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Is F.fusca close to F.delavayi, Janis?This is the plant I bought as F.delavayi about 5 or 6 years ago from China. It looks like F.cirrhosa to me.
Today F. fusca is in full bloom. Pity, only one plant, but it is first after 8 years long waiting!Janis
Quote from: Janis Ruksans on May 07, 2009, 11:08:26 AMToday F. fusca is in full bloom. Pity, only one plant, but it is first after 8 years long waiting!JanisSome years ago I got the following as F fusca. I never tried to check the name and now it is gone anyway.Anyone reoginzes it?Göte
Quote from: gote on May 07, 2009, 03:55:56 PMQuote from: Janis Ruksans on May 07, 2009, 11:08:26 AMToday F. fusca is in full bloom. Pity, only one plant, but it is first after 8 years long waiting!JanisSome years ago I got the following as F fusca. I never tried to check the name and now it is gone anyway.Anyone reoginzes it?GöteIt is very common "fusca" (and many others) from Chen-yi. I named it unibracteata, although it looks surprisingly similar to design of F. regelii in Flora of Tadjikistan. So possibly it is regelii. I never had regelii from Tadjikistan, so can't to judge.Janis
Your "true" fusca is superb Janis and well worth the wait. The colours of flower and foliage are so subtle and different. When you write your NEXT book (after the one we're all waiting for) could you include a large section on Fritillaria please. So many are not mentioned at all in the Pratt and Jefferson-Brown book, which is very frustrating.
This is frit delavayi growing in the wild it has taken me about 8 years to actually see it flower.