Colchicums autumn 2007

[Anthony Darby]

I have Colchicum graecum flowering in the garden. It is a big plant with big bulbs and huge leaves.

[Thomas Huber]

I should have added, that my unknown Colchicum from Greece is 10cm tall and
the leaves are around 15cm - hard to see from the photo. So it's not C. graecum.

[tonyg]

Beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder - Mark where Harlekijn is concerned one of us needs new glasses   Give me a graceful goblet any time - like those delicious white C speciosum.

Oh and I forgot to mention what I think of split corona daffodils .... a purple snowdrop would be preferable

[mark smyth]

yes I agree especially, sorry Graham, pink or split corona daffs

[Lesley Cox]

You LIKE that `Harlekijn' Mark? I thinks it's...never mind what I think

[mark smyth]

I suppose when the times comes that I am willing to part with a few I'll keep quiet.

[Boyed]

I think 'Harlekijn' is more curicity, than beuaty. Any way, to my point of vew, standart-flowered cultivars look prittier than that with kind of a distorted flowers.

[Thomas Huber]

Mark - re Harlekijn: Is it possibly virused?

Kees, re my unknown Colchicum: It was collected on Mt. Falakron,
and meanwhile my friend thinks it's C. autumnale, do you agree?

[mark smyth]

Thomas looking on the internet recently for more information on 'Harlekijn' a few places said it wasnt virused. 'Jarka' has the same pinched white tip.

I'll post a photo of my autumnale when I get home today

[Thomas Huber]

I have many different forms of autumnale in my garden, but none looks like this Greek one!

[mark smyth]

mine are like a small slimmer speciosus with a tall stem compares to the flower size

[Kees Jan]

Hi Thomas,

C. autumnale occurs in northern Greece so it's a possibility. Its near relatives C. confusum, C. graecum and C. paranassicum don't grow that far north.

[mark smyth]

Two different people asked me tonight if my Colchicums were Tulips or Cyclamen! Pah!!

[mark smyth]

Thankfully my white cupanii is still alive. How do I increase it from one to two or more bulbs?

[mark smyth]

Thomas these are my autumnale