Flowers and foliage February 2008

[David Nicholson]

Yes, oh yes

[ian mcenery]

Luc mine has grown to 3 bulbs outside (no sign of flowers yet) in a many years but I suggest you save and sow the seed as  mine has germinated and I have lots of little ones

[Luc Gilgemyn]

I think I'll give it a go...

[Maggi Young]

Luc, if it is flowering for the very first time it may not split this year, though it may make a baby if you're lucky. It may just get bigger and make two quite good sized bulbs next year.... keep it growing as long as you can before it goes dormant to build its strength.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Will do Maggi, will do - potash is ready and waiting...

[Paul T]

Out of interest, aren't both the white centred Tecophileas T. cyanocrocus  var leichtlinii rather than just the straight species like Luc's?  Given that neither of you mention the epithet I am wondering if that division isn't recognised any more?  I used to have it but it unfortunately went to the great garden in the sky, although my others are doing fine.  No idea why it died when the other are fine, except perhaps that I loved the blue and white combination more than the others (and T. violiflora has never flowered for me!)

Lovely to see pics of them, which whichever name you put to them.

[Maggi Young]

They are very variable, Paul,  but looking back at the pix again, I think I would incline to the first two, of Chloe and Hans, to be var. leichtlinii and Luc's to be simple cyanocrocus.

Luc, not too much food      

[Paul T]

Maggi,

Exactly what I was thinking.  leichtlinii can have quite variable amounts of white on it, so it definitely fits.

[Maggi Young]

 I'm sure I've told this story about Tecophilaeas before, but I'll tell it again, anyway.

We didn't have any Tecs and were very keen to try them, but BD is Scotsman to the marrow and flinched at  the prices. One year,though I thought, to pot with it, I'm going to get some. Made an order.... too late , sold out. Same thing happened the next year, by thetime I got my act in gear it was too late.....following year I thought, right, that's it, I'm not getting caught like that again, so ordered , early... and from three different suppliers, to be sure of getting from at least one of them.... of course, what happened was I got Tecs from all three and it cost me a flipping fortune! Got the BD a nice selection to play with, though, and he has been having great fun tickling them and raising pretty babies ever since. I like to think of it as a forward thinking speculative investment......but at the time I  was very nearly shocked speechless!

[Paul T]

Tried seed once myself (my original plants were a gift) but not much luck with the seeds.  Have heard that I am not alone in the regard, as often people don't seem to have much luck.  I guess it is always best when one has ones own fresh seed, and unfortunately the times mine flowered they never set seed as they were a single clone and never flowered as two different varieties the same year.

[Lvandelft]

Luc, (and others) why don't have look at for instance :
Bulb Log 13-2003
Bulb Log 14-2005
Bulb Log 31-2007

I think Ian made these Logs for us Forum Amateurs.        
Luit

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Luc, not too much food      

OK Maggi,
I'll limit myself to half a bucket.... 

OK Luit - I'll dive into these logs - thanks !

[Lvandelft]

Here some flowers in my own garden.
Today beautiful sunny weather.

[Brian Ellis]

Beautiful Luit, wonderful plants in good weather, a harbinger for what we have yet to come.  Thanks

[Tony Willis]

Some things in flower today