Colchicum 2010

[Hagen Engelmann]

Here is another dark flower with very globular tepales: WINECUP, raised in Germany recent years. Not better than the best colchicums, but much better than the ordinary C. speciosum cultivars. The second pic shows the real color.
You would like it, Maggie and Zhirair.

[Hagen Engelmann]

Here is narrow petaled form: DICK TROTTER

[pehe]

Hagen,

Winecup is very beautiful!

In my garden Colchicum corsicum is flowering.

Poul

[BULBISSIME]

Superb shape and colour hagen !

[Maggi Young]

Yes, Hagen, 'Winecup' is really lovely, just to my taste.

Super close-up picture of 'Dick Trotter' 

[Thomas Huber]

This is the way I love Colchicums:

[Thomas Huber]

Some of the smaller forms:

- autumnale, our local form
- ? from France
- kochii from Dalmatia
- longifolium from Italy
- lusitanum, also from Italy

[PeterT]

Beutifull masses of Colchicums Tony, and fabulous cultivars Hagen.
Can anyone  please tell me the distinguishing features of C longifolium, C micranthum, and C corsicum?

[BULBISSIME]

Hi Thomas !
Where is the French species from ?
Could be C. neapolitanum.

[Thomas Huber]

Peter, I have learnt from Karin Persson that Colchicum longifolium has white tipped petals.

C'est possible, Bulbi! It's from 40km NW of Nice. Does C. alpinum occour in this area?
And what else can grow there?

[BULBISSIME]

Thomas, C. alpinum grows higher and there is only one very small C. cupanii place around, very different, so it's really C. neapolitanum which is widespread in the south of France.

[Thomas Huber]

Merci beaucoup, Fred - finally I have a name for that lovely plant 

[Oron Peri]

Thomas, C. alpinum grows higher and there is only one very small C. cupanii place around, very different, so it's really C. neapolitanum which is widespread in the south of France.

Fred at what elevations does C. neapolitanum  grow?

Very nice collection Thomas.

[PeterT]

Thanks Thomas,
My bulbs of longiflorum came From AGS seed and they have a white line down the centre of the petals- I guess that means I have that one correctly named 

[BULBISSIME]

It grows from few meters above sea level to more than 1000 meters but is taller, larger, darker than C. alpinum which is also usually flowering in August, with 1 or few flowers only.
It also have stripped petals and sepals.