Colchicums autumn 2007

[mark smyth]

Just thought I would get this topic going now. Franz has already shown Colchicums and my first two are finished already! C. unknown and C. byzantinum 'Innocence'. More are above ground C. cretense corsicum, C. asturiense and C. byzantinus

Colchicum byzantinum 'Innocence' - white last year

[mark smyth]

adding C. autumnale 'Album' and C. sfikasianum

[I.S.]

Hi Mark!
This is very nice begining. This one is originaly from here where I live. But for my climate I have to wait
next month. We have still more then 30 C.

[Lesley Cox]

If `Innocence' was white last year, presumably in the interim she has lost her innocence Very pretty though.

[mark smyth]

which one Ibrahim?

Lesley what you say is true and she is now blushing. Only one in the pot was flushed pink

[I.S.]

  Colchicum byzantinum is a native colchicum in Istanbul and the name comes from old name of Istanbul.
I hope to see wild forms next month and I'll post here. If you have any photo of the corm which shows size
and shape it could be helpful for me! Thanks...

[Maggi Young]

Ibrahim, I will ask Ian if he has pic of C. byzantinum corms to post here.added later... sorry, he has none just now. Will try to remember to take photos of these at a later date.

[mark smyth]

here you are

[hadacekf]

A few more Colchicums from my meadow.
Colchicum bivonae from Italy.
This variable species is widely distributed throughout southern Europe.

[Paddy Tobin]

Franz,

How beautiful!

Paddy

[I.S.]

Mark Thank you so much for pic. It looks more like a peach to me!
Franz, don't you have summer there? Here ıt was 36 c. today. I can't believe!
Thanks to all...

[hadacekf]

Ibrahim,
Of course we have summers in Vienna, one week ago had we still 32°C.,
but after a strong rain is now pleasantly cool. (25° C.)

[Paul T]

And while you guys up there have your autumn Colchicum in flower, my Colchicum luteum is right on the verge of opening (probably tomorrow) here in the southern hemisphere winter.  So cool to have a Colchicum flowering in winter, and it religiously does it every year..... but never multiplies! <sigh>  Unfortunately it is self infertile either so it will remain alone for all eternity!!   Colchicum kesselringii doesn't appear to be flowering this year unfortunately, but it may still pop up.  It has self-seeded before and it's seedlings are coming along each year.  Quite a bit of variety in this genus which is great!!

[mark smyth]

next summer I'll have to source Colchicum bivonae to add to the collection.

Today is a lovely sunny day after all the rain and while weeding and dead heading I notice Colchicum tesselated hybrid ex Ian Young flowering two weeks earlier than last year - 27th August

[mark smyth]

here's a close up of the petals and a Colchicum bought as C. neapolitana