allium 2015

[Jackie C]

It looks like what I grow as allium condensatum
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Thanks Wiese

I looked up A. condensatum and the leaf isn't right, from the botanical drawings it has leaves similar to A. obliquum and mine doesn't. They are only sheathed near the bottom. Any other suggestions.

Jackie

[Jackie C]

can anyone help me with an id for my pink one in post 70?

Hi Mark

It looks like A. senscens but what do the stamens look like? Does it have 3 stamens that are thicker at the base alternating with 3 that are thin? If all 6 stamens are thin all the way up it could be A. lusitanicum. If the leaves are keeled it could be A. angulosum. Hope that all makes sense!!

Jackie

[Menai]

I had Allium eriocoleum seed from Kurt Vickery last autumn which germinated in January and grew on well. I had to repot them last week as the pot had been knocked over by one of our red squirrels. To my suprise I saw today that they are growing again! Should I keep them frost free now or will they be all right in my bulb frame?

Erle in Anglesey
enjoying the beginning of autumn in the sun. Lunched outside today.

[olegKon]

I got it as Allium grande which is obviously not. I will be very much obliged if the allium gurus on the Forum will help with ID. It is flowering now

[Jackie C]

It is difficult to see from the photo but could it be Allium splendens var. kurilense it does flower at this time of year. What does every one else thing?

[Mark Griffiths]

Allium callimischon haemostictum

[Maggi Young]

Allium callimischon haemostictum

  I reckon this is one of the best marked Allium flowers - and on such a neat plant.

[TheOnionMan]

It is difficult to see from the photo but could it be Allium splendens var. kurilense it does flower at this time of year. What does every one else thing?

Hello Jackie C, please note that there is no such entity as Allium splendens var. kurilense, it's one of those "mythical species" originating from name confusion/corruption that occurred somewhere along the line, now perpetuated via the intranet of misinformation, see my earlier post here:
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=5766.msg159595#msg159595

What the identity of Oleg's plant baffles me, not immediately recognizable. Oleg, would it be possible to get a better in-focus photo of the flowers? The current photos are a bit out of focus and over-exposed, so no floral details can be seen clearly.

Thank you.

[olegKon]

Thank you Jackie and Mark. I'll try to take another picture if the flowers are not bitten by frost. You see, winter is coming

[Jackie C]

Hello Jackie C, please note that there is no such entity as Allium splendens var. kurilense, it's one of those "mythical species" originating from name confusion/corruption that occurred somewhere along the line, now perpetuated via the intranet of misinformation, see my earlier post here:
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=5766.msg159595#msg159595

What the identity of Oleg's plant baffles me, not immediately recognizable. Oleg, would it be possible to get a better in-focus photo of the flowers? The current photos are a bit out of focus and over-exposed, so no floral details can be seen clearly.

Thank you.

Thanks Mark for letting me know you are a walking allium encyclopaedia! So please could you help me with another query?! I have just got some Allium ochroleucum bulbs and it is a new one to me so I was doing some research to work out how to grow it. On plantlist.org it states it is a specific species but the book Flora Europea  and the newer European Garden Flora both state it is the same as A. ericetorum. Where can I go to get the most accurate information on allium species and do you know if it is a species in its own right? Thanks

Jackie

[rgc]

My Allium thunbergii has now started to flower. Picture taken this morning.

[Rick R.]

Allium sacculiferum.  From seed from Mark McDonough.  Thanks Mark!

[Maggi Young]

These later flowering allium are very useful in the garden, aren't they?  Showy too.

[olegKon]

Sorry, Mark. Flowers were bitten by frost. If it susvives winter we will have another try next year.

[Maggi Young]

 Wietse Mellema (wmel on the forum)  has made an e-book of photos of  250 different Allium available online -
http://onlinefotoalbum.hema.nl/jouw-fotoalbum-bekijken/208fa32b-5dc3-4004-aec7-372d6a2cfbeb

 Nice  to view full screen (volledig sherm) - two pages to view at  once - click on any pic to enlarge it, another click to reduce again.