Colchicum & relatives 2017

[Arda Takan]

bivonae?

[arilnut]

bivonae?

Hi Arda. I think you're getting pretty good here.
Do you ever come across any of the Oncocyclus iris?

John

[ArnoldT]

Arda:

Thought of that one, but images I've seen online don't show the tessellation of the petals.

[Arda Takan]

Arda:

Thought of that one, but images I've seen online don't show the tessellation of the petals.

These C.bivonae photos are taken by me 6 years ago

http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7848.0;attach=313000;image
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7848.0;attach=313002;image
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7848.0;attach=313004;image
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7848.0;attach=313006;image

[Arda Takan]

Hi Arda. I think you're getting pretty good here.
Do you ever come across any of the Oncocyclus iris?

John

Hello John,
Thank you
About Iris, I have little to none knowledge about Iris so I don't know if an iris is Oncocyclus or not. But I did see some wild Iris but never in flower.

[arilnut]

Hi Arnold.  Quote from PBS.
 "Colchicum bivonae contributes the tessellation (checkering) to these hybrids."

John

Arda:

Thought of that one, but images I've seen online don't show the tessellation of the petals.

[ArnoldT]

John:

Seems it could be.  I know it was acquired a C. bivonae but in the world of Colchicums there's much confusion.

[Steve Garvie]

Colchicum sanguicole

[Arda Takan]

Steve do you have a photo with cataphyll?

[Steve Garvie]

Sorry Arda. The image was taken 10 days ago with no cataphyll in the frame. The flowers have gone over now.

[Arda Takan]

It is ok. Your photos are always great

[Arda Takan]

C. Bivonae from wild taken by my friend last week.

[Alan_b]

These bulbs were given to me as Colchicum laetum.  I have to pass them on so identification is important.  But, according to the RHS, there seems to be a Colchicum laetum as described by Christian von Steven in 1829 and also the name Colchicum laetum misapplied to Colchicum parnassicum.  Can anyone say is these are one or the other or neither?

 

[Tulipaholic]

Hello Alan

Your Colchicum looks indeed to C. laetum hort. what is a similar garden form as C. byzanthynum. It makes also the same giant tubers as C. byzanthinum.

greetings
Sjaak de Groot

[sokol]

Any idea about this Colchicum that I have got as Colchicum cupanii from the seed exchange?
My Colchicum cupanii looks quite different.