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mark smyth

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Scilla numidica
« on: November 18, 2009, 01:24:18 PM »
Scilla numidica is new to me. They came in to leaf and now 3 months later they are going dormant. Are they confused? What is the normal cycle?
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Re: Scilla numidica
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2009, 06:23:32 PM »
Anyone?
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Re: Scilla numidica
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2009, 06:53:21 PM »
Mark we had bulbils and seed from a lady we met on a Naturetrek holiday some years ago.  She is a neighbour of Brian Matthew the bulb man and I think they may have come from him originally.  Foliage is reddish and when they do flower they are a bit disappointing pinkish flowers but only about six at the top of a longish stem.
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Re: Scilla numidica
« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2009, 06:57:44 PM »
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Re: Scilla numidica
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2009, 05:40:02 PM »
Marc,

This picture shows what I have as scilla numidica.
The bulbs are grown from seeds collected in Tunesia.
Note this scilla is only half-hardy!
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Re: Scilla numidica
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2009, 08:13:59 PM »
Very nice Luc
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Re: Scilla numidica
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2009, 09:51:15 PM »
Pretty, isn't it.
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Re: Scilla numidica
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2009, 10:04:58 PM »
It looks like Scilla scilliodes
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Re: Scilla numidica
« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2009, 09:42:49 AM »
I have to say Luc yours looks a lot better than mine.  The flower spikes are longer and more densely flowered.  How long is it since you sowed the seed, perhaps mine might improve with age?
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Re: Scilla numidica
« Reply #9 on: November 30, 2009, 12:12:42 PM »
The sowing dates back to autumn 1996.
About the height of the flowerstalks : the individual flower begins with a short stalk and
elongates while the flower ages.

Marc,
S. numidica follows the growing cycle of the Mediterranean bulbs - in leaf from November
till approx. April.
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