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shelagh

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Colchicum pusillum
« on: October 19, 2007, 02:36:08 PM »
Hi there, I hope Colchicums are allowed on the Crocus page.  Does anyone have a picture of Colchicum pusillum, we are growing it fom seed and it is taking some time and we can't remember what it looks like?
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Re: Colchicum pusillum
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2007, 02:48:51 PM »
Hi Shelagh!

Here some photos of Colchicum pusillum:
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Re: Colchicum pusillum
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2007, 05:10:28 PM »
It's very pretty, but only one decent mouthful for a slug - how do you keep them away??
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Re: Colchicum pusillum
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2007, 11:19:24 AM »
Thanks Thomas it looks like I'd better keep my glasses at the ready or I might miss it!
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Re: Colchicum pusillum
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2007, 11:54:14 AM »
  Thomas!
Do you have any photo of pusillum corm? or some info?
I still couldn't named mine which looks like a little pusillum.
Thanks.
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Re: Colchicum pusillum
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2007, 07:25:12 PM »
In answer to your question Shelagh - no. There is a fairly extensive colchicum thread elsewhere. http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=706.0

Thomas, I thought pusillum had yellow anthers (the last pic for anther colour, but the second pic for leaves) and cretense had brown anthers (like your first pic), with the tiny flowers appearing before the leaves?
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Re: Colchicum pusillum
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2007, 08:15:37 PM »
You'll see that this thread has been moved now to Bulbs General, from Crocus: hope the move didn't make you dizzy! ::)
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Re: Colchicum pusillum
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2007, 08:30:05 PM »
 :) :) :) Talking of happy bunnies - I had the delight of eating curried Agouti (a big guinea pig) last week. Delicious, if a lttle tough. :P
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Re: Colchicum pusillum
« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2007, 07:40:53 AM »
Sue - I'll do my best with slug pellets!

Ibrahim - sorry, no photos of the corm!

Anthony - can't help you with your question, but all my plants (from 2 different greek locations)
are from a most reliable source, so I guess they are true to name. But you will notice in the
second photo, that there also is a yellow anthered one between the brown ones.
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Re: Colchicum pusillum
« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2007, 11:20:36 PM »
Another pic of my pusillum.
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