Colchicum & relatives 2017

[johnralphcarpenter]

Signs of Autumn? Colchicum alpinum.

[Yann]

alpinum can bloom between mid-July to Early october, this species is not the best barometer for autumn. Take a look at the forecast for the next 2 weeks along the Channel, it's autumn 

[hadacekf]

This self seedling colchicum bloom at 39 ° Celsius in my meadow.

[Maggi Young]

 39 ° !  You are still having  a lot of heat, Franz.

[fermi de Sousa]

I wondered why there was no leaf growth in this pot of Colchicum kotschyi until I lifted it out of its tray!
cheers
fermi

[Maggi Young]

Colchicum 'Houdini', fermi?!!

[sokol]

The next Colchicum are starting to flower here, first is Colchicum haynaldii, second Colchicum sfikasianum.

[Arda Takan]

Taken today at Bilecik/Turkey today.
Colchicum identified as umbrosum

[gerrit]

1. Colchicum x 'Lysimachus', found on the mountain Falakros in Greece. A cross between C. autumnale x C. haynaldii.
2. Colchicum byzantinum 'Innocence'.

[gerrit]

1. Colchicum bivonae 'Apollo'.
2. Colchicum bivonae 'Disraeli'.
3. Colchicum tenorii.
4. Colchicum x agrippinum, a very nice tesselated one.

[David Nicholson]

Nice set of pictures Gerrit.

The few I have have started now:-

Colchicum agrippinum

and some unlabeled ones  and more to come eventually from the same patch

[gerrit]

Maybe it is Colchicum autumnale 'Album', David. (the white ones, I mean)

What a enormous group of stunning C. agrippinum.

[fermi de Sousa]

Colchicum 'Houdini', fermi?!!

A good indication that I didn't re-pot last season!
I found another one (Colchicum soboliferum) doing the same!
Lovely to see all the autumn species happening "up there" in NH
cheers
fermi

[David Nicholson]

Maybe it is Colchicum autumnale 'Album', David. (the white ones, I mean)

What a enormous group of stunning C. agrippinum.

Thank you Gerrit. Thomas Huber sent me the original bulbs of all my Colchicum many years ago now. The agrippinum never really settled at first and over the years I've moved them to different parts of the garden but they have certainly settled now.

Overnight a couple more of the others I showed yesterday have appeared. I've also posted a close up of the white ones to see if this helps to confirm them as C. autumnale 'Album'

[Michael J Campbell]

Colchicum neapolitanum var. macranthum, originally from Marcus Harvey.