Flowers and foliage October 2008

[Paul T]

N. canaliculatus is notorious for that, at least here in Aus.  I often wonder whether we just have a dodgy clone here in Aus.    Multiplies very well, but nothing worthwhile otherwise.  I still have a small pot of it just for having it, but I've given up on it a few years ago and no longer bother trying to find the right key to flowering it. 

[Tony Willis]

Quite a nice biarum from Spain

[Rafa]

Ok, dedicated to all the friends from SRGC

Note: These yellow Narcissi is Narcissus humilis var. mauritanicus, from Michael Salmon collection. It is bigger than spanish populations.


Urginea-maritima
 Narcissus-obsoletus---Narcissus-humilis-(mauritanicus)

[Maggi Young]

Exquisite, Rafa!

[arillady]

Rafa what exquisitely tailored flowers - love them. You don't have a good clone of N. canaliculatus that flowers do you? Or anyone else?
Pat T

[Paul T]

Tony,

Nice Biarum.

Rafa,

Oh those little Narcissus.  Wow.

[Anthony Darby]

I have had Biarum tenuifolium from Corfu flowering in my rockery outside since 1993.

[Giles]

Dear Pat,
In the past I bought Narcissus canaliculatus from Ron Scamp in Cornwall http://www.qualitydaffodils.co.uk/
I planted it out in the garden, and it flowered prolifically every year.
Giles

[Giles]

ps
Dear Tony
Were you aware that there was a 'special edition' of Curtis's Botanical Magazine earlier this year dedicated to Biarum.
I expect you could order a back copy from Wiley-Blackwell publishing. It was Volume 25 part 1. (Feb 2008).

[Maggi Young]

ps
Dear Tony
Were you aware that there was a 'special edition' of Curtis's Botanical Magazine earlier this year dedicated to Biarum.
I expect you could order a back copy from Wiley-Blackwell publishing. It was Volume 25 part 1. (Feb 2008).

Tony may well have been aware, but I wasn't..... Thanks for that info, Giles!

[Giles]

If you wanted to borrow my copy, before deciding if its worth buying youself, pm me and I'll post it to you.

[Maggi Young]

that is very kind, Giles, I will do that.

[ian mcenery]

Autumn colours plus a sternbergia

 Menziesia ciilicalyx
 Vitis coignetiae
 Acer japonicum aureum.
 Sternbergia greuteriana

[Kenneth K]

First some autumn colors and then a lily that I have been waiting long for the flower to open - Lilium gloriosoides.

[Oron Peri]

Tony,
You are too modest....your  Biarum tenuifolium is stunning, it is amazing to see how variable and widespread this species is.

Rafa, is the dark form of U. maritima is from Spain?
Urginea maritima in this region is never dark veined, I have noticed that there are darker forms in some of the Greek Islands.