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Author Topic: Zdeněk Zvolánek -Edraianthus Session  (Read 30977 times)

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Re: Zdeněk Zvolánek -Edraianthus Session
« Reply #60 on: July 11, 2013, 08:39:10 PM »
After my discussion of Edraianthus on the IRG it has been a great education to be referred back to this thread - I have many small plants under many names and will be able to refer back here when they begin to flower. Just from an alpine gardening perspective though these two must be pre-eminent: E. serpyllifolius and E. pumilio. The first two pictures were taken in a polytunnel at Blackthorn Nursery (what an amazing plant!). The second two are of E. pumilio in seed (the seed capsules remind me of tiny bird's nests - sorry to be so unbotanical!), and even more exciting - because it means a plant has taken to your garden - seedlings coming up in the scree. Great plants, but I shall keep my eyes skinned for any seed of Muehlbergella oweriniana!!
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Re: Zdeněk Zvolánek -Edraianthus Session
« Reply #61 on: July 17, 2013, 10:24:50 PM »
Great to see Tim . The genus "Edraianthus" has also my special interest ...They like my tufarocks ... 8)
In june we did see E. horvatii in the wild in Macedonie ... 
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Re: Zdeněk Zvolánek -Edraianthus Session
« Reply #62 on: May 18, 2014, 03:46:06 PM »
I have this edraianthus in my sink but I'm not sure of its identity.  I've read through this thread and also looked elsewhere and the only result has been to eliminate what it's not.  Can anyone enlighten me please?  It's flowering right now and the flower stems are very strong but horizontal in habit.  The smaller leaves behind it in the picture are a dianthus.  The longer leaves belong to this plant
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Re: Zdeněk Zvolánek -Edraianthus Session
« Reply #63 on: May 18, 2014, 03:54:20 PM »
Looks like the delightful E. niveus - see Tim's picture here:
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=9453.msg303551#msg303551

ZZ  wrote about it in the IRG of August 2011 , here:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2011Aug251314305515IRG20August_2011.pdf
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Re: Zdeněk Zvolánek -Edraianthus Session
« Reply #64 on: May 18, 2014, 05:48:10 PM »
Certainly looks like it Maggi.  Wasn't on any of the seed packs I've used, but that's the joy of growing from seed isn't it?
I'll make a note.  This is it's first flowering.  I always like to try to find names of mysteries...  Thanks for your help!
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Re: Zdeněk Zvolánek -Edraianthus Session
« Reply #65 on: September 18, 2016, 09:10:07 PM »
Whilst Googling and reading more about Edraianthus I came across this paper and thought it might be useful to add a Link to this thread. The paper is far and above my understanding but might be useful to someone.

http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/~w3bio/faculty_and_research/stefanovic_papers/Taxon_2008.pdf

Fascinating and informative thread that I just came across with the search function.

Interesting paper David, your link doesn't seem to work any more but there is another link here:
http://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/9539722/Taxon.2008.pdf

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Re: Zdeněk Zvolánek -Edraianthus Session
« Reply #66 on: September 20, 2016, 02:36:26 PM »
Puits gardening into perspective! Must book one of the authors for a talk ;). This is a wonderful genus, would definitely like to grow more and excite an audience with some maps like these!! Very good in the sand bed, as are campanulas. (And they are delightful in seed, this is E. pumilio...).
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