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Re: Fritillaria-2008
« Reply #90 on: March 30, 2008, 05:32:49 AM »
Fortunately, all mine are single or occasionally double-headed. I've never seen the multi-headed kind, just read about them. They sound coarse.
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Re: Fritillaria-2008
« Reply #91 on: March 30, 2008, 01:10:23 PM »
Fortunately, all mine are single or occasionally double-headed. I've never seen the multi-headed kind, just read about them. They sound coarse.

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Re: Fritillaria-2008
« Reply #92 on: March 30, 2008, 08:27:55 PM »
I purchased 3 bulbs of Fritillaria minuta last year. 2 look OK, the other obviously isn't. Any chance of a true ID please?

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Re: Fritillaria-2008
« Reply #93 on: March 30, 2008, 08:44:12 PM »
Mick - looks like F. hermonis subsp. amana, or, if you prefer to be more up-to-date, F.amana.
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Re: Fritillaria-2008
« Reply #94 on: March 30, 2008, 08:55:58 PM »
I agree with Gerry Mick.
I have a theory that if you grow a colection of fritillaria for long enough eventually they all turn into either Frit hermonis amana or F. acmopetala :) :(
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Re: Fritillaria-2008
« Reply #95 on: March 30, 2008, 08:59:48 PM »
Thanks for the quick and speedy responses Gerry and Ian.
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Re: Fritillaria-2008
« Reply #96 on: March 31, 2008, 06:37:57 AM »
Maggi. thanks for the links.
The flowers are just great! What a beauty! I got much pleasure out of looiking and studying the plants.

Armin, my fr. sewerzowii get nicer day by day as more flowers open. I will certainly post some more pics.
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Re: Fritillaria-2008
« Reply #97 on: March 31, 2008, 01:51:52 PM »
Evolution must be even faster here.  By the time mine came up, they had ALL switched to amana  8)
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Re: Fritillaria-2008
« Reply #98 on: April 02, 2008, 06:00:45 AM »
Armin,

as I promissed I post some additional pics
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Re: Fritillaria-2008
« Reply #99 on: April 02, 2008, 07:54:19 AM »
Both are extremely beautiful frits Zhirair.  Thanks so much for the further pics.  Just love that lutea!!  :D
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Re: Fritillaria-2008
« Reply #100 on: April 02, 2008, 11:11:39 AM »
Zhirair

Is your Fritillaria lutea, more commonly known as aurea.  I normally associate lutea with Fritllaria imperialis

Beautiful photos as always - the sewerzovii is a rich colour and looks better than most I have seen, does it set seed?
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Re: Fritillaria-2008
« Reply #101 on: April 02, 2008, 01:52:53 PM »
Art,

Fritillarias lutea and aurea are different species. Lutea was lately renamed as collina.

Sewerzowii is first year in my collection and a sigle plants. This species usually set seeds freely, but I don't know a single plant will do.
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Re: Fritillaria-2008
« Reply #102 on: April 02, 2008, 07:54:28 PM »
Zhirair-
Your F. collina is really magnificent. How tall are these plants? It is difficult to judge from a photograph but the flowers look rather larger than those I have seen in the UK.
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Re: Fritillaria-2008
« Reply #103 on: April 03, 2008, 07:00:37 AM »
Gerry,

Fritillaria collina is usually 10 cm tall in the wild, but in culture it is twice as larger - up to 25 cm tall and the flowers have an impressive size.

Those plants were collected and replanted from the wild 2 years ago. last year only one sample flowered, but now all did. I hope next year the sizes will increase again.
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Re: Fritillaria-2008
« Reply #104 on: April 05, 2008, 08:15:46 PM »
One from the garden.

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