Meconopsis 2016

[ichristie]

Hello just back from Devon very bumpy flight due to thunderstorms very glad to arrive in Edinburgh any way I am posting a picture of some Meconopsis leaves which I am comparing please ignore some of the names these are some new forms, cheers Ian the Christie kind

[Tristan_He]

This wet autumn seems to be suiting my M. wallichii seedlings sown this spring - and the leaves look amazing with raindrops on them.







This one was bought from seed labelled as 'M.regia' but it's a garden hybrid of some sort, still a pretty enough rosette.

[Maggi Young]

There are a great series of papers on Meconopsis in Sibbaldia -  the Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture - from RBGE - with open access at the moment - ranging from seed storage to maintaining a monocarpic collection......  https://journals.rbge.org.uk/index.php/rbgesib
 
 
 Establishing and Maintaining Monocarpic Meconopsis in Living Collections. C. Grey-Wilson  https://journals.rbge.org.uk/index.php/rbgesib/article/view/12/12
 
   The effects of short-term storage on germination in Meconopsis Vig. (Papaveraceae). 
  A. Elliott    https://journals.rbge.org.uk/index.php/rbgesib/article/view/166/154
 
 Meconopsis grandis – the true Himalayan Blue Poppy & The Cultivation Of M. grandis
    C. Grey-Wilson  https://journals.rbge.org.uk/index.php/rbgesib/article/view/138/128
 
 
   The Importance of Polyploidy in Meconopsis with Particular Reference to the Big Perennial Blue Poppies
    Ian McNaughton    https://journals.rbge.org.uk/index.php/rbgesib/article/view/58/42

[ichristie]

Hello sorry for long delay with this I am posting a pictures with two leaves the one on the left is Meconopsis wallichii  the other is M. staintoni I suspect you plants are this or possible hybrids cheers Ian the Christie kind

[Tristan_He]

Thanks Ian. They were labelled only as 'Meconopsis sp.'. Ian Scott has examined his seed from the same source and thought they were most likely wallichii, but we will see! I haven't grown either species before so have an open mind. Whatever the plant, the rosettes are beautiful.