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Steve Garvie

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Re: Colchicum 2015
« Reply #30 on: February 22, 2015, 02:13:47 PM »
Colchicum kesselringianum


The flower buds were slightly frosted prior to opening.
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Re: Colchicum 2015
« Reply #31 on: February 22, 2015, 04:57:33 PM »
Beautiful flowers on this colchicum steve
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Re: Colchicum 2015
« Reply #32 on: February 24, 2015, 09:01:26 AM »
I think it may well be C. crocifolium

Thank you very much for the id, Oron!

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Re: Colchicum 2015
« Reply #33 on: February 26, 2015, 12:36:25 AM »
Viv has already posted pics of autumn colchicums to the Southern Hemisphere thread; here are a couple I found in flower in our garden:
Colchicum 'Lilac Major' (that's the name I received it under but wonder if it might be 'Lilac Wonder') x 2 pics,
Colchicum neapolitanum macranthum
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Re: Colchicum 2015
« Reply #34 on: February 26, 2015, 05:59:35 PM »
Merendera kurdica, a reliable and cheerful pot in the greenhouse.
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Re: Colchicum 2015
« Reply #35 on: February 27, 2015, 07:02:57 PM »
Merendera kurdica, a reliable and cheerful pot in the greenhouse.

Stil rare in collections I think .....Great plant Pete ! 
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Re: Colchicum 2015
« Reply #36 on: March 02, 2015, 12:24:19 AM »
Merendera kurdica, a reliable and cheerful pot in the greenhouse.
Hi Pete,
were these grown from seed? The one in the centre seems to have different coloured anthers.

In our garden, one rather sad looking Colchicum cilicium
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Re: Colchicum 2015
« Reply #37 on: March 02, 2015, 05:49:33 PM »
Hi Fermi.
Yes, they were from the AGS seed distribution originally. One always has the grey anthers and I keep meaning to try and isolate it. I have never had seed set though. I should get a paint brush out I suppose.
Another nice species is Colchicum szovitsii. Again seed grown and getting better each year. Better planted close together.
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Re: Colchicum 2015
« Reply #38 on: March 10, 2015, 06:36:36 AM »
Pete,
That's a pretty impressive flowering on that species.
Here are a few more in our garden, I think they are all forms of C. cilicium but received the first two as C. atropurpureum and "Mrs Craig's Colchicum", the third as C. cilicium "Pale Form"
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Re: Colchicum 2015
« Reply #39 on: March 10, 2015, 02:26:05 PM »
i opened my frame Sunday and within a few hours Colchicum hungaricum was blooming.  the ones in the garden are still under at least 1 foot of snow.


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Re: Colchicum 2015
« Reply #40 on: March 14, 2015, 02:17:50 PM »
Afghan Colchicum, huge flowers, special flower color

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Re: Colchicum 2015
« Reply #41 on: April 10, 2015, 03:10:43 PM »
A couple from early February. Colchicum doerfleri and Colchicum hungaricum 'Valentine'.
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Re: Colchicum 2015
« Reply #42 on: April 10, 2015, 05:02:58 PM »
Colchicum triphyllum, from Kevock.
Ralph Carpenter near Ashford, Kent, UK. USDA Zone 8 (9 in a good year)

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Re: Colchicum 2015
« Reply #43 on: April 11, 2015, 08:19:20 AM »
Colchicum triphyllum,
Are you sure?
Looks more like a thog!Perhaps a stray in the pot?
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Re: Colchicum 2015
« Reply #44 on: April 11, 2015, 08:51:46 AM »
No, I'm not sure, but that's what Kevock sold it as!
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