Fritillaria 2019

[PaulFlowers]

Menai - It looks a bit like this; bought as Frit. Montana

[Menai]

Thanks to both of you

Erle

[Rick R.]

Now I wonder about my "Fritillaria pyrenaica".  From NARGS seed, what do you all think?

[Maggi Young]

There is  a cultivar  of  Frit. pyrenaica called  'Cedric Morris' - which  is  along the lines of yours - but  I see  more than one  leaf bract  up be the  flower, which I associate with  F. montana - of course, my approach is  less than scientific, so we'll see what the  expert frit fans  say!

[Karaba]

Both "Fritillaria pyrenaica" from Rick and Menai may be the results of some fly or wasp that did not read the manual as Colin showed us some other example. One of the parent may be F. pyrenaica but the result is not a typical one. Even if there is some variation, they usually don't look like this. It has a bit of F. montana but this one should have alternate leaves. There are obviously some "strange" F. pyrenaica in the exchange also pictured by Ian Young on the Pacific Bulb Society site https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/EuropeanFritillariaTwo 

[Rick R.]

Thanks for the replies!  Of course, I love it whatever it is.... 

[Janis Ruksans]

Crocuses almost finished, now top plant is Corydalis, but Fritillarias just started, so few nice plants I can show here.
The first two pictures are Fritillaria serpenticola - one of the dwarfest species from Turkey.
Fritillaria collina this year didn't grew tall, but regardless of shorter stem formed huge flower. It comes from Georgia, Krestovi Pass, Caucasus mnt.
Fritillaria zagrica and gibbosa - both are from Iran.

[Janis Ruksans]

Here only 2 pictures - the first is unidentified from Nemrutdag near Lake Van. May be some can tell me name?
And the next is still unnamed new species from nr. Pulkhakim. Original stock was lost and it was restored from seeds. Unfortunately it easy hybridizes with F. bucharica and it took long time to restore correct, typical stock. Main features separating both are Pulkhakim frit blooms earlier, it has glaucous green leaves (in bucharica they are soft green) and most prominent are its twisted leaves, with in bucharica are smooth edged.

[Gerdk]

First flower of Fritillaria davidii - bulbs received from a generous member in 2001.

Gerd

[Leucogenes]

Hello to all specialists

In the winter before last I sowed Fritillaria recurva.  You can see the current condition in the picture.

Since I am a bloody beginner in this field I would be very happy about all available information about the further procedure.  Should I prick the seedlings now?
 
I am very grateful for all the cultural information.

It should probably be a somewhat demanding species...  maybe a little naive of me to choose this species as an introduction.😎

Thanks
Thomas

[Karaba]

First flower of Fritillaria davidii - bulbs received from a generous member in 2001.

Gerd

I had the same flower few days ago but I was away and didn't take any pictures before it fade. Also from a generous member in 2018  who also give its bigger bulbs as a other member of this forum 

Thanks Gerd to give me the chance to see this flower in real 

[Maggi Young]

Hello to all specialists

In the winter before last I sowed Fritillaria recurva.  You can see the current condition in the picture.

Since I am a bloody beginner in this field I would be very happy about all available information about the further procedure.  Should I prick the seedlings now?
 
I am very grateful for all the cultural information.

It should probably be a somewhat demanding species...  maybe a little naive of me to choose this species as an introduction.😎

Thanks
Thomas

  Better  not to  prick them out at this  stage - remember,  with a iny  plant, any  damage  done to  root or leaf  is a much larger percentage  of  damage to the  plant that when a  larger plant  is  pricked out.  We would  pot the   whole  potful on into a  slightly  bigger pot. You can do that each year  and  let them grow on for another year  or two.   We  wouldn't  ever  prick them out  in growth, only when  dormant  would we  sort out the  bulbs.

[PaulFlowers]

fritillaria  graeca
Fritillaria crassifolia kurdica

[Steve Garvie]

Fritillaria rhodokanakis


Fritillaria obliqua (The plant I grow as tuntasia has not yet opened its flower buds).

[Steve Garvie]

Fritillaria liliacea


Fritillaria biflora ssp. ineziana


Fritillaria (crassifolia ssp.) kurdica


Fritillaria alfredae ssp. glaucoviridis


Fritillaria crassifolia ssp. hakkariensis