Author Topic: Janis Ruksans plant collection -mostly bulbs March 2021 (Read 3291 times)

Maggi Young · « **on:** April 01, 2021, 10:38:26 AM »

Janis shares many photos with us in the forum and this thread shows images from his bulb collection in March 2021. (The crocus are shown in the Crocus section.) The comments are from Janis.

Janis Ruksans plant collection -mostly bulbs March 2021

The earliest of daffodils always is this Narcissus bulbocodium of unknown origin - from where it came in my collection, I have no idea, but I'm growing it for very long time and for years it grew even outside, although then bloomed less abundantly.

Outside perennial garden this morning - 4th March

Gymnospermium albertii from Uzbekistan

Tulipa cf. biflora 12KZ-090 - from Kazahstan

Is it some succulent? No, Bellevalia cyanopoda from Iran comes out.

Maggi Young · « **Reply #1 on:** April 01, 2021, 10:41:24 AM »

According to the last publication, this one must be labeled as Iris popovii (according to the place, where it was collected), but I'm not sure about correctness of identification, although name was given by Tony Hall and Arnis Seisums.

Anemone banketovii clone

Anemone blanda 'Radar' - one of very few cultivars grown in my collection.

Anemone caucasica

Anemone heldreichii from Crete

Maggi Young · « **Reply #2 on:** April 01, 2021, 10:45:13 AM »

Anemone petiolulosa x tschernjajevii - Tadjikistan

A snowdrop from my small collection - Galanthus graecus from Chios Island, Greece.

Hyacinthella sirtensis - Turkey, near Siirt

Another colour form of Hyacinthella sirtensis

Colchicum brachyphyllum from Gothenburg BG

Maggi Young · « **Reply #3 on:** April 01, 2021, 10:48:44 AM »

Iris rosenbachiana from Harangon

Another colour form of Iris rosenbachiana Harangon with white anthers.

Colchicum szovitsii Tivi from Armenia has so large flowers, that sometimes I'm doubtful - is it szovitsii at all. Good grower in outside garden where is selfsowing.

Colchicum szovitsii LST-167

Colchicum vernum - very impressive now in buds 8th March

Maggi Young · « **Reply #4 on:** April 01, 2021, 10:54:16 AM »

Colchicum wendelboi Iran - from Jim Archibald

Collected as Narcissus munnozii-garmendiae from Portugal, Porto de Sentinele, on rocks at mountain top. Could be N. confusum.

Corydalis hrcana 16IRS-082 - darkest red, known from one gorge in Iran, doesn't like complete drying out in summer.

Corydalis hyrcana- very rare species from Iran with perennial tubers, , so can be multiplied only by seeds. I have 2 tubers and tried to pollinate it this season.

Corydalis malkensis - N Caucasus

Maggi Young · « **Reply #5 on:** April 01, 2021, 10:57:33 AM »

Corydalis malkensis - N. Caucasus

This one was grown up from seeds received as Corydalis malkensis -it's not - should be white and with large flowers.

Corydalis maracandica - Tahta-Karacha pass Uzbekistan

Corydalis sewerzowii

Corydalis solida 'Sura Yogi' I got last autumn from Sulev Savisaar

Maggi Young · « **Reply #6 on:** April 01, 2021, 11:02:08 AM »

Corydalis x Cosmic Rainbow was found as accidental seedling of unknown origin by Henrik Zetterlund in Gothenburg BG

Darkest pink form of Scilla bifolia received by me from Chris Brickell and later named after him as 'Chris' Favourite'

Dwarf form of Anemone coronaria JATU-052 from Turkey, NW Antalya

Earliest between Erythronium dens-canis is form from vicinity of Lipcha in Eastern Karpathian mountains, W Ukraine.(22 march)

(note by maggi: Images are not in time order, as you will likely guess!)

Maggi Young · « **Reply #7 on:** April 01, 2021, 11:04:48 AM »

Eranthis hyemalis 'Aurantiaca'

Eranthis hyemalis blooming in garden

Eranthis hyemalis Flore Plena

Eranthis longistipitata - Uzbekistan

Erythronium caucasicum - Georgia

Maggi Young · « **Reply #8 on:** April 01, 2021, 11:10:22 AM »

Erythronium dens-canis from Rožňava in eastern Slovakia ( probably! )

This year the first Fritillaria which started blooming is this F. zagrica from Iran.

Fessia - was Scilla- hohenackeri WHIR-124 from Iran

Fessia khorasanica - - although in wild it has only one spike, in cultivation number of spikes increase up to 2-3.

Fessia olangensis 16IRS-152 was described and published by me and Dimitry Zubov from Olang gorge in Iran ......

Fessia olangensis (Asparagaceae): a new species of squill from Golestan Province, NE Iran described by Dimitri Zubov, Dr. biol. Janis Rukšāns, Dr. biol. h.c.
Published in International Rock Gardener (IRG 113), May 2019, pages 51-69. http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2019May311559296345IRG113.pdf

Maggi Young · « **Reply #9 on:** April 01, 2021, 11:13:15 AM »

Fessia sp. from Iran - could be new species - still not identified.

Former Chionodoxa now regarded as Scilla albescens

Fritillaria alburyana Kop gec, Turkey - dwarf but with huge flower.

Fritillaria armena

Fritillaria assyriaca WHIR-189 from Iran

Maggi Young · « **Reply #10 on:** April 01, 2021, 11:16:51 AM »

Fritillaria aurea

Fritillaria baisunensis - Baisun Tau, Uzbekistan - easy separable from F. bucharica by undulated leaves and black anthers - in F. bucharica anthers are yellow

Fritillaria chitralensis - earliest from imperialis group - can't be grown outside where it comes out too early and always is frost damaged.

Fritillaria serpenticola - Turkey

Fritillaria stenanthera - from near Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Maggi Young · « **Reply #11 on:** April 01, 2021, 11:20:20 AM »

Fritillaria strausii - Iran

Galanthus rhizehensis - - the smallest of snowdrops in my collection (I'm not snowdrop grower) which I got from Gothenburg BG.

Gymnospermium albertii - from Chimgan, Uzbekistan

Gymnospermium scipetarum

Gymnospermium smirnovii - has the largest flowers and spikes in my collection of Gymnospermiums.

Maggi Young · « **Reply #12 on:** April 01, 2021, 12:13:13 PM »

Gymnospermium smirnowii from Georgia is one of rarest Gymnospermiums

Hyacinthus litwinowii - Kopet Dag, Iran

Hyacinthus orientalis RIGA-105 - Turkey

Hybrid between Corydalis maracandica x unknown species - it's a pity, but species from this group don't increase by tuber splitting

Hybrid between Corydalis paczoskii and Corydalis solida 'Hocus Pocus'

Maggi Young · « **Reply #13 on:** April 01, 2021, 12:19:36 PM »

Hybrid between Corydalis schanginii and C. ainae 'Apricotin' - raised by Augis Dambrauskas, Lithuania.

Iris aucheri 'Indigo King' This is unusually short this spring-this relates to all I. aucheri forms grown by me this spring- although usually is around 50 cm tall.