Paeonia 2013

[Matt]

Got this plant as a present when visiting peony friends. Unfortunately all information about it was lost except that it should be "something very special" and I should find out myself ...  Well, I think it is a P. mascula ... 

It seems to me a P. arietina type or a P. officinalis/mollis hybrid...you should have a look at the roots...the species/types mentioned have fasciculated/tuberous roots where the roots of all mascula/daurica types are carrot like.

M.

[Thomas Seiler]

Thank you, Matt. I'll do that when planting it out in autumn.

[Thomas Seiler]

White peonies from today for Whitsunday:
Paeonia officinalis 'Alba Plena'
Paeonia suffruticosa 'Godaishu'
Paeonia ostii 'Feng Dan Bai'

[Leena]

P.veitchii has lots of buds. Photo taken in the evening light.

[Rimmer de Vries]

This came as P.veitchii, blooming today

it looks very much like P. anomala and i like to show both plants to determine the differences.

the plant marked P.veitchii is pictured in this post.  most blooms have 4 carpels , one bloom has 5 carpels.

the plant marked P. anomla has 2 buds one is open and has 2 carpels.

Thank you

[Rimmer de Vries]

This came as a seedling marked as P. anomla from the Altari Mountains
 it looks very similar to P. veitchii but slightest differences to leaves and only 2 carpels in the open bloom - blooms at same time as P. veitchii.
are these the same?

[Rimmer de Vries]

This came as a seedlings marked P. mascula ssp. arientina

blooming at the same time as P. veitcheii. 3 carpels, a bit of fuzz on stems and leaves.

is this plant identified correctly?

[Rimmer de Vries]

P. tenuifolia plena blooming today,  like a hot sunny spot, the ants made a colony under this plant and the iris
 gray iris is Iris hoogiana 'Bronze Beauty'

[Irm]

Paeonia suminoichi is in flower today, planted last spring. I think, I love it 

[Thomas Seiler]

Paeonia suminoichi?    ???   a new species? Never heard about it ... 

[Thomas Seiler]

Rimmer, Paeonia veitchii is considered by Hong just as a subspecies of P. anomala. The only difference is that P. anomal has solitary flowers, rarely 2, P. veitchii 2 - 4 flowers, rarely solitary. Your anoma has a solitary flower, but I can't decide that from the photograph of your veitchii.

What you received as arietina looks like the peony I am guessing what it is and Matt is thinking of arietina ...  We both will have to examine the roots ... 

[Irm]

Paeonia suminoichi?    ???   a new species? Never heard about it ... 

Its a hybrid, "suminoichi" is only its name in Japan 

[Thomas Seiler]

OK, just a cultivar name ... Paeonia 'Suminoichi'   

[Maggi Young]

OK, just a cultivar name ... Paeonia 'Suminoichi'   

http://paeonia.mansaku.de/paeonia/dunkelrot.html
http://www.peonysoc.com/index%20of%20peonies.htm
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jjshs1925/60/2/60_2_395/_pdf

[Rimmer de Vries]

Rimmer, Paeonia veitchii is considered by Hong just as a subspecies of P. anomala. The only difference is that P. anomle has solitary flowers, rarely 2, P. veitchii 2 - 4 flowers, rarely solitary. Your anomala has a solitary flower, but I can't decide that from the photograph of your veitchii.

What you received as arietina looks like the peony I am guessing what it is and Matt is thinking of arietina ...  We both will have to examine the roots ... 

Thomas
when you say solitary flowers do you mean number of flowers in a stem?  both plants have 1 terminal flower.
the only diff. i can tell is the number of carpels and the leaf cuts. otherwise they look identical, and grow identical