Sternbergia 2008

[Hans J]

Hi Tom ,

Thank you for the nice pics from Lesbos .
Mhhh - I'm not shure if this is a S. lutea .....I see a stripe on the leaves ....

Anyway a nice pic of a interesting plant

Greetings
Hans

[TC]

Hans

I was using Collins Mediterranean flowers as my field guide.  There were only two possibilities listed - lutea and sicula.  These plants were strong and not delicate, which made me think they were lutea.  However, I had never seen a Sternbergia before so I could be wrong.  The stripe you see may be light reflections on the leaves.

[Hans J]

Hello Tom ,

thank you for your answer .

I'm far away to say for shure this is sicula or lutea or a hybrid ....Sternbergia are so confusing .

In the Sternbergia 2008 topic are pics from Arthur ( page 3 ) ....they looks for me similar to your plant .

It is really interesting that such plants grows also on Lesbos ....and not only one Crete !

Not only the stripe ( maybe a reflection ) is it why I have doubt - it is also the form of the leaves ....

Best wishes
Hans

[Gerry Webster]

Hello Tom ,

thank you for your answer .

I'm far away to say for shure this is sicula or lutea or a hybrid ....Sternbergia are so confusing .

In the Sternbergia 2008 topic are pics from Arthur ( page 3 ) ....they looks for me similar to your plant .

It is really interesting that such plants grows also on Lesbos ....and not only one Crete !

Not only the stripe ( maybe a reflection ) is it why I have doubt - it is also the form of the leaves ....

Hans - I too think I can see a stripe on one leaf.  I also  agree that  these plants look rather like those posted by Arthur. However, doesn't the most recent publication argue (convincingly)  that sicula, lutea & greuteriana  are all lutea?

[TC]

For what it is worth, we found Sternbergia in two locations.  Near Agiassos next to a small chapel and many clumps on the road between  Akrotiri Agios Fokas to Polichnitos.  I have to correct the date, it was 12 October 1996.

[fermi de Sousa]

Well, I found Sternbergias in flower somewhere quite unexpected while on holidays last month.



I'll offer a prize to whoever can guess where (nearest town or landmark) the pics were taken.
cheers
fermi

[art600]

Panaji, Goa?

[fermi de Sousa]

Panaji, Goa?

Probably a bit too hot and humid - no, we didn't see them there; though we did see Eucharis amazonica.
cheers
fermi

[ranunculus]

Botanic Gardens, Singapore?   

No real idea which way you would have travelled, Fermi?

[Gerdk]

Did you photograph a Zephyranthes species in Goa/India 

Gerd

[Anthony Darby]

Well, I found Sternbergias in flower somewhere quite unexpected while on holidays last month.
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I'll offer a prize to whoever can guess where (nearest town or landmark) the pics were taken.
cheers
fermi

Gras (France)?

[Oron Peri]

Sternbergia colchiciflora is in flower now in many parts of north Israel.
Some photos taken last week.

I have been growing this species for the last 7 years, they flower beautifully every year.....under the surface level!!!  and so i get only seedpods regularly but can never enjoy visible flowers.

[Hans J]

Hi Oron ,

great pics !!!
My plants of S. colchiciflora have not flowered in this year 
they are repotted ...so I hope for next year .

Best wishes
Hans

[Oron Peri]

Hi Hans,

Don't give up... you might get seeds yet, which is not bad too...

[Gerdk]

Sternbergia colchiciflora is in flower now in many parts of north Israel.
Some photos taken last week.

I have been growing this species for the last 7 years, they flower beautifully every year.....under the soil level!!!  and so i get only seedpods regularly but can never enjoy visible flowers.

Oron, interesting variation with this species.
What's the difference concerning the growing conditions between your cultivated
plants and those which occure in the wild? Do you have a guess for the lack of
visible flowers with your plants?

Gerd