Colchicum 2010

[krisderaeymaeker]

Some pics from Colchicum macrophyllum on their natural habitat in Crete.

[Herminarik]

Hi everybody,

Some of our Colchicum miniatures. Colchicum pieperannum bloomed already at the end of July, C. kochii and C. laetum Arzegur a some weeks later.

C. pieperannum is new to me. Have you more info you can share ?

Hi Luc,
Colchicum pieperanum is reported from Albania and in Flora Europae it is considered as a form of C. alpinum. There is no a lot of information about this species but I founded on Macedonien homepage that this species is native also in Bistra planina mountains. We founded there quite a great population of this species (on the pictures here below). There is (in FYROM) yet the other endemic species of Colchicum in Yakupitsa mountains - Colchicum macedonicum, but I have unfortunately any picture of this species. Cheers Igor.

[Anthony Darby]

My Colchicum cretense has finally flowered after three seasons. Here it is compared with pusillum, although one of the pots is labelled cupanii.

[BULBISSIME]

Hans and kris, superb wild pics as I also love them.
thank's for sharing

[Hans A.]

Great pictures everyone

Thanks Kris and Fred - I also love e to see the plants in their habitat, so the habitat pictures of C. macrophyllum are more than welcome!

A few years ago I found this pure white Merendera filifolia next to an Excavators in a carpet of pink flowering ones, the pink carpet was replaced by a lawn and a chalet with pool.

[BULBISSIME]

Fantastic hans !!!
Never seen it before.
erm.... does it produce seeds  

[Hans A.]

Thanks Fred, I knew you would like it
It should produce seeds, but I think they will not come true so I would prefer a vegetative propagation (until I do not grow a second white clone ) - or can they be selfed?

[BULBISSIME]

You have a chance to get some white forms by seeds if self pollinated... just try... and hope 

[christian pfalz]

kris, wonderful, i like this pictures, geophytes are my favourites too....please more habitatpictures 

cheers
chris

[PeterT]

You have a chance to get some white forms by seeds if self pollinated... just try... and hope 

If all else fails timeand an F2 generation would surely work

[Olga Bondareva]

Dear colchiphiles, could you please help me? Two years ago I found in garden center between C. speciosum a different one.



This year is blooms the same.



Could it be a virus or a variation of healthy plant?

[krisderaeymaeker]

kris, wonderful, i like this pictures, geophytes are my favourites too....please more habitatpictures 
cheers
chris

Thanks Chris,Hans and Fred ,try to upload more pics in the next days .
 

[Lesley Cox]

Chris, what is the lovely grey-leaved plant with your Colchicum turcicum. I think I've come across something similar but I can't place it. Thanks.

[Boyed]

Dear colchiphiles, could you please help me? Two years ago I found in garden center between C. speciosum a different one.
This year is blooms the same.
Could it be a virus or a variation of healthy plant?

Olga,
It seems to be variation, but I can certainl;y say that it is not virus. As a rule, colchicums are not succeptable to viruses.

[dialexx]

Hi all.
I found this Colchicum (?) in early October in Rhodes.
Could you help me to identify them.