Calochortus 2009-2010

[Ragged Robin]

I agree with Luc, really wonderful shows in your photos and some superb close ups to drool over 

[fermi de Sousa]

This Calochortus splendens was grown from seed;

last year our marauding echidna broke off the only flowering stem! This year the flower made the sensible decision to come up through a patch of DB Iris to protect itself!

Who says plants aren't sentient

Another flower has opened amongst the C. luteus "Compact Form" seedlings,

which is different to the first one with its more obvious sepals, which also opened a new flower


cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

A couple of Calochortus flowering now.bye Ray

Ray,
I like your C. albus "Rubellus", it's one I've had trouble raising from seed.
Your unknown looks interesting - Have you got the Book "Calochortus: Mariposa Lilies & Their Relatives"
By Mary E. Gerritsen and Ron Parsons? you maybe able to find it in there.
cheers
fermi

[Ray]

Hi Fermi,yes I have that book and I think that it is a form of C venustus,the pic of one of the forms
in the book is very similar/same as mine.bye Ray

[Ray]

The last of my Calochortus to flower is one I got from MH this year,
Calochortus obispoensis.bye Ray

[arillady]

What a strange bewhiskered flower

[Luc Gilgemyn]

A little hairy monster... 
But a beautiful one !

[David Nicholson]

Very nice indeed Ray. Not a common one here.

[fermi de Sousa]

The last of my Calochortus to flower is one I got from MH this year,
Calochortus obispoensis.bye Ray

Hi Ray,
not one that I've grown
I still have C. weedii ssp vestus yet to flower - I got it from Marcus last year but I can't remember if it produced a bloom - this year it's about 2 ft tall and has quite a few buds on it.
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Well, that Calochotus weedii ssp vestus (syn C, fimbriatus) is still in tight bud!
So here's a pic of some bulblets which I unpotted yesterday.

As you can see 25 were sown on the 9th of June 2008 and I think just about every seed germinated! However there are more than 25 bulblets as many have increased along the underground part of the stem! Hopefully a few will reach flowering size next year.
cheers
fermi

[Paul T]

Wow, Fermi.  Congratulations.  I must knock my pots of seedlings (I have about a half dozen or so) out and see what they have done/are they still alive.  I have plans for a garden for them after your and Pat's pics of them, and I have the spot worked out as discussed in a topic a month or so ago.  Hopefully some of my seedlings survive now to be able to plant. 

You lot are definitely inspiring!!  Thanks.

[Lesley Cox]

Nice when something does as one hopes. Looking forward to the flowers. Your climate Fermi seems to suit Calochortus very well. Similar to California perhaps.

[fermi de Sousa]

Your climate Fermi seems to suit Calochortus very well. Similar to California perhaps.

Which is what gave them the clue to look for gold around here - well a bit north of here exactly .
Unfortunately I wasn't as thorough as I thought when I applied for my AGS seed as AQIS confiscated C. elegans! It isn't on ICON (the "allowed" list) so I intend to spend some time over the summer filling out weed risk assessments (WRA) to endeavour to get more calochortus onto ICON! With sources like the seedexes and Ron Ratko and other seed collectors there is a good chance to introduce new species to Australia.
cheers
fermi

[Diane Whitehead]

Yes, and since most are so very difficult to grow, I can't imagine
any of them running amok in Australia.

[Sinchets]

I imagine a lot of the dry land species are packing their bags in anticipation of being allowed into Australia!