Colchicums autumn 2007

[hadacekf]

Anthony,
Here are  my C. cupani and C. pusillum.

[Anthony Darby]

"Pusillus" means very little in Latin. Your flowers are very big compared to those I have. Mark, grass-like leaves would indicate pusillum. All the cupanii I have seen have the flowers appearing in a "tube" formed by two leaves, with an occasional third leaf present, especially in non-flowering bulbs. The leaves are at least a centimetre wide.

[Maggi Young]

Anthony, I think you would be better to say" Pusillus means very small in Latin", otherwise what you say you might mean very little 
Anyway, why are you not watching the Rugby... your countrymen might be winning ! 
Oh, well, it seems The English Team were defeated by the gallant South Africans. Bad luck, chaps and congratulations to the Springboks! The celebratory drinks and cakes will be on Rogan Roth, I hope!

[tonyg]

Here is Colchicum cupanii var bertolinii - as raised from seed supplied by Monocot Mike Salmon.  It is similar to the 'Crete Form' that I grow in the garden but a little stronger in its pink colour.  I cannot find any references to var bertolinii.

[Anthony Darby]

Sorry Maggi, should have put quotation marks round "very little" as it was a direct quote from Chambers Murray Latin-English dictionary. Tony, your cupanii has very pretty flowers, and note the "tube" formed by the two leaves.

[ranunculus]

Heartiest congratulations to South Africa....you were the best (but not necessarily the most attractive) team in the competition.
The Pumas gained that honour. England showed guts and team spirit. Argentina had the flair. France had the satisfaction of staging a magnificent tournament. Lesley, of course, won the lineout.

[Lesley Cox]

I quite enjpyed seeing the large "New Zealand 2011" spread out on the ground at the end of the affair. Now, if only Auckland City Council would get its act together and stop refusing to pay for stadium upgrades etc, there may be some possibility of the Cup actually taking place here, in 2011.

[I.S.]

  I wish to present a cople of pics. of a different colchicum. You might not seen before in srgc forum. This is realy a rare species. It has one or rarely two small pale pink flowers per corm.
The corm also is very small like half part of hazelnut with light brown membranous tunic.
C. micranthum.

[Maggi Young]

This C. micranthum is interesting... the style is very widely flared, isn't it? How many leaves does it have?

[I.S.]

  Maggi!
It has no leaves at the moment. The rest I can tell in spring.
That I can say it looks smaller than crocuses.

[Maggi Young]

Sorry, Ibrahim, I assumed you had already seen the leaves in a previous year! I will wait patiently!

[hadacekf]

A nice small Colchicum Ibrahim, I am happy that I can see it. Thanks

[mark smyth]

does anyone have a good contact that could turn our light levels up a bit? Most annoying when trying to take photos of flowers before they go over

These are the best I can do for Colchicum sanguicolle. I wasnt planning to buy from a certain UK based supplier but got sucked in my this Colchicum

[Anthony Darby]

Nice red collar Mark (I think the name means 'blood-stained neck').

[Lesley Cox]

Like when your throat's cut?