Colchicum autumn 2009

[WimB]

Art,

I bought that bulb from Nijssen (http://www.pcnijssen.nl/shop/) this year.

Luc,

Thanks,
It's growing outside, against a south facing wall planted in pure sand which gets covered during summer, I'm not sure if it will survive but I'll see.

[BULBISSIME]

very nice plant Wim, and very early again !

[WimB]

Thanks Fred,

early indeed, we have had temperatures of 10 to 15°C for the last couple of weeks with a lot of rain where normally it should be freezing now. Nature is a bit out of whack it would seem.

[Paul Ravenhill]

These were taken on the some trip as the Iris in the oncocyclus thread, in Turkey,late may to early June 06
If anyone can help with names

[Oron Peri]

These were taken on the some trip as the Iris in the oncocyclus thread, in Turkey,late may to early June 06
If anyone can help with names

Paul
it might be Merendera trigyna, its new name would be Colchicum trigynum probably.

[Kees Jan]

If it isn't a Merendera (like M. trigyna or M. raddeana) it should be Colchicum szovitschii. Any clear pics of the flower tube?

Here is C. lusitanicum, photographed in Morocco.

[Kees Jan]

and this is M. filifolia in the Rif Mountains. This has quite a wide altitudinal range in Morocco.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Beautifull pictures Kees-Jan .You have been to Morocco recently? 

[Kees Jan]

Hello Kris,

Last autumn (late October - early November). There is quite a different set of autumn bulbs there than in Greece and Turkey.