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Merendera is included in Colchicum but it differs by having no flower tube right?
Quote from: Alessandro.marinello on February 06, 2011, 07:40:49 PMMarklovely , mine it seems grown in a period of scarcity No, no! It don't look as keselringii. From whom it comes under such name?Janis
Marklovely , mine it seems grown in a period of scarcity
Very nice photos from the land of the Knights Hospitaller
Some really super Colchicum being shown here.Here are some notes from a friend in New Zealand, Betty Clark, about how she grows from seed and also about how she finds some species to be with her...RE: growing Colchicum from seed. I collect the seed as soon as it is ready I then put in paper bag and keep at room temperature for several days. Now this is my treatment for all bulbs: A shaking of stone chips in pot then half fill with Potting Mix then fill with seed mix. Pour over a generous amount of boiling water to cleanse then when cold plant seeds on top bringing the pot to top with very fine stone chippings. I do not cover and they stand on shade bench until they germinate. Last year I planted in margarine containers with holes and have had thousands of seeds grow. I leave them without disturbance for another year when I repot. Have done these for the last 30 years and as you can imagine I am getting a little long in the tooth now. It is impossible to identify colchicum by looking at the flower only. You need a year for measuring the leaves. The first to flower with me is C.byzantinum, in March. Differs from cilicium in that the stamens are curved at ends. They are tipped with crimson dull yellow segments. Rarely sets seed. Leaves in early spring are 30cm long ribbed and corrugated. It come later into leaf than C. baytopiorum. C arenarium, March, Pale pink punctate rounded at tip Segments 2cm wide 3.5long Leaves 2 to 5 per corm Often confused with C.alpininum which has more leaves. C. balansae March Several pink flowers per corm Hook on top of style with pale yellow stamens. Leaves shiny green,segments 4 to 7cm long Very deep corms C. tenori Halfway between tesselated form of agrippinum In shape like C.autumnale, only crimson colour of stigmatic hook which is continued a little way down style. Collectors No HC 1051 Henning Christanson Faintly chequered I have a letter confirming that he had sent bulbs to Mary Evans which I now have. I still have her collection and hope too clean a lot up this year. See this post for first mention of HC1051......http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3148.msg70357#msg70357
