FRITILLARIA 2011

[Lesley Cox]

What beautiful treasures these are.

[Arda Takan]

Hello everyone.

Today I searched wilds for some bulbous plants. I went to a place where I found an unknown frits seed pods years ago.

I mentioned in this thread (2nd page)
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3530.15

 But today I found them in bloom . Here is a photo

It would be great if someone can identfy this frit.

[I.S.]

 Arda, I think that should be F. pinardi in a early flowering stage! If you can make some more pics when the flower is fully open then it would be more clear!
 A very nice plant to enter Fritillarias
 İbrahim.
 
 

[I.S.]

  Arda,
and the one with two seed pots from last year it looks more like F. bithynica It has very thiny leaves and two seed pots in one stem but yours which from this year It has only one flower and wider leaves!

[udo]

four years old seedlings Frit. latifolia, from NO-Turkey

[Alex]

A few from today - F. liliacea raised from Archibald seed, another (bigger) pot of the same species and finally something I bought from the States as liliacea but which clearly isn't. I'm thinking perhaps a liliacea hybrid, but with what? It smells fairly unpleasant, if that helps.

Alex

[Arda Takan]

Arda, I think that should be F. pinardi in a early flowering stage! If you can make some more pics when the flower is fully open then it would be more clear!
 A very nice plant to enter Fritillarias
 İbrahim.
 
 

I thought it was F.pinardii too because it is the only frit. living in Eskisehir. I'll try to add new pictures soon!.
Arda

[Janis Ruksans]

Nice frit from crassifolia complex ciollected in Iran
Fritillaria pinardii
and several forms of F. stenanthera
Janis

[Arda Takan]

which genus do you think that the frit I added is?

[Gerry Webster]

Fritillaria olivieri

This form came originally from the Alpine Dept., RHS Wisley. Some years ago they donated a potful to the Frit Group. It was won in the raffle by Joy Bishop who later gave me some bulbils. I'm afraid I have treated it with benign neglect for some time & this is the first flowering. It is 25 cm tall.

[art600]

Fritillaria olivieri

I'm afraid I have treated it with benign neglect for some time & this is the first flowering. It is 25 cm tall.

Neglect is not always harmful - you look to have a very healthy potful.  Next year try some TLC and you may get more flowers.  

[Gerry Webster]

Fritillaria olivieri
I'm afraid I have treated it with benign neglect for some time & this is the first flowering. It is 25 cm tall.

Neglect is not always harmful - you look to have avery healthy potful.  Next year try some TLC and you may get more flowers. 

Art - Some years ago, when I was very active in the Frit Group, I fussed over my plants & the results were, at best, variable. In recent times, I have kept them all in an open plunge bed & left them to their own devices, with much better results.

[Janis Ruksans]

Few fritillarias are in flowers
At first two various F. assyriaca from Iran - WHIR-181
Then gigantic aurea side by side with alburyana purple form - I specially pictured them together to show how Guliver watch liliputes
Fritillaria baskilensis - pictured a little early. Not very certain about name, as collected in some distance from locus classicus, but very different from closest ally pinardii by tall stem and very thick, as made from wax, leaves.
Fritillaria gibbosa grown up from Archibald seeds
Latifolia nobilis - the white spots on petals are from fungicide spray applied to all bulbs a week ago
F. stenanthera grown from Jilek Seeds (Private Botanic Garden, Czech Republik). Got as "multiflowering", but not such, although of pretty colour.

Janis

[christian pfalz]

hello,
fritillaria camschatcensis before flowering....

cheers
chris

[Janis Ruksans]

On this entry Fritillaria karelinii Tadjikistan, grown from Jilek Seeds (Czech Republic).
Janis