Fritillaria 2010

[Gerry Webster]

This, with the little "antlers", is most likely to be F. pontica, Art.

As far as I am aware, F. pontica is the only frit to have bulbs of this shape.

[Lesley Cox]

Wouldn't it be great if every species had some unique characteristic which made ID so certain?

[t00lie]

Quite a number of Frits out currently .however the two i'm most taken with are F.latifolia --such a wonderful large flower and F. aurea .

[Maggi Young]

There will be bulbs for sale from the collection of the late Jim Archibald at the Fritillaria Group meeting (and AGM) at Wisley on 26th September.... see here :
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=6046.msg166787#msg166787

[Gerdk]

Quite a number of Frits out currently .however the two i'm most taken with are F.latifolia --such a wonderful large flower and F. aurea .

Dave, I'm taken with these two also (just learnt this expression by a dictionary).

Gerd

[fermi de Sousa]

Fritillaria messanensis ssp messanensis, originally from Marcus Harvey about 8 years ago, is flowering well this year,




cheers
fermi

[Lesley Cox]

Looks good Fermi.

[fermi de Sousa]

A friend recently gave me a pot of seed grown Fritillaria persica!
It was in flower a couple of weeks ago,




Another Fritillaria which has come up without a label (How?! I only planted it in autumn!) and is most likely Fritillaria graeca ssp thessala (from Marcus Harvey) was also in bloom then,




cheers
fermi

[Otto Fauser]

Fermi , here is what I grow as F. graeca ssp. thessala , flowering last week , also a couple of yellows some 3 weeks ago.

[Paul T]

Fermi,

Oh that persica!!  Is it as nice in person as it looks in the pictures?  I've never managed to actually see it in person, although I do have young ones coming (very) slowly along.  Congratulations!!