Sternbergia 2018

[Harald-Alex.]

Here the second year in open grounds opens the Sternbergia lutea wit deep-yellow flowers. After a tipp from Cyril Lafong I replanted the bulbs in waterplant-pots to protect the bulbs against muizes and have a better harvesting some years later!

[Gerdk]

An extraordinary showy Sternbergia from Ikaria
- with special thanks to Stefan!

Gerd

[Yann]

indeed, i like the color a bit green, camera or real color?

[Gerdk]

This form is slightly greenish when opening indeed - later it develops a 'normal' Sternbergia sicula/lutea colour.

Gerd

[Steve Garvie]

Sternbergia lutea

[sokol]

This form is slightly greenish when opening indeed - later it develops a 'normal' Sternbergia sicula/lutea colour.

Gerd

I observe this especially at the beginning of flowering time, when the first flowers are opening. I am not quite sure whether the later opening ones are also greenish.

Your Sternbergia greuteriana from Karpathos is flowering very well here this year.

[Gerdk]

These are
1. Sternbergia greuteriana from Karpathos - a collection from Manfred Koenen
2. Sternbergia greuteriana - should have stolones/received from Dirk
in comparison to another collection from Karpathos - No. 3

Gerd

[Gerdk]

... and

Sternbergia schubertii

It is a little bit shy flowering even after kept artificially warmed during summer

Gerd

[Gerdk]

Once again the Sternbergia greuteriana/Koenen collection in comparison to the species with stolones

Obviously the latter one is smaller

Gerd

[Pauli]

My smallest and my biggest Sternbergia flower - both from Crete. The small one may be greuteriana

[Gerdk]

Surprising variation Herbert!
Was this photo made in the wild where these species grew side by side or in your garden?

Gerd

[Pauli]

Gerd,
Pictures taken in the garden!
They do not grow close together in nature.

[Gerdk]

Thank you Herbert!

Gerd

[Robert]

Another group of plants I can watch as my seedlings develop. At least I have a good group of seedling bulbs in the ground where they will hopefully thrive...... and bloom soon, maybe next year. At that time, I can post some photographs and hopefully straighten out, who is who (i.e. correctly identify the species). 

Thank you for posting the photographs. 

[Rimmer de Vries]

Sternbergia fischeriana earlier than ever.