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Melvyn Jope

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Colchicum sp
« on: April 07, 2012, 09:42:20 PM »
Can anyone identify these Colchicum species please? I photographed them on Mt Vermion Greece a couple of weeks ago.
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Paul T

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Re: Colchicum sp
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2012, 09:56:30 AM »
Melvyn,

That second one is a lovely intense colour, isn't it?  How big are the flowers on the respective plants?  Sort of hard to tell from the pics without a reference.
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Melvyn Jope

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Re: Colchicum sp
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2012, 12:44:26 PM »
Hello Paul,
I agree, not easy to identify without an idea of size. Each flower is about 3 to 4cm across.
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Re: Colchicum sp
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2012, 01:35:37 PM »
So they still are quite small species then.  The dark one looked like it was much smaller, with that shape and petal form.  That dark, and that shape with that size to it.... that would be a cracker of a plant to have in your garden.  :o
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Oron Peri

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Re: Colchicum sp
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2012, 06:03:27 PM »
Melvyn
Looks like C. triphyllum to me.
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Re: Colchicum sp
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2012, 08:59:39 PM »
Hello Oron,

Many thanks for identifying it.
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Melvyn Jope

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Re: Colchicum sp
« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2012, 10:01:30 AM »
The identification of this Colchicum sp. has aroused further interest. I sent Brian Mathew the images at the same time as posting on the forum and he noticed the cilia on the leaf margin on the plant in the first photo and identified it as C.doerfleri. Just to check he discussed it with Karin Persson and she agrees.
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Re: Colchicum sp
« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2012, 11:02:16 AM »
Great photo of the hairs on the leaf edge of Colchicum doerfleri here :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/peter_hasselbom/3243434021/#
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