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David Nicholson

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Re: Colchicum & relatives 2016
« Reply #60 on: September 27, 2016, 07:41:40 PM »
Very nice Ralph, can you indicate your source please?
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Re: Colchicum & relatives 2016
« Reply #61 on: September 27, 2016, 08:44:44 PM »
Quote from: Yann on September 27, 2016, 07:35:05 PM
a nice one, flowering after the rain? here no sign of water  :P
No, no rain here!
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Ralph Carpenter near Ashford, Kent, UK. USDA Zone 8 (9 in a good year)

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Re: Colchicum & relatives 2016
« Reply #62 on: September 27, 2016, 08:46:42 PM »
Quote from: David Nicholson on September 27, 2016, 07:41:40 PM
Very nice Ralph, can you indicate your source please?
Vlastimil Pilous.
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Ralph Carpenter near Ashford, Kent, UK. USDA Zone 8 (9 in a good year)

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Re: Colchicum & relatives 2016
« Reply #63 on: September 27, 2016, 09:11:40 PM »
Quote from: johnralphcarpenter on September 27, 2016, 08:44:44 PM
No, no rain here!


It's actually raining here.  Should be over there in a few days.


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Re: Colchicum & relatives 2016
« Reply #64 on: September 28, 2016, 08:24:40 AM »
Quote from: Matt T on September 26, 2016, 02:53:59 PM
A mystery Colchicum. I will have to sit down with the books tonight to try to identify it. The leaves belong to other species.

may be colchicum umbrosum
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Re: Colchicum & relatives 2016
« Reply #65 on: October 01, 2016, 11:19:51 AM »
I'm starting to hate trying to build a collection of Colchicums. So many misnamed or bulbs supplied that are wrong
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Re: Colchicum & relatives 2016
« Reply #66 on: October 01, 2016, 01:07:52 PM »
Mark, I agree.

I stopped trying to keep labels in the correct place.

A rose by any other...............

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Re: Colchicum & relatives 2016
« Reply #67 on: October 02, 2016, 01:46:05 PM »
Quote from: mark smyth on October 01, 2016, 11:19:51 AM
I'm starting to hate trying to build a collection of Colchicums. So many misnamed or bulbs supplied that are wrong

I guess it is all to do with provenance as is the case with so many bulbs. Very frustrating though  I have one which I thought was 'Old Bones' until I was put right by Rod Leeds and John Morley.  Apparently the tube should not be green at all :-X
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Re: Colchicum & relatives 2016
« Reply #68 on: October 02, 2016, 03:08:43 PM »
If only "provenance" were the whole answer to such problems. Too often it  is not!  :-\
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Re: Colchicum & relatives 2016
« Reply #69 on: October 03, 2016, 04:06:10 PM »
Colchicum tenorii, Colchicum speciosum 'Album', Colchicum speciosum, Colchicum autumnale 'Album'. Allegedly.
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Ralph Carpenter near Ashford, Kent, UK. USDA Zone 8 (9 in a good year)

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Re: Colchicum & relatives 2016
« Reply #70 on: October 05, 2016, 08:28:23 PM »
Quote from: mark smyth on October 01, 2016, 11:19:51 AM
I'm starting to hate trying to build a collection of Colchicums. So many misnamed or bulbs supplied that are wrong

I understand you very well, when I have got seeds like "Colchicum triphyllum" that flowers in autumn or C. cupanii that doesn't look like cupanii.
If anybody knows the names I would be happy. Maybe the last three are the same species.
« Last Edit: October 05, 2016, 08:30:20 PM by sokol »
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Re: Colchicum & relatives 2016
« Reply #71 on: October 05, 2016, 08:33:11 PM »
It is easier, when you have collected seeds and it turned out to be C. variegatum or when you know the origin of the seed/bulbs.
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Stefan
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Re: Colchicum & relatives 2016
« Reply #72 on: October 10, 2016, 09:42:48 AM »
Here just another Colchicum cretense whith nice colouring and C. baytopiorum.
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Re: Colchicum & relatives 2016
« Reply #73 on: October 12, 2016, 06:07:42 PM »
Colchicum cupanii, a really nice specie
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Re: Colchicum & relatives 2016
« Reply #74 on: October 12, 2016, 10:06:11 PM »
What colour is the tube of 'Old Bones'?
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