Fritillaria 2014

[Gerdk]

Here are two colour variants of Fritillaria pyrenaica -

The (nearly) yellow one and the 'normal' darker one (with special guest)

Gerd

[Graham Catlow]

Here are two colour variants of Fritillaria pyrenaica -

The (nearly) yellow one and the 'normal' darker one (with special guest)

Gerd

With a dreaded lily beetle in full view

[Gerdk]

With a dreaded lily beetle in full view

.... posing for this pic and adding some colour was its last performance!   

Gerd

[Oron Peri]

I'm in Tajikistan at the moment in search of Anemone.
This morning we arrived to an area where many hundreds of Fritillaria eduardii are in their best now, growing on very high cliffs,
Luckily most of the population grows  high enough to escape the kids that pick  and sell them along the roads.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Look forward to hearing more about your trip!

[olegKon]

The beginning of fritillaria season he
1. Fritillaria serpenticola
2,3 Fritillaria tubiformis moggridgei
4. Fritillaria caucasica
5. Fritillaria minuta

[olegKon]

Some more.
1. Fritillaria euboica
2. Fritillaria yuminensis from Susan Band (Thanks, such a pleasure!)

[ashley]

Beautiful frits Oleg.  Do you have snow reliably before temperatures really drop in late autumn, to prevent freezing of these delicate bulbs?

Fascinating pictures Oron; thank you.  F. eduardii is very striking, and it's great to see it 'at home' and still in abundance despite picking. 

[olegKon]

Thank you, Ashly. Yes, we do usually have snow before severe frost in autumn. Unfortunately, it is not enough to grow American species.

[hwscot]

I had some Iris bought as Sheila Ann Germaney that came up as Katherine Hodgkin and some Narcissus jonquilla henriquesii that turned out to be N. fernandesii. I think misidentified plants is not uncommon when buying from the larger commercial suppliers, but smaller suppliers are not immune, especially when they are supplying bulbs they've not grow themselves. You should contact the seller and give them an opportunity to correct their mistake. Unfortunately, in my case the Iris seller hasn't even acknowledged my email, let alone offered to do anything about it 

For info .. it was Van Meuwen, I got the refund plus, with a wee bit of persistence, a £20 voucher.

[Vincent26]

Fritillaria messanensis in the Rhodopes peninsula (Creta).
Hard to find with flowers because the area is heavily overgrazed

[Roma]

A nice form of Fritillaria acmopetala grown from exchange seed.  The label says Martha Roderick

[Maggi Young]

As you say, Roma, nice enough F. acmopetala but not much like F. biflora 'Martha Roderick'

On the bright side, the acmopetala will not smell half as bad as the 'Martha Roderick' would !
I think that it was Wayne Roderick himself who named that frit after his mother - I always thought it was an odd choice for that. 



 As Ian wrote in 2003 :   Fritillaria 'Martha Roderick' is, at about 20cm high, a short form of F. biflora or is it, as has also been suggested, a hybrid with F purdyi. We also grow a form of F. biflora that has very similar flowers but it is twice the height.

[Thorkild Godsk]

Fritillaria from the garden today.
Fritillaria pallidiflora
Fritillaria meleagris flora plena
Fritillaria meleagris
Thorkild - DK

[Darren]

Can any of you fritologists identify this for me? About 20cm tall, quite linear leaves. Flower 20mm long and yellow inside.

Came from seed labelled F. ehrhardtii, which it isn't.