Corydalis 2016

[Carolyn]

Thanks, Gabriela, I will report back with another photo when the seedlings are a bit bigger. The seed was from Chris Chadwell's latest expedition to the Himalaya. It's always exciting to see what comes up.

[Rick R.]

And I had assumed just the opposite: that all corydalis had two cotyledons!

Corydalis wilsonii
Pseudofumaria alba (or Corydalis ochroleuca)
Corydalis cheilanthifolia

[Leena]

Gabriela, could your Corydalis solida seedling be second year seedling? I'm almost sure that here in my garden the self sown seedlings have only one cotydelon when they germinate. I will have to look carefully in May.

[Carolyn]

I think you are right, Leena, because C. Solida is tuberous, and according to the corydalis book, should therefore be monocot. I'll post some monocot seedling photos for you later,  Rick, when the rain stops!

[Hoy]

Yes, Leena is right. All the solida seedlings in my garden have one cotyledon. Other species like ochroleuca and lutea (Pseudofumaria/Corydalis) have 2.

Gabriela, your plant look a little like a C scouleri seedling.

[Gabriela]

Gabriela, could your Corydalis solida seedling be second year seedling? I'm almost sure that here in my garden the self sown seedlings have only one cotydelon when they germinate. I will have to look carefully in May.

It is very possible Leena that in my picture, which was taken in the garden not in pots, it is a Pseudofumaria lutea seedling. It was allowed to grow everywhere...
I have sown C. solida in pots but they are outside and nothing germinates yet. I will make a note to the image.

Dear Trond,
Please read above. Two years ago the only Corydalis flowering in my garden were solida and P. lutea. I didn't even tried scouleri, I don't think is hardy enough here.

[Steve Garvie]

Corydalis seisumsiana


Corydalis cyrtocentra


Corydalis cyrtocentra var.

[Maggi Young]

Corydalis flowers are rather small so these close-up photos are super to showcase just how interesting they are, Steve.

[Gabriela]

Intricate and desirable, I went google-ing right away for them.
You are the best advertiser for those selling the plants you show in your pictures Steve!

[fermi de Sousa]

Steve,
Your images as always are suberb
Could you also post pics of the entire plant to show their growth habit?
cheers
fermi

[Hoy]

It is very possible Leena that in my picture, which was taken in the garden not in pots, it is a Pseudofumaria lutea seedling. It was allowed to grow everywhere...
I have sown C. solida in pots but they are outside and nothing germinates yet. I will make a note to the image.

Dear Trond,
Please read above. Two years ago the only Corydalis flowering in my garden were solida and P. lutea. I didn't even tried scouleri, I don't think is hardy enough here.

   If you don't try you will never know . . . .

Corydalis seisumsiana

Corydalis cyrtocentra

Corydalis cyrtocentra var.

Would love to grow them but I doubt they will tolerate my climate outside. (And I can't have too many pots inside )

[Steve Garvie]

I grow my Leonticoides Corydalis in pots in an unheated frame. I keep them dry from dormancy (usually mid-late May) until December. In a cold winter they appear in early March but this year they began to appear in January and so are a wee bit leggy.
Here are a few more:
Corydalis sewerzowii


Corydalis macrocentra The almost spent flowers turn red.


Corydalis nudicaulis -Whilst this species belongs to a different group it also appreciates a long dry dormancy.


An image of part of the frame showing these plants in growth. There are about 15 plants of ten different species in this image:

[Pauli]

Wow!

[fermi de Sousa]

Very impressive collection, Steve,
cheers
fermi

[David Nicholson]

My Corydalis 'Craigton Blue' which I have had for about three years has never kept it's leaves past late Autumn. But I'm pretty sure that leaves have normally started to re-shoot by this time but not this year though. Should I be worried?