020, 06:37:27 AM by carna.lind »
Take care! Carina

Ian Y

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Re: Erythronium 2020
« Reply #47 on: April 28, 2020, 01:44:28 PM »
Erythronium dens canis ssp niveum (= Erythronium dens canis ssp albiflorum) is a name used for all white forms of this species so can cover all white forms not a single clone.



Form 1 and 2 could both be called ssp niveum.
1 is most likely to be  the clone distributed as 'Snowfalke',
and 3 which looks to have a pink wash I would suggest is 'Charmer'.





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Re: Erythronium 2020
« Reply #48 on: April 28, 2020, 05:49:40 PM »
Thank you Ian! That is what I had concluded myself but wanted to double check :)
Take care! Carina

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Re: Erythronium 2020
« Reply #49 on: May 18, 2020, 07:35:34 AM »
My first and only seed grown Erythronium so far, but other seedlings have now so big leaves that hopefully there will be more next year. :)
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Re: Erythronium 2020
« Reply #50 on: September 05, 2020, 02:14:50 AM »
Some of you may have heard of the popularity in Japan of costumed "mascots", or Yuru-chara. The represent a municipality or corporation, similar (but also different) to sports mascots here in the US and perhaps elsewhere. There are many thousands of Yuru-chara in Japan, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuru-chara.

Having been made aware of this phenomenon, I figured that somewhere in Japan there is a Yuru-chara based on the native Japanese Erythronium, E. japonicum. And there is! The mascot is Katakuri-chan (katakuri being the Japanese word for Erythronium). Katakuri-chan is, in fact, the mascot of a prison, Asahikawa Prision on the northern island of Hokkaido, and apparently a fairly notorious prison at that: http://inventorspot.com/articles/japanese_prison_introduces_their_new_cute_cuddly_mascot. Erythronium japonicum grows wild on a mountainside near the prison, so apparently officials figured that the prison would be well represented, and perhaps inmates would be motivated to behave properly, by being reminded of the wildflowers they might be able to see when they are eventually released from confinement.

There are actually two versions, a female Katakuri-chan which is smiling, and a male version dressed in a warden's uniform, with a stern unhappy turn to his mouth. Perhaps it is a good cop/bad cop type of situation.

The only question I have now is where can I get some of the swag? Apparently there are posters, bookmarks, and coasters of Katakuri-chan to be had.

Ed
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