Fritillaria 2007

[Mark Griffiths]

Hi, it might be gracea. I think it was supposed to be F.amana yellow that I got many years ago and I never was ble to id it properly. The yellow is F.conica, I'm attaching a pic from last year.

[Maggi Young]

I think the first is pinardii and the second likely to be a form of hermonis.... pick a form, any form !?!

[Mark Griffiths]

Yes, I sort of had it down as F. amana which I think is what we now call F.hermonis amana. well whatever, it's a nice plant to have around! One of the things I love about frits is their capacity to baffle spouses..."yes, it's another one..yes, another green and brown one..but the thing about it is that...etc etc..."

[DaveM]

Mark
F pinardii and F hermonis amana would be my answers.
Attached is the form of pinardii that I have grown for the last 10 years of so. Just coming into flower now (second pic). First pic from the Edinburgh show, a couple of years ago. My hermonis still in tight bud.

[Mark Griffiths]

Hi, thanks for the IDs. For some reason I was really slow in getting F.pinardii but I now have a almost black on and another I'm waiting to flower. Really sory I passed seed on now, but the guy that sold it to me is an expert and he told me it was F.carica brown form. Oh well.

Glad to get an ID on the other one..that came to me as the yellow form of F. hermonis amana. I have another one which I think is the EK Balls form..it is in bud and I'll post that when it flowers to get an opinion on that.

Whatever the name..they are still beautiful!

[tonyg]

Here are some Frits from the AGS Kent Show
Fritillaria crassifolia kurdica x2
Fritillaria chlorantha
Fritillaria crassifolia crassifolia
Fritillaria forbesii
Fritillaria gibbosa

[Andrew]

Fritillaria caucasica all one 'bulb'.

[Ian Y]

Mark G.
Do not worry to much about the possible mis-identification.
I also think that your plant is pinardi from the picture but I find it almost impossible to seperate some forms of carica and pinardi.
At one end true pinardi is distinct as is true carica at the other end of the scale but to me they meet in the middle where it becomes almost impossible to seperate them in cultivation.
Polymorphic species comes to mind.

[Andrew]

Fritillaria hermonis hermonis

[chris]

here a photo of F.sibthorpiana,in my greenhouse last year 1 flower now 2 stems with 2 flowers

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Beautiful Chris - the way it's increasing, it must be happy !

[Lesley Cox]

Thanks for the pics of F. sibthorpiana Chris. I thought mine was wrong. Now I KNOW it is. Oh well.....

[chris]

in the garden the Frit.imperialis start flowering, I lost the label of the third plant

[Maggi Young]

The third one , which you have lost the name of, is an unusual colour combination, Chris. Will you show us the flowers as they open, please?

[chris]

yes I will show it, I hope the flowers open in a few days, if they open can I pollinate the flowers with his own pollen?
F.elwesi is one of my favorites