Colchicum autumn 2009

[olegKon]

Colchicum davisii (sorry for the quality of the picture, the weather is really disgusting)

[Luc Gilgemyn]

ID please ??
I posted this here as all Colchicum specialists are loikely to visit here more often than in the ID section..  

A friend of mine visited the Ionian island of Zakynthos (sometimes also referred to as Zante) in Greece recently and would appreciate an ID of the following Colchicum.

Thanks for your ideas !  

[Luc Gilgemyn]

anybody  

[Armin]

Luc,
if your unknown colchicums would be crocus I likely had a clue
Sorry.

[Sinchets]

Luc, have you seen this thread from last spring?
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3244.msg82255

[mark smyth]

Sorry Luc I dont know. I dont know their size but they look like C. corsicum

[Anthony Darby]

Sorry Luc I dont know. I dont know their size but they look like C. corsicum

In Zakynthos!?

[mark smyth]

I know nothing about Greece

[mark smyth]

Paul I only just read your offer of Colchicum luteum photos - yes please

[mark smyth]

Today was the day to re do the plunge in the green house. Autumn flowerers out to the holding area and winter/spring flowerers in.

I was amazed to see Colcicum luteum with a bud and luteum x kesselringii.

[mark smyth]

and ... my cretense is in full flower now compared to late December last year

[mark smyth]

early Colchicums continue  kessellringii has a flower open and the white form has burst through the sheath

[BULBISSIME]

Crazy !!
I had a look this afternoon on my plants but still no sign of vegetation except small leaves for T. cyanocrocus.
Mark, you have a tropical climate 

[mark smyth]

sorry for very bad quality photos

[Oron Peri]

Colchicum stevenii is still in bloom here, these photos where taken this morning.
Interestingly I have noticed last week that all the populations in Cyprus have purple stamens, a fact that has resolved a few identification questions...