Zdeněk Zvolánek -Edraianthus Session

[Lesley Cox]

Yes Darren, I think the NZ species are still Wahlenbergia and probably the Australian as well. I still think of serpyllifolia 'Major' as Wahlenbergia and still have it labelled as such in my troughs.

[Katherine J]

It has branched main stem and wide spatulate leaves with crenulate-serrulate margins.

It seems like my Halascyella parnassica (got with the name Edraianthus parnassicus) is something else... I hardly wait for the flowers...
Thank You very much, Zdenek!!!

[Stone Rider]

Kata, 

Halacsyella has its own
place (not campanula -not edraianthus) and here I show the original
herbarium sheet of Halacsyella parnassica where the strange leaves are seen.

[Katherine J]

Thank You!!!
My plant has long (approx. 5-6 cm), linear leaves, making a kind of rosette. It is a seedling from a friend, and I've not seen the flowers yet. At this time it is outside in a trough, below a cover, and it is dark and raining  . I hope it will flower in spring, and we (or at least You  ) will be able to identify it.

[Stone Rider]

Dear friends, it is not often that you have a feeling that your
photograph is perfect. Today I found in the slum of my computer perfect
picture of Edraianthus glisicii a youngster of new generation (ex
Sinjaevina Mts). You can see the solitary flowers of the section
Uniflori but also very different leaves (distinct from E. pumilio or E.
serpyllifolius). Second picture is Edraianthus montenegrinus, the race
from Albanian Mt. Korab. It seems to me that the rock is serpentinite
(which can explain that I killed all plants from this
locality).Diapositive was not good but the style of photographing is my own.

[Katherine J]

On the CD with Rock Garden Plants Database, which I bought from Dr. Pavel Slaby from Czehia (http://www.kadel.cz/flora/),  I found this picture under the name of Edraianthus parnassicus. The foliage looks exactly like my plant's. So what is this please?

[Stone Rider]

I present you lucky shot at northern slope of Mt. Kom Vasiječky (2100 m) in Komovi Mts. showing Edraianthus  montenegrinus. This  species is not  so much saxatile like  the  dwarf  Edraianthus  pilosulus from  the same  locality. Stone is like with all species of this genus- limestone. May be that one day I will find another species to show. 

[Martijn]

Found something interesting about a new Edraianthus hybrid:

http://www.springerlink.com/content/w27r8r5n02w56357/

Probably to be continued.....

regards,

Martijn

[Lesley Cox]

Wouldn't it be nice if there were a photograph to accompany the article?

[Martijn]

It maybe is in the article, but as a typical dutch, I didn´t pay for the full text.....

[Maggi Young]

It maybe is in the article, but as a typical dutch, I didn´t pay for the full text.....

......It maybe is in the article, but as a typical Scot, I didn´t pay for the full text either.....  

[Lesley Cox]

It WAS in the article, but you being Dutch and Scottish, I didn't see the later pages! Ashley in Ireland sent me a new link with the whole lot. It is a beautiful plant and one I'd wish to grow if it were available here.

The Scots have this reputation for tightness/meaness which is quite unwarranted. They don't, in my experience WASTE money, but if the money is needed, it's there. My father would never pay for an out of season tomato but if I had told him I needed $10,000 for an operation he would have written a cheque right away and never questioned it, except to enquire after my health. The Dutch, on the other hand...... And as for the Chinese......

[Maggi Young]

It's good to know you have friends in the right places, Lesley!

[Martijn]

This reminds me Maggi, don´t aks why, that I still have to send you Narthecium ossifragum.....
It is now frozen, but as soon as it gets better, I will remember!

Groetjes!

[Maggi Young]

Ha ha !  Yes, now I remember, also..... we will have both forgotten again by the time the ground thaws.... never mind the kind thought is worth more! Thank you!