Corydalis 2016

[Yann]

Cleaning the greenhouse i found Corydalis × allenii 'Enno' in bloom, emerging from the soil.

[Gabriela]

I was wondering if some Corydalis are hidden somewhere in between all those pots   

[Yann]

Yes, i've 25 species in pots, outside there're eaten by slugs as usual

[Gabriela]

Wow, here the chipmunks are more of a problem; cuter than the slugs  but also very damaging on everything Corydalis, Dicentra and so on...

[Yann]

Corydalis haussknechtii

[Gabriela]

Such a soft colour! They all rank high in my favourite genera.

[Yann]

Corydalis subremota in the garden

[Gabriela]

Very cute, is it related to the C. solida? Looks a lot like it.

[Cfred72]

Hello, Could anyone tell me it is? It is in my wild undergrowth and it multiplies well back to the garden in semi-shaded area sometimes very dry in summer. I thought Corydalis Cava or solida.

[Leena]

Hello, Could anyone tell me it is? It is in my wild undergrowth and it multiplies well back to the garden in semi-shaded area sometimes very dry in summer. I thought Corydalis Cava or solida.

it's not C.cava, it could be C.solida.

[Leena]

Very cute, is it related to the C. solida? Looks a lot like it.

If I remember right, C.subremota is closely related to C.solida. I bought C.subremota a few years ago, but only a small leaf came up the next spring, I'm not sure if it is alive now. It's bulbs were (naturally) smaller than C.solida bulbs and more prone to drying, perhaps that is why I failed to establish it.

[Yann]

Mine are grown in full sun, south side beside a rock. In summer it can be very dry in my clay soil.

[Gabriela]

If I remember right, C.subremota is closely related to C.solida. I bought C.subremota a few years ago, but only a small leaf came up the next spring, I'm not sure if it is alive now. It's bulbs were (naturally) smaller than C.solida bulbs and more prone to drying, perhaps that is why I failed to establish it.

Thank you Leena. I went looking over the web and it seems that regarding the name is accepted as C. solida ssp. subremota. I couldn't find though what the differences are. It should be something more than just the smaller bulbs - good to know. Maybe Yann will post another close-up image?
I have few forms of C. solida and I wouldn't mind to have more 

[Carolyn]

These seeds have germinated recently - corydalis chaerophylla. I was surprised to see that the seedlings are dicots, all the corydalis and dicentras I've grown so far have had only one seed leaf, so I decided to do some research to see if the seeds were correctly identified. In the book Bleedling Hearts, Corydalis and their Relatives, I read that certain species of corydalis and dicentra have, in the course of their evolution, lost one of their seed leaves - this applies to all tuberous corydalis, some dicentra and some of the non-tuberous Himalayan species. The book does not state whether C. Chaerophylla is a monocot or dicot and I haven't been able to find anything further on this. Anyone know about this?

[Gabriela]

Carolyn,
I don't grow as many Corydalis as I wish yet, so I cannot give you a general answer. But I can show how the seedlings of C. solida - most probably Pseudofumaria lutea, and Capnoides sempervirens (formerly Corydalis) look. Yours may indeed also belong to a Corydalis.