Corydalis 2012

[Maggi Young]

Peter, does this look any better for your C. maracandica?

[PeterT]

Thanks Maggie  and now the Corydalis henrikii is visible behind it  , the pot which Arthur's came from. It is actually quite a strong pink.

[Otto Fauser]

C. popovii is very easy from seed and very long-lived if allowed to dry thoroughly in the dormant period. Mine has not set seed but it may be available from the Czech collectors.

   
   Peter , I just came across Lesley's comment ,that C. popovii is long-lived . My first plant of this beautyful species ,I raised from seed sown in 1961 and it lived to the ripe old age of 35 years .

[gote]

Gorgeous!  Did you grow it from seed?

Not this plant, but I have others from seed. If you want to grow Corydalis from seed it is important to get fresh seed. old seed germinates very badly.

I know from personal experience that you are right about the woodlanders but do you know whether it is true also for the "bulb belt" species?
Göte

[PeterT]

Yes Gote, I grow mainly the drier 'bulbs'. Spring sowing from the year before - exchanges etc gives very few plants and they sometimes germinate only one  each year. I sent Lesley seeds I had kept for some months. They had been stored in a damp room over summer - not a fridge! Perhaps she could comment on their germination?

[gote]

Yes Gote, I grow mainly the drier 'bulbs'. Spring sowing from the year before - exchanges etc gives very few plants and they sometimes germinate only one  each year. I sent Lesley seeds I had kept for some months. They had been stored in a damp room over summer - not a fridge! Perhaps she could comment on their germination?

Well Peter, there goes my hope    Thank you anyway, bad news are also news
Göte

PS more then 20 cm ice on the lake today, Excellent skating.

[PeterT]

Wish I was there, do you do figures?

[gote]

Wish I was there, do you do figures?

Nope, I am a very bad skater and my skates are of the type that is long and low and fits normal treking boots.  Hjälmaren is "my lake"  so there is spade to go trekking on skates, having picknicks on islands and generally enjoy the winter nature.
Göte

[PeterT]

I have a pair of these blades (pond skates) too  ....but mostly I dance in modern figure blades 

[Lesley Cox]

Peter, something of each species you sent, germinated (down now of course). A couple germinated quite well, a couple others just one or two but I still hope there may be some this coming spring. Martin B sent me seed of solida forms and that germinated over 3 years!

[PeterT]

Thanks Lesley. Many are not supposed to be self fertile so keep a gene pool of each!

[Roma]

Corydalis solida 'White Swallow'  in the frame
Corydalis malkensis and a Corydalis solida seedling in the garden

[Lesley Cox]

I love C. malkensis, especially as it did an impersonation of Topsy, for me.

[fredg]

This little fellow keeps popping up in various pots and around the garden.

I believe it's Corydalis aurea but await to be corrected  

It didn't take long to be corrected  to Corydalis cheilanthifolia

[daveyp1970]

May be Corydalis cheilidonifolia,matey.