Colchicums March 2008

[Boyed]

Last year during our small expeditions throughout the country me managed to find a gigantic form of colchicum speciosum. It was found by my wife among the thounsands of colchicum szovitsii plants, that knocked us out by its enormal sizes. A colchicum specialist from GB Sweeden thinks that it is hexaploid. I can only say that it is sterile and doesn't set seeds.

Last year I planted it in the pot to test this sample in the culture and was very happy to see that large sizes are permanent feature. It is some 20 cm tall with flowers eaqualing in sizes to crocus vernus large-flowering hybrids. For short, it have the same sizes as autumn colchicum byzantinum, but having stonger tubes and thicker constitution of petals. I hope that next year it'll perform all its beauty and strength.

[mark smyth]

It looks great. Can I be first on the waiting list?

[Boyed]

Mark,

Pleased to hear that you like it. I am always happy to share plants with bulb enthusist like me. I have now a single plant and as it multiplies I will certainly remember you.

[Maggi Young]

Zhirair, what a very handsome form the colchicum has.... your wife deserves congratulations for her fine eye for a good plant 

[Boyed]

Maggi,

Thanks! My wife, really has a keen eye in finding plants, especially after blooming and I often take her with me when searching plants. This colchicum is going to be named after her just 'Alla'.

[Maggi Young]

Zhirair,  how lovely, yes, that is a fitting reward for Alla's cleverness
We wives have many uses, do we not? 

[Boyed]

Maggi,

Certainly, there is no doubt about that and I think that many will agree. My wife highly inspires me in doing many things with great pleasure.

[dominique]

Great find by Alla ! This Colchicum is very beautiful and I would be glad to be the second on the waiting list after Mark, Zhirair.
Do you know the difference beetween Tulipa linifolia and Tulipa maximowicziana
                                                    Tulipa montana and Tulipa wilsonniana
Mine seem the same
Thank you . Thank Alla

Edit by M. : replies to this tulip question have been moved to the Tulipa thread

[I.S.]

  Here is a strange Colchicum.
In one location it flowers in autum and in another location it flowers in spring.
Colchicum minutum which I think that it is.

[dominique]

Gerry and Alan thank you for the light about these species.edit by M. : refers to  replies moved to Tulipa thread
Marvellous pics, Thank you Ibrahim

[Paul T]

Here in Canberra, Australia it is Colchicum season...... have had purpurascens, cilicicum, 'The Giant', aggripinum, byzantinum album, cretense and a couple of others in flower already despite a couple of years of neglect in pots without repotting.  have repotted everything this year so next year the flowers should be much better I'd imagine.  Amazing what they can survive, isn't it!!?

[Boyed]

colchicum szovitsii in my garden (replanted from wild last year)

[Boyed]

merendera trygina (pink and white forms) photographed during yesterday's trip to the mountains

[art600]

How fantastic to have the mountains so close, and what treasures they contain.

[art600]

Last year I asked for help in identifying a white colchicum, that I hoped might be 'Cretan White'

I now post 2 photos of the leaves, together with an original photo of the flower, and hope somebody can positively identify it.

Thanks