Tecophilaea

[Alessandro.marinello]

Tecophilaea cyanocrocus var. violacea
this is an advance, tomorrow complete task
for me first year of bloomed this species

[ashley]

Another beautiful plant Alessandro.  I'll have to wait a year or two before my seedlings get to that stage.

[Alessandro.marinello]

Ashley

these employ much time to catch up bloomed from seed

[ChrisB]

Alessandro, could you add your location to your profile so we know where you are.  Lovely tecophilaea by the way.  Mine are just poking their noses through the soil yet, so wondered where you were to get them into flower this early.

[Anthony Darby]

I have two pots of violacea, which is not only one more than I thought I had but one more than I should have had. One should been what it was labelled: 'Stormcloud'!

[Maggi Young]

I have two pots of violacea, which is not only one more than I thought I had but one more than I should have had. One should been what it was labelled: 'Stormcloud'!

Tecophilaea 'Stormcloud' is a Kath Dryden selection, I think? Perhaps a mix-up has happenend and you received seedlings from Stormcloud by mistake?

I take it that your Tecs  are flowering now, too......early yet!

[Alessandro.marinello]

ChrisB
dress in Padova Italy north climatic zone 8 the temperature of the my minimal greenhouse is +4 max +28

[David Nicholson]

Ah! Padova, my favourite City in the whole world (or at least of the ones I've seen!) I have wonderful memories of sitting in the piazza outside the University over a couple of bottles of red, watching the newly graduated students go through their 'initiation' ceremony surrounded by laughing parents, siblings and friends.

[Tony Willis]

I have wonderful memories of sitting in the piazza outside the University over a couple of bottles of red, watching the newly graduated students go through their 'initiation' ceremony surrounded by laughing parents, siblings and friends.

David  snap almost, in that I did not have the red wine!

and then I was dragged around to look at the Palladio bits

[David Nicholson]

I think I stumbled round them Tony.

[Anthony Darby]

I have two pots of violacea, which is not only one more than I thought I had but one more than I should have had. One should been what it was labelled: 'Stormcloud'!

Tecophilaea 'Stormcloud' is a Kath Dryden selection, I think? Perhaps a mix-up has happenend and you received seedlings from Stormcloud by mistake?

I take it that your Tecs  are flowering now, too......early yet!

Not flowering yet Maggi, but it did last season. I bought both at a show and suspect someone had inadvertently, or otherwise, swapped labels around?

[Alessandro.marinello]

Ah! Padova, my favourite City in the whole world (or at least of the ones I've seen!) I have wonderful memories of sitting in the piazza outside the University over a couple of bottles of red, watching the newly graduated students go through their 'initiation' ceremony surrounded by laughing parents, siblings and friends.

David
I have seen also graduated in slip, perhaps a glass too much

[Alessandro.marinello]

New image open flower

[Carlo]

Bravo Alessandro! Ciao belleza!

[ChrisB]

What a little beauty!  It is so cold here I think the noses of mine are going to turn blue without coming through the soil