Colchicum & relatives 2016

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The autumn species are flowering here!
Colchicum ? cilicium with sempervivums
A different cultivar, possibly the one being sold here as C.byzantinum
One raised from seed as a larger species but it is too small to be that!
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[Rick R.]

Nice, John and Fermi!

And about that wonderful field of Colchicum and Scilla, it reminds me of the recent On Being podcast: in it, a botanist explains why goldenrod and purple asters flourish best when they grow together.  Applicable here, too, perhaps.

http://www.onbeing.org/program/robin-wall-kimmerer-the-intelligence-in-all-kinds-of-life/8446
Click on "Play episode". 

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Two days later and the Colchicum (maybe) cilicium is in full flower!
And a couple of small flowers up on Colchicum neapolitanum (?macranthum?)
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A pale form of Colchicum cilicium is now in bloom
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[ArnoldT]

I've been feeding my Colchicum bulbs with a blend of organic materials.  Alfalfa meal, kelp meal, three different forms of calcium, feather meal and ground black rock phosphate.

These are the largest Colchicum leaves I've seen.

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Colchicum cupanii which I got from Jon (Mini Bulb Lover) - he originally got it as C. psaridis but it was corrected by Otto!
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[David Nicholson]

From the garden today Colchicum cupanii. Bulbs kindly given to me by Hubi many years ago.

[ashley]

That's a lovely one David, and enjoying the Devon sunshine.  None up here yet.
Tessellated like that, could it be C. x agrippinum?

[LucS]

From the garden today Colchicum cupanii. Bulbs kindly given to me by Hubi many years ago.

Not C. cupanii David.  Look at the photo with a typical flower.
Seems to be C. aggripinum indeed.

[LucS]

Colchicum sanguicolle from Turkey.

[David Nicholson]

Thanks Ashley and Luc, x agrippinum it should be.

[ruben]

Cleaned up the dry gravel garden today. Very happy to see here the first signs of autumn.
Colchicum x agrippinum

[Maggi Young]

 Everything looking so neat, Ruben! 

[ruben]

But its not always so neat Maggy. the dark leaved oxalis loves my garden LOL

[Maggi Young]

Oh my! Yes we know these oxalis only too well!