Trillium 2015

[t00lie]

T. rugelii x vaseyi
A wonderful large flower about 3 times bigger than the type T. rugelii .

[Maggi Young]

Nice one ,t00lie -  oh, you posted again just as I did - I was talking about the T. stamineum - but the rugelli x vaseyi is nice too!

[t00lie]

Thanks Maggi
Well into the season here now with only number of T vaseyii and its hybrids to open.

I know Ger van den Beuken has 'appeared' in Scotland previously....Here's a shot from last weekends NZ Trillium Group get together showing how relaxing the event can be .....

[Maggi Young]

Yes, Ger and Mariet are SRGC members and well-known here - bit worried about him rolling down that slope!

[t00lie]

There was a fence about half way down so he wouldn't have rolled far .......  

[Herman Mylemans]

Trillium stamineum in the garden yesterday.

I'am just back from a holliday in Toscany in Italy.
Dave beautiful picture from T. stamineum. In our garden the clump of stamineum is very slow growing.

[t00lie]

I'am just back from a holliday in Toscany in Italy.
Dave beautiful picture from T. stamineum. In our garden the clump of stamineum is very slow growing.

Thanks Herman
Not sure how quickly T.stamineum will increase here as the plant shown was a recent gift from a friend ,although I have a potful of 2nd year seedlings around here somewhere    that were easy enough to raise from seed.

Some late Trilliums from this arvo ..

T. cuneatum yellow where the dark markings remain on the leaves for such a long time.

Another T. vaseyii picotee hybrid .

Large flowers of Trillium erectum x flexipes with lovely veining .

T. erectum hybrid .

[Herman Mylemans]

Thanks Herman
Not sure how quickly T.stamineum will increase here as the plant shown was a recent gift from a friend ,although I have a potful of 2nd year seedlings around here somewhere    that were easy enough to raise from seed.

Some late Trilliums from this arvo ..

T. cuneatum yellow where the dark markings remain on the leaves for such a long time.

Another T. vaseyii picotee hybrid .

Large flowers of Trillium erectum x flexipes with lovely veining .

T. erectum hybrid .

Hi Dave, does your Trillium cuneatum yellow smells like banana?

[t00lie]

Hi Dave, does your Trillium cuneatum yellow smells like banana?

No Herman, just a faint spicy ? fragrance like some of my other T. cuneatums .

[Herman Mylemans]

No Herman, just a faint spicy ? fragrance like some of my other T. cuneatums .

Dave I asked it because different species have different scent. Like the Trillium luteum has a nice lemon scent. So your yellow cuneatum has no luteum blood.

[t00lie]

Dave I asked it because different species have different scent. Like the Trillium luteum has a nice lemon scent. So your yellow cuneatum has no luteum blood.

Hello Herman
Thank you for your comments .Yes I knew that scent can in some instances be a help in identifying species.
Interestingly,(or confusingly    ) , I looked today at the label beside the yellow T.cuneatum and see that it is recorded as T. cuneatum x luteum .....

Cheers Dave.

[t00lie]

Some of the last Trilliums from yesterday .

Variations in T. vaseyi ...

First one is what I call a typical form with very wide petals.

Followed by this yummy one --unfortunately my shot doesn't do justice to the almost chocolate coloured tone.

The third plant where I've lifted the flowers above the foliage to enable a better shot of the flowers.

Finally one of my seedling T. sulcatums ,yellow with pink undertones.

Cheers Dave.

[Herman Mylemans]

Some of the last Trilliums from yesterday .

Variations in T. vaseyii ...

First one is what I call a typical form with very wide petals.

Followed by this yummy one --unfortunately my shot doesn't do justice to the almost chocolate coloured tone.

The third plant where I've lifted the flowers above the foliage to enable a better shot of the flowers.

Finally one of my seedling T. sulcatums ,yellow with pink undertones.

Cheers Dave.

Hi Dave, maybe the Trilliums on pictures S0 and S3 have some rugelii blood.

[t00lie]

Hi Dave, maybe the Trilliums on pictures S0 and S3 have some rugelii blood.

Hello Herman
 
I've not seen the variability of T .vaseyi in the wild however the seed was sent to me as T . vaseyi .....

What makes you think they may have some T. rugelii blood ?.

Cheers Dave.

[Herman Mylemans]

Hello Herman
 
I've not seen the variability of T .vaseyi in the wild however the seed was sent to me as T . vaseyi .....

What makes you think they may have some T. rugelii blood ?.

Cheers Dave.

Hello Dave
The shape and colour of the stamens reminds me at rugelii.