Colchicum 2010

[Hans A.]

Fine Colchicum,
first one is variegatum, second macrophyllum but third?

Here some from Spain, some forms/ssp of C. cupanii, C. macrophyllum and a C. spec/ hybrid which produces leaves similar to C. macrophyllum.

[Oron Peri]

Fine Colchicum,
first one is variegatum, second macrophyllum but third?

Great pictures Hans and dialexx [?]
I agree with Hans regarding the first two,
the third is C. balansae.

[ranunculus]

Some tiny colchicums photographed on the west coast of Mallorca last week ... are they C. filifolium?

Colchicum filifolium

[Katherine J]

Colchicum arenarium

[Hagen Engelmann]

Chris and Hans and dialexx, You had good situations to find such nice colchicums outside. Here only c. aut. plenum and one other type are blooming until November.

[Hagen Engelmann]

This is the other type. I got it under the (incorrect) name PINK GOBLET, but it could be ATTLEE too. A friend meant, it is LILAC BEDDER. Can anyone disclose this secret for me?

[BULBISSIME]

For sure they are Ranunculus !
Have a look on the filifolia emerging from the ground 

[PeterT]

Fred, I don't think you know what weeds look like - maybe you have none? 
I can't see Ranunculus cotyledons, they look like Veronicas ?Gallium and Umbellifers to me 

[Boyed]

This is the other type. I got it under the (incorrect) name PINK GOBLET, but it could be ATTLEE too. A friend meant, it is LILAC BEDDER. Can anyone disclose this secret for me?

Hagen, I think this is not 'Lilac Bedder'. I have 'Lilac Bedder', but I didn't transferred the phots from the camera to the computer. I will try to show show this cultivar's photo soon.

[BULBISSIME]

Ok Peter, I can't play 
Anyway, on pic 4, you can see the tiny leaves...

[PeterT]

Hello Fred, Still look like Gallium to me  I can see just one leaf might be Ranunculus but its more like Veronica dont you think?

[ranunculus]

Hello Fred, Still look like Gallium to me  I can see just one leaf might be Ranunculus but its more like Veronica dont you think?

Thanks Fred, I got the pun, even if others appear not to!   

[krisderaeymaeker]

Fine Colchicum,
first one is variegatum, second macrophyllum but third?

I agree with Hans about the first and second one. The third one is for sure Colchicum balansae (like Oron say) wich grow in Turkey but also on Rhodos.
I saw them also this year in Rhodos by the end of september.  

[krisderaeymaeker]

Some tiny colchicums photographed on the west coast of Mallorca last week ... are they C. filifolium?
Colchicum filifolium

Very nice to see Cliff. I suppose it must be filifolium .

[Kees Jan]

Do you think this is C. lingulatum ssp. rigescens? Photographed on serpentine rock, Datca Peninsula, W Turkey. If it isn't it should be C. balansae, but I hope it is this endemic, very local subspecies of lingulatum from W. Turkey! Some of the plants in this population were slightly tesselated. It seems very similar to the lingulatum picture in Bulbous Plants of Turkey, which was photographed on the Datca Peninsula.

I'm also attaching Merendera filifolia from Morocco. Unlike in one of the pics above I don't think I saw any new leafs emerging when I photographed this species last year in Morocco, but some Colchicaceae, like Colchicum parlatoris, occasionally show this behaviour.

KJ

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