Colchicum & relatives 2016

[mark smyth]

I got misnamed Colchicums this year and last from the same UK grower/seller. Another person got misnamed bulbs this year from the same supplier. S/he should be very reliable but proving not to be

[YT]

Colchicum montanum, from a seed packet "Crocus serotinus ssp. salzmannii, JJA 352.006"

[sokol]

The Colchicum season goes on and more and more species come into flower or towards its end.

[ruben]

  you have such a nice collection Stefan! Superb

[mark smyth]

4 years ago I bought Colchicum illyricum ex Drake. It has taken the bulbs four years to get to flowering size

According to the internet Colchicum illyricum is a syn of Colchicum fasiculare but Oron's photo looks nothing like mine. Does anyone else grow C. illyricum?

[johnralphcarpenter]

Colchicum cousturieri, syn. Colchicum cupanii, from Kurt Vickery.

[sokol]

Colchicum parlatoris from Kefallinia. Some but not all sepals are flexed at the tip. This seems to be constant as I observe it every year.

[sokol]

First time in flower is this plant. The seeds were from Pilous and he called it Merendera ex Ipati. Any idea what species it is?

[LucS]

First time in flower is this plant. The seeds were from Pilous and he called it Merendera ex Ipati. Any idea what species it is?

Ipati in Greece you mean ?
Are you sure it's a merendera ?  Only M. attica and M. sobolifera are in the Greek distribution maps.

[LucS]

I found this merendera near the road from Pol Sefid to Firouzkouh in Mazandaran Province in Iran.
I think it is merendera trigyna but a confirmation from someone else would be wellcome.

[Yann]

seems to be a very variable specie : http://www.vanherbaryum.yyu.edu.tr/flora/famgenustur/li/me/tri/index.htm

[sokol]

Sorry, it is from Igueti, Georgia, not Ipati, Greece. I am not sure wether the name is correct.

Ipati in Greece you mean ?
Are you sure it's a merendera ?  Only M. attica and M. sobolifera are in the Greek distribution maps.