White flowering Eranthis

[WimB]

Wow indeed.

That's something I feel alot when visiting the site of "Edgewood-gardens"!

[Lesley Cox]

Me too Wim. Would be happy to lie down and die there though I guess that would make some problems for the Lonsdale family.

[WimB]

Me too Wim. Would be happy to lie down and die there though I guess that would make some problems for the Lonsdale family.

I don't think John would have a problem with the lying down....the dying would make a problem for us here too, one of the "matres familia"e leaving this forum 

[arisaema]

Didn't Geir Moen post a picture of a pink Eranthis sibirica a couple of years ago? It's interesting that both E. albiflora and E. lobulata are so little known; Wolong, ErlangShan and Gongga aren't exactly off the beaten track...

http://www.cvh.org.cn/lsid/index.php?vtype=img,spm,ref,link,&lsid=urn:lsid:cvh.org.cn:names:cnpc_65223
http://www.cvh.org.cn/lsid/index.php?vtype=img,spm,ref,link,&lsid=urn:lsid:cvh.org.cn:names:cnpc_64865
http://www.nature-museum.net/album/ShowPhoto.aspx?photoid=a5618b5b-871d-4112-805b-627861214672
http://www.cvh.org.cn/lsid/detail.php?lsid=urn:lsid:cvh.org.cn:specimens:PE_00397614

[Lesley Cox]

Me too Wim. Would be happy to lie down and die there though I guess that would make some problems for the Lonsdale family.

I don't think John would have a problem with the lying down....the dying would make a problem for us here too, one of the "matres familia"e leaving this forum 

You are very sweet Wim. More likely I could hear the sighs of relief and "Thank goodness that contentious woman has gone."

[Maggi Young]

Didn't Geir Moen post a picture of a pink Eranthis sibirica a couple of years ago? It's interesting that both E. albiflora and E. lobulata are so little known; Wolong, ErlangShan and Gongga aren't exactly off the beaten track...

http://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1605.0     no picture

[arisaema]

http://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1605.0     no picture

It may have been on his web page, then, or the old forum? I'm sure I've seen a picture somewhere... There's also another white-flowered species in Korea; Megaleranthis saniculifolia.

[WimB]

Didn't Geir Moen post a picture of a pink Eranthis sibirica a couple of years ago? It's interesting that both E. albiflora and E. lobulata are so little known; Wolong, ErlangShan and Gongga aren't exactly off the beaten track...

http://www.cvh.org.cn/lsid/index.php?vtype=img,spm,ref,link,&lsid=urn:lsid:cvh.org.cn:names:cnpc_65223
http://www.cvh.org.cn/lsid/index.php?vtype=img,spm,ref,link,&lsid=urn:lsid:cvh.org.cn:names:cnpc_64865
http://www.nature-museum.net/album/ShowPhoto.aspx?photoid=a5618b5b-871d-4112-805b-627861214672
http://www.cvh.org.cn/lsid/detail.php?lsid=urn:lsid:cvh.org.cn:specimens:PE_00397614

Thanks for the links Bjørnar,

still no flowers visible on either of those species, very strange indeed that nobody ever has photographed these plants in nature.

Pictures of Eranthis sibirica can be found here: http://www.plantarium.ru/page/view/item/35567.html (Thanks to Natali for the link). Haven't seen a pink one, though!

http://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1605.0     no picture

It may have been on his web page, then, or the old forum? I'm sure I've seen a picture somewhere... There's also another white-flowered species in Korea; Megaleranthis saniculifolia.

Not sure if that is an Eranthis, Bjørnar. Some taxonomists give it the name of Trollius chosenensis and some place it within the monotypic genus Megaleranthis: http://www.springerlink.com/content/y48476238440g501/ Whatever it is, it's very beautiful (and not in cultivation as far as I know).

[arisaema]

Not sure if that is an Eranthis, Bjørnar. Some taxonomists give it the name of Trollius chosenensis and some place it within the monotypic genus Megaleranthis: http://www.springerlink.com/content/y48476238440g501/ Whatever it is, it's very beautiful (and not in cultivation as far as I know).

That does make sense, I admittedly only remembered about it when a picture popped up in a search for the pink E. sibirica.

Here's another Korean that may or may not be valid: Eranthis byunsanensis.

[WimB]

Not sure if that is an Eranthis, Bjørnar. Some taxonomists give it the name of Trollius chosenensis and some place it within the monotypic genus Megaleranthis: http://www.springerlink.com/content/y48476238440g501/ Whatever it is, it's very beautiful (and not in cultivation as far as I know).

That does make sense, I admittedly only remembered about it when a picture popped up in a search for the pink E. sibirica.

Here's another Korean that may or may not be valid: Eranthis byunsanensis.

Really nice too, the FoC and the Kew plantlist regard it as a synonym of Eranthis pinnatifida! But Erathis pinnatifida is regarded as being endemic only in Japan...I don't know 

[Olga Bondareva]

Wim, if it helps
E. sibirica
http://www.plantarium.ru/page/view/item/35567.html

E. stellata
http://www.plantarium.ru/page/view/item/35568.html

[WimB]

Wim, if it helps
E. sibirica
http://www.plantarium.ru/page/view/item/35567.html

E. stellata
http://www.plantarium.ru/page/view/item/35568.html

Thanks, Olga....interesting links. Natali had sent me these also!

[Janis Ruksans]

Wim, if it helps
E. sibirica
http://www.plantarium.ru/page/view/item/35567.html

E. stellata
http://www.plantarium.ru/page/view/item/35568.html

Many thanks Olga. Never before saw E. sibirica even on picture. May be you know where I can get some plant? At present I'm growing only E. sibirica.
Janis

[Peppa]

Wim, I can't answer your original questions, but even Eranthis pinnatifida in Japan has lots of variations, so it seems like it's in need of more study...

Here are a few links that show the variation of E. pinnatifida.

http://www.tvt.ne.jp/~kacho/newpage175.html
http://yamanobori12.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-49.html

[WimB]

Thanks for the links, Peppa. Some very nice variations....