Fritillaria 2010

[wooden shoe]

I have not encountered a new topic for Fritillaria yet. So hopefully this is at the right place.
I received one Fritillaria from the surplus seed exchange which I have not found much information about: Fritillaria sp. ex GORK. Does anyone know more about it?
Anyway, again lots of thanks for everyone who made the exchange posibble. It really made me happy!

[Maggi Young]

The GORK expedition of 2002 : This expedition was to the Altai Mountains by two persons from the Copenhagen Botanic Garden, Budde Christensen and Karin Busse.
That is as much as I know.... so a Frit. from the Altai......

Maybe a contact to the http://botanik.snm.ku.dk/ will help?

[Lesley Cox]

What a superb potful - and picture - of Frit. davidii in the new Frit Group Bulletin! I had thought it might be one of those species which produce masses of foliage and only the occasional flower. Not so apparently. Imagine a 30cm pan with maybe 20 or more flowers. do we have a "Dream on" smiley?

[Janis Ruksans]

What a superb potful - and picture - of Frit. davidii in the new Frit Group Bulletin! I had thought it might be one of those species which produce masses of foliage and only the occasional flower. Not so apparently. Imagine a 30cm pan with maybe 20 or more flowers. do we have a "Dream on" smiley?

Oh, Leslie. With me only occasional flowers of F. davidii, but If you would see the huge pot exhibited by Wallis in spring 2008 densely covered with flowers... Incredible! My stoick comes from Wallis, but never had so abbundant blooming, although every year had some flowers.
Janis

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Just to get you droolin' Lesley, here's the plant that Janis refers to

http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/shows/results/shows2007/shows/early/images/Doug_Joyce/sizedDSCN2332_4_3.JPG.html

Have fun !

[Lesley Cox]

Oh God! Thank you Janis and Luc. The dribble is pouring down my chin and onto my trouser legs. Will have to get a towel.

[Maggi Young]

Oh God! Thank you Janis and Luc. The dribble is pouring down my chin and onto my trouser legs. Will have to get a towel.

 Just use the dog, Lesley....

Here's a close up of the fab flowers of the frit, for those who may not know it... taken by Diane Clement from the Forum....http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=327.msg7562#msg7562  ....other mentions here and there, of course...... even allowing for the strange light in the show hall you can see the texture of flowers and leaves. 

[Lesley Cox]

Oh yes, a gorgeous thing. Odd that the leaves are so different, having lateral veins.

[Diane Clement]

Here's a close up of the fab flowers of the frit, for those who may not know it... taken by Diane Clement from the Forum....http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=327.msg7562#msg7562  ....other mentions here and there, of course...... even allowing for the strange light in the show hall you can see the texture of flowers and leaves.    

I've tweaked it to try and improve that strange light, here is same plant from Luffbro' 2007.  Yes, it has extraordinary leaves, gives it quite a reptilian look.
Fritillaria davidii

[Gerry Webster]

The F. davidii from Bob & Rannveig is very impressive but not surprising - they have always grown frits superbly. I think they were among the first, if not the first, in the UK to successfully flower F.davidii.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

That fabulous pot was taken to several shows that same year apparantly.
If I remember correctly Rannveig told me that a year later, the same pot only gave one single flower... 

[chasw]

I have had my Davidii for over 4 years now,and still not a flower

[Alex]

F. striata today, still going strong weeks after it first opened.

Alex

[Alex]

A good form of F. ariana today. I'm raising a lot of seedlings from this, hope they are as large-flowered.

Alex

[Lesley Cox]

That is GORGEOUS Alex. My seedlings all died in their second dormancy, I think because they got too wet last summer. They lived outdoors.