Colchicums late 2008

[annew]

Those tiny ones are terrific.
I grew this from seed at C. boissieri, I'd be grateful for confirmation of the name, please. Thanks.

[Anthony Darby]

Here's another pic of pusillum now the leaves are well up. Much broader than my others.

[Paddy Tobin]

Oron,

It is absolutely wonderful to view these photographs of plants we could not otherwise ever see - well, I don't see myself travelling to the deserts of Judea in the near future at any rate.

Delighted to see the photographs, many thanks.


Paddy

[tonyg]

Those tiny ones are terrific.
I grew this from seed at C. boissieri, I'd be grateful for confirmation of the name, please. Thanks.

Anne - It looks about right but its difficult to be sure from the flower alone. The two forms of C boissieri that I have grown both have very distinctive bulbs.  (Is that the right term for a Colchicum - bulb??)  The bulbs are very thin and elongated, almost like pieces of couch grass when small.  The larger ones may have two 'fingers' each with a growing shoot at the tip.  I have not grown any other colchicum with bulbs like this and would consider it a distinctive feature .... until someone tells me of others with the same type of bulb.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Thanks for showing us these little gems from these for us inaccessible areas Oron !! Stunning plants - never seen before 

[dominique]

Gorgeous plants Oron, thank you. Our dreams go now with their seeds....!!!!

[art600]

Tony

Agree with every word on Colchicum boisierri. 

Beautiful flower, but sometimes shy to flower.

[udo]

Hello Colchicum-Friends,
who can me help?
I become this species from a friend, coll. in NE Greece, near Thessaloniki

[hadacekf]

Dirk,
Looks like C. bivonae  to me.

[Oron Peri]

Here are some more Colchicum in bloom now, all four species have Eastern Mediterranean distribution.
C. Troodi
C. hierosolymitanum
The beautiful C. brachyphyllum
and the most variable in color and forms C. stevenii

[tonyg]

Fabulous again Oron.  Thanks so much for joining our Forum and sharing your plant pictures and knowledge.  By coincidence I was sowing seed today .... including Colchicum brachyphyllum.  Thanks again

[udo]

Hello Franz,
many thanks for this information.

[dominique]

Dirk,
I think too bivonae. Oron, fabulous pics

[Tony Willis]

Hello Colchicum-Friends,
who can me help?
I become this species from a friend, coll. in NE Greece, near Thessaloniki

Dirk

I have this same species from the foothills of Mt Olympus which is just a few kms from where yours come from and I also think it is bivonae

[annew]

Thanks, Tony. I'll have a look when repotting, but I don't remember it looking unusual.