Colchicum 2015

[Oron Peri]

Are you sure?
Looks more like a thog!Perhaps a stray in the pot?
cheers
fermi

Ralph,
Fermi is right, it is Ornithogalum nutans...

[johnralphcarpenter]

Thanks, I knew it wasn't as described! Not the first mislabelled plant I've had from Kevock.

[fermi de Sousa]

A neat little Colchicum which I got from Jon B (mini bulb lover) who got it as C. psaridis
cheers
fermi

[Anthony Darby]

Ooo. Does it produce seed?

[fermi de Sousa]

Ooo. Does it produce seed?

Jon tells me that his does, but mine hasn't ....yet!
I'll keep an eye out for some,
cheers
fermi

[LucS]

Very early to start a new season. Colchicum euboeum is flowering now with successive flowers since mid July.
This plant is from a seedcollection on Mt. Dirphys, island Euboea (Evvia) Greece.

[pehe]

Very early to start a new season. Colchicum euboeum is flowering now with successive flowers since mid July.
This plant is from a seedcollection on Mt. Dirphys, island Euboea (Evvia) Greece.

Luc, that was a very early start of the season.
Here Colchicum parnassicum flowered later than normal, in the start of August. Sometimes it has started flowering in June.

Poul

[pehe]

The next one in line was Colchicum graecum in mid August

Poul

[pehe]

Now Colchicum montanum peaks

Poul

[ruben]

Lovely pictures Poul! I think autumn is now really knocking on the door 

[LucS]

A Greek species: Colchicum haynaldii

[LucS]

A colchicum grown form an Archibald seedcollection under number 17704.
I didn't find this number in the JJA listing, so no additional information on this one.
Can anyone help ?

[ruben]

Very nice Luc! Is that a brownish shade on the outer petals of the JJA selection?

Here is Colchicum laetum in flower

[LucS]

Very nice Luc! Is that a brownish shade on the outer petals of the JJA selection?

The brownish shade is from the pollen.
The flowers suffered in the severe weather last weekend.

[Maggi Young]

A colchicum grown form an Archibald seedcollection under number 17704.
I didn't find this number in the JJA listing, so no additional information on this one.
Can anyone help ?

From the Archibald plants section, 2014 :
Colchicum JCA 17704

"Luc Scheldeman has a query about this  Colchicum grown from JCA seed - he could not find the no. in a seedlist but David Stephens is able to tell us :  "The number is JCA17704, it is an original collection number, not a JJA seedlist number.
It was collected on 21st May 2003 in Turkey, 32km n. of Anamur on the road to Ermenek.
Jim collected it as Colchicum s.l. "

It has been suggested that this may be C. kotschyi, but Jim Archibald  when writing about Colchicum in Turkey said  :
 COLCHICUM HELDREICHII  is endemic to W central Turkey. This is the C. kotschyi of western Turkey. True C.kotschyi does not occur W of Pozanti

I do not think it will be C. kotschyi, because where it was found was in the region well  west of Pozanti and so it would be COLCHICUM HELDREICHII .

 TUBIVES  gives some  sites for Colchicum kotschyi west of Potzani, but not in the region for C. heldreichii

http://www.tubives.com/index.php?sayfa=1&tax_id=9261

http://www.tubives.com/index.php?sayfa=1&tax_id=9262