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Great mature plant Hendrik all the features of true P. coriacea....you are a fantastic grower!...and yes with approx. 2 weeks delay compared to a "normal" season.My plant is also from Morocco but apparently is should be called Paeonia coriacea only...without any subspecies specification. I know that you copied the name given by the Archibalds (the Ueber Gurus!)...but it seems that "ssp. maroccana" is redundant as the plants in Spain are the same as the plants in Morocco. It also seems that "ssp. atlantica" (as in Stern "Study of the Genus Paeonia" 1946) is actually wrong for the Moroccan plants as Stern was describing under this name the plants growing in Algeria with leaflets bigger than the Spanish & Moroccan plants and pubescent underneath (main difference!). Stern' s Paeonia coriacea ssp. atlantica has now a species status that is Paeonia algerensis.Swiss Lukas posted on this forum very interesting pics of it in 2011. His plant is a division from the peony garden at Waedenswil Hochschule...no idea where they got the seeds from...do you know anything about it Lukas?...sorry Maggi...how do I copy a link of a single post?Paeonia 2011 topic:March 27, 2011 http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=6964.msg194278#msg194278April 20, 2011 http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=6964.msg198231#msg198231April 21, 2011 http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=6964.msg198366#msg198366M.Edit by maggi : I have added the links to the individual posts mentioned above. Two ways to do this: ONE- right click on the subject line above the desired post to copy link location to paste in your post or TWO left click on the subject line and then copy the url from the address line in your browser......Example: OE: Re: Paeonia 2011 Right click here to copy link location to paste in your post« Reply #107 on: April 21, 2011, 06:46:42 PM »OR TWO: Re: Paeonia 2011 - Left click here to see link in browser address bar« Reply #107 on: April 21, 2011, 06:46:42 PM » http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=6964.msg198366#msg198366
Paeonia mlokowitschii is starting. This peony is beautiful at all times, even when the foliage is just developing.
A good yellow mloko is a wonderful sight...Hendrik
Where did you get your P. emodi from? Here in Europe it seems very difficult to get the true species...many nurseries sell here the Early-Late Windflower hybrids as P. emodi. I am still looking for the true species!The huge plant at Kew in the Order Beds labelled as P. emodi is in fact one of the Windflower (it comes from Stern's garden at Highdown)...and I suspect that the big plant in Cambridge BG is also from Highdown (Gail...have you got pics of it?).The plants at Kew in the south "Asia" end of the Rock Garden should be the true species and so should be the plant in Berlin-Dahlem BG (shown in the attached pic).The main feature of true P. emodi is the single carpel.M.
Trichiotinus (Hairy Flower Scarab)
Matt wrote earlier that >>The main feature of true P. emodi is the single carpel.<<Attached is a photo of what we grow as P. emodi. Mclewen seed from 15 years agoDoes its carpel pass the test or do I need to take the flower apart?-Rob