Colchicum autumn 2009

[BULBISSIME]

I've some Colchicum from Crete, all of them C. pusillum, but this one is quite different : several flowers, pale pink, almost white, and no leaves at flowering time; does someone have an idea
Unfortunately not widely open as the weather is bad today !
may be better tomorrow ...

[BULBISSIME]

Well, shame on me !!
I'm a bit lazy today and I've posted before to search the answer 
I think it's Colchicum cretense, what do you think ??

[Ragged Robin]

One Colchicum montanum flowering here now.

Wim, I'm so jealous - it looks lovely - not one nose out of the ground yet but I'm still hoping 

[tonyg]

One Colchicum montanum flowering here now.

Wim, I'm so jealous - it looks lovely - not one nose out of the ground yet but I'm still hoping 

I think it might be too late now Robin, mine finished weeks ago.  Hoping for better next year.  How are the Crocus sativus?

[Ragged Robin]

Tony, C sativus are up and looking happy since the rain - we had a long cold dry spell....wondering if I did something wrong    Would have thought your C montana would be happy on a slope in their own bed     Things are still growing though as it has warmed up again.

[WimB]

One Colchicum montanum flowering here now.

Wim, I'm so jealous - it looks lovely - not one nose out of the ground yet but I'm still hoping 

Robin,

I bought four last year and only that one which was planted in a trough survived  I'm glad I still have one though.

[Ragged Robin]

Very happy for you, Wim, and hope your C montana survivor multiplies 

[Oron Peri]

Well, shame on me !!
I'm a bit lazy today and I've posted before to search the answer 
I think it's Colchicum cretense, what do you think ??

Fred,
it is C. cretense, great photo.

[Oron Peri]

Some C. stevenii are out - one of my favourites.

They look quite different to me, Hans.... the first in the flower shape and anther colour and it seems to have more than 3 leaves per bulb.....

Hans, wonderfull photo, it is also my favorite colchicum.

Maggi,

C. stevenii is the most common and most variable species in this region, it blooms in millions just two weeks after the first rain and its common Hebrew name is 'First rain's Colchicum' which every little child knows.

Here are some photos of it, usually it grows in company of Scilla autumnalis .

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Splendid views Oron - the clump on your last picture is amazing !!! 

[Maggi Young]

Oh, My Word! Oron, such pictures!!  Thank you!! 

[Anthony Darby]

Here is Colchicum filifolium growing in amongst scrub at the edge of a ploughed field near Ca'n Picafort, Mallorca. There seemed to be quite a variation in tepal width.

[BULBISSIME]

Fantastic clumps Oron; should be very nice to take picture inside this station 
Thank's for confirmation of C. cretense.

[Anthony Darby]

Some C. stevenii are out - one of my favourites.

That is beautiful Hans. I love these wee ones, but that one has character.

[BULBISSIME]

well, it's not really sunny today but Colchicum cretense is widely open :