Meconopsis punicea

[angie]

Maureen thanks for this information, you did tell me today what to do but at least I can copy this into my file now.
Maureen hopefully will post a better picture of her punicea to show everyone. It was very sunny in her garden so it was difficult to take a good picture but here is my picture.

Angie

[fleurbleue]

Thanks for pic and advice, all friends !

[Roma]

My first Meconopsis punicea for this year opened today.  Unfortunately it's too windy to get a decent pic.  I thought I had four plants but the 'Perennial form' has turned out to be Meconopsis quintuplinervia.  I thought the leaves looked different but did not count the nerves tillI saw the blue flower today.

[johnw]

Might someone be able to spare a tiny pinch of fresh seed of this magnificent Meconopsis?

Lovely photos everyone. I've seen it live at the Milde Arboretum and in Tromsø and it was absolutely magical.

johnw - (no ☼)

[Roma]

i have three Meconopsis punicea flowering this year.  One did not flower as a biennial last year and is a multi rosetted plant but I am not sure if it will be perennial.  The flowers are multipetalled on shorter stalks than the others and not so attractive.

[Tony Willis]

Following on from the discussion on germination,I sowed mine immediately it was ripe in early June and some are now germinating. Perhaps not what I want. Most of the old plants which flowered look very healthy still.

[jandals]

Some years ago I received seed of M.punicea that had been stored for awhile . I sowed the seed and left it outside with the other Mec seed but the punicea tray was the only one that didn't germinate . In autumn I put the tray aside to be thrown out but being incurably lazy I forgot to .In early August (or February for you lot ) I noticed the tray again and by now it had a lovely crop of some weedy grass in it . So I sprayed it with Roundup and 4 weeks later I had a lovely germination of M.punicea . Another win for Gardenianum neglectus .
The plants grew rapidly and I gave half to Peter and Louise Salmond at Hokonui Alpines . They increased these nicely by using hand pollination . Gardenianum
exactus . The pictures were taken at Hokonui Alpines ( love you Lou  

[Maggi Young]

Terrific "spread" of punicea, Steve. Hokonui nursery is a place I'd like to see.



 I rotated your sideways picture for you... worried folks would fall off their chairs craning their necks to see! 

[jandals]

Thanks boss . Love you too

[Brian Ellis]

My goodness and they fantastic en masse, thanks for showing us Steve.

[Lesley Cox]

When I sow fresh Mec punicea seed it invariably starts to germinate on August 8th, or 10th latest. (Again, Feb for you up there  )

[Tony Willis]

I have just potted the first twenty five seedlings from a June 15th sowing and there are lots more germinating in the grit  topdressing. Perhaps I now need advice on how to stop them until February The original seed which I received from Bjornar was sown in June and did germinate the following spring

[ranunculus]

My perverse little M. punicea is flowering today (mid-September) ... only one plant, but still quite pretty ...

[David Nicholson]

Very nice Cliff.

[Lesley Cox]

Better than many or most perversions.