Erythronium 2012

[Shadylanejewel]

This flower with red anthers caught my eye - I've never seen a red-anthered E. oregonum before.

   Very unique indeed!  It will be another week or so before ours are in bloom.

[Guff]

1-2 Hendersonii
3 Oregonum
4 White Beauty

[Ian Y]

Ed that is a beautiful variation on Erythronium oregonum - the anther colour reminds me of Erythronium citrinum var roderickii which I have just posted a picture of in this week's bulb log.
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2012Apr111334139923BULB_LOG__1512.pdf

This feature is certainly stable and passed down the seed line in Erythronium citrinum var roderickii  I wonder if it will be in the one you saw - it could become E. oregonum var alversonii

[Paul T]

Ed,

The red anthered oregonum is a beauty.  Adds a striking contrast to the flowers.  I used to have a pink anthered version of E. multiscapoideum, but have since lost it in summer drought a few years ago.

[Ed Alverson]

This feature is certainly stable and passed down the seed line in Erythronium citrinum var roderickii  I wonder if it will be in the one you saw - it could become E. oregonum var alversonii

Actually, Ian, my middle name is Roderick, so I might delude myself into thinking that I already have an Erythronium named after me

I'll keep my eye on this population of E. oregonum, but it seems plausible that the red anthers could have a genetic basis, perhaps as a recessive mutation, expressed only when both the pollen parent and the seed parent carry the gene or genes for red anthers.

Ed

[Paul T]

Ed,

That could be stretching it a bit.  I wouldn't follow that line of thinking too far (about Erythroniums named after you).... could you imagine how swelled a head Ranunculus (i.e Mr Booker) would get if he started thinking that all cliffs were named after him. 

[Larry Neel]

Erythronium citrinum var roderickii grows in Trinity County, CA and the first population is about an hour from my house. It grows in very rocky conditions and the majority of the plants are small singles. Last year I found a nice clump growing in exposed red clay. I went back for seeds but something or someone had beaten me to them. Maybe this year?

 

[fredg]

Erythronium citrinum var roderickii grows in Trinity County, CA ..........

And another one hits the wanted list 

[Shadylanejewel]

Erythronium citrinum var roderickii    Maybe this year?

   Very very nice - hope you are able to get seed this year!

Went and checked one patch of E. oregonum - a few more days and more will be open.

[ChrisB]

A few of my erythroniums in the garden today

[Gerry Webster]

Erythronium x revolutum

A vigorous hybrid, probably with 'White Beauty'.

[Guff]

Gerry does your Erythronium x revolutum hybrid have more then one flower per scape?

1-2 Americanum
3 Revolutum

[Gerry Webster]

Gerry does your Erythronium x revolutum hybrid have more then one flower per scape?

1-2 Americanum
3 Revolutum

Guff - most of them have 3 flowers per scape - it is a vigorous & floriferous form.
Your nice revolutum looks to be the true species. I only have one plant of that & it is not doing very well.

[Janis Ruksans]

One from Augis garden - E. hendersonii hybrid
and few from my collection
Erythronium multiscapoideum
Erythronium californicum Early White Beauty
Erythronium umbilicatum with red anthers

[wolfgang vorig]

Erythronium umbillicatum and Erythronium japonicum