FRITILLARIA 2015

[art600]

This is my first Fritillaria of 2015 - discounting the early Fritillaria karelinii 

Can anyone suggest what it is please

[Steve Garvie]

Could it be Frit. minuta? 

[olegKon]

Pinardii?

[Lesley Cox]

Don't think it's minuta.

PS How can you possibly DISCOUNT the early karelinii? That would have been a great occasion had it flowered here.

[Oron Peri]

Fritillaria persica 'Green Forms' starting to flower.
This form which grows in N. Israel, Lebanon and SW Syria used to be a separate species, F. libanotica.

[Paul Cumbleton]

Back in May 2011 we sowed seed of Fritillaria davidii which you can read about in this old thread:
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=7348.msg221706#msg221706
. To update this, we have just noticed what seems to be the first bud appearing (picture below). The seed was made using the pollen from our yellow flowered plant and put on to a bicoloured form. So it will be very interesting to see what colour the flower is. We were surprized to see this bud because when we repotted the bulbs during their last dormancy they were not very large. Has anyone else yet managed to get F. davidii to flower from seed?

Paul

Fritillaria davidii bud on seedling:

[Matt T]

Not difficult or unusual, but cheering none the less to see this F. michailovskyi in flower for the last week or so.

[Steve Garvie]

Fritillaria ariana ex Afghanistan.


Not the best of images as it was photographed in-situ in the greenhouse (with a lurid red fence in the background).
This clone is a rather tall spindly form which does however produce very large flowers (all the rhinopetalums are rather leggy in the poor late winter light here but this one is particularly so, the large flowers make it worthwhile however).

[Matt T]

Well, having been watching this for an excruciating couple of weeks Fritillaria aurea BATM-371 is open at last. Can't wait for it to extend, drop and fill out. Still lovely at this stage though.

[art600]

This is my first Fritillaria of 2015 - discounting the early Fritillaria karelinii 

Can anyone suggest what it is please

Matt

I think it could be Fritillaria assyriaca - I attach my own plant

[art600]

Here are  Frits currently growing in my bulb house

Fritllaria crassifolia

Fritillaria davisii

Fritillaria sp.  I would like an identify for this - it may be another assyriaca

[johnstephen29]

Loverly little plants Arthur.

[Steve Garvie]

Fritillaria serpenticola

[Menai]

I have just received bulbils of F. affinisand F. hermonis. Would I be better off sowing them now or keeping them cool in sand until early autumn to give them the longest root-growing period?

Erle
Anglesey

[Chris Johnson]

Here are  Frits currently growing in my bulb house

Fritllaria crassifolia

Fritillaria davisii

Fritillaria sp.  I would like an identify for this - it may be another assyriaca

Arthur, a nice pot of Fritillaria davisii. Can I ask if these have been left together from sowing and what depth of pot are you using?

Thanks, Chris