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Tony Willis

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Re: Colchicum autumn 2009
« Reply #90 on: September 10, 2009, 04:52:47 PM »
two Colchicum bivonae, one from Greece with two pictures showing the outside and inside of the flower and a picture of one with two flowers from Turkey
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mark smyth

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Re: Colchicum autumn 2009
« Reply #91 on: September 10, 2009, 05:12:25 PM »
wolf whistle at Tony's bivonae :o
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Re: Colchicum autumn 2009
« Reply #92 on: September 10, 2009, 05:13:42 PM »
sfikasianum, Maggi. My mistake ::)
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Anthony Darby

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Re: Colchicum autumn 2009
« Reply #93 on: September 10, 2009, 06:04:58 PM »
Tony, that must rate as the most elegant colchicum I have ever seen? 8)
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Re: Colchicum autumn 2009
« Reply #94 on: September 10, 2009, 06:45:07 PM »
Thank you both,I suppose like me it has grown better with age.I collected the seed in 1987. It has never increased.
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Re: Colchicum autumn 2009
« Reply #95 on: September 10, 2009, 08:30:23 PM »
Nice Colchicums from everybody.

As I'm a  colchicum beginner I'm happy with my "easy to please" cultivars :D.

C. cilicicum and C. autumnale album now in blossom.

« Last Edit: September 10, 2009, 08:44:34 PM by Maggi Young »
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Re: Colchicum autumn 2009
« Reply #96 on: September 10, 2009, 09:27:36 PM »
in the bulb log Ian said how fast bulb flowers can appear. Yesterday I was weeding where my Colchicum variegatum grows. There was no sign. Today a nose and flower are up but the flower looks pale.

Crocus nudiflorus appeared overnight also with quite long sheaths. One flower pushed through in a couple of hours
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Re: Colchicum autumn 2009
« Reply #97 on: September 10, 2009, 10:09:45 PM »
Here's a small group of Colchicums in my green house
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Re: Colchicum autumn 2009
« Reply #98 on: September 10, 2009, 10:13:09 PM »
Which Colchicum are they Mark - very delicate with the light filtering through - is there a reason for them being in your greenhouse?
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Re: Colchicum autumn 2009
« Reply #99 on: September 10, 2009, 10:15:53 PM »
RR I bring all my bulbs in while they are flowering so rain and wind doesnt destroy them
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Re: Colchicum autumn 2009
« Reply #100 on: September 10, 2009, 10:21:47 PM »
I'm very excited at the thought of receiving my first Colchicum montanum bulbs through the post from Tonyg and want to make them feel at home in the Alps  :D
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Re: Colchicum autumn 2009
« Reply #101 on: September 11, 2009, 06:23:33 AM »
Mark, I believe to see POSEIDON on the right site of your pic. Two pots??? Yes, the weather destroys a lot of flowers here too.
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Re: Colchicum autumn 2009
« Reply #102 on: September 11, 2009, 06:39:19 AM »
WILLIAM DYKES - touched by light
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Re: Colchicum autumn 2009
« Reply #103 on: September 11, 2009, 10:25:07 AM »
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Who can help please. Who  knows the  differences between ANTARES and GRACIA? Both came in the seventies from P. Visser. But what is what???


Hagan in Rod Leeds book he says this about 'Antares'
"this Dutch plant has pale pink segments which appear quite white internally but with purple tips. It is of medium size and sounds better than it actually looks in reality"

I have emailed someone about 'Gracia' but no reply.
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Re: Colchicum autumn 2009
« Reply #104 on: September 11, 2009, 11:11:24 AM »
Quote from: Anthony Darby on September 10, 2009, 03:22:48 PM
Quote from: pehe on September 08, 2009, 10:01:52 AM
Quote from: mark smyth on September 07, 2009, 09:18:10 PM
My favourite Colchicum is looking great today. I took lots of photographs before the hover flies poop all over them. The first photo is from Friday and the rest show the flowers opening today. speciosum Album is so pristine and white with the lovely green stem

Great photos Mark! Your Speciosum Album look great.
In Denmark we are about 2 weeks behind Ireland. Mine are barely visible above ground.
But other Colchicum have started flowering in my garden.

Poul

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What are the scillas behind the Colchicum corsicum Poul?


It is Scilla autumnalis. I will post a photo later.

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