Pancratium maritimum

[Hans J]

Hi all ,

here are some pics from my last holiday in the mediterranean sea :

Pancratium maritimum from the island of Karpathos

Enjoy
Hans

[Hans J]

I have collect some fruits from this plants - if anybody is interestet .....
the seeds are now near ripe !

[Anthony Darby]

I have some bulbs from PC but they have never flowered. Has anyone flowered them in northern parts?

[Casalima]

I've seen them growing on the coast of Galicia. No cold temperatures, but very wet and windy.

No photos, I'm afraid.

Chloë

[Michael]

Hello Hans! I also don't grow them, but i know they occur in Portugal, near the sea. Their common name is "Narciso das areias" (Daffodil of the sands). Very nice pictures!

[Hans J]

Hello Hans! I also don't grow them, but i know they occur in Portugal, near the sea. Their common name is "Narciso das areias" (Daffodil of the sands). Very nice pictures!

Hi Michael ,

Thank you for your compliments !
They greek people says also Narcissus to this plants , it is true - this plants grows more or less in pure sand .
Do you know also Pancratium canariense ?
I have it never seen .

[Michael]

No i have never heard of that one. But i can ask a friend of mine from Canary Islands to see if he has some seeds to send to you!

[Hans J]

No Michael, I have seedlings of P. canariense -Thank you !
But may be your friends could take few pictures ....it's would be interesting to see .
I grow also P. illyricum ( one plant ) but I had flowers in this years and some (very few)- I hope they will germinate......it is interesting : this seeds are totaly different

[shelagh]

Oh boy did those pictures bring back memories of searching for autumn bulbs in western Crete a couple of years ago, every beach had it's quota.

[TC]

Your pictures brought back pleasant memories of Crete about 12 years ago.  We went to Stavros just North of Hania to visit the location of the film Zorba the Greek and ended up doing Zorba's dance on the beach much to the amusement of some locals.  I remember the sand was covered in Pancratium maritinum.  In Cyprus they call it the Famagusta Lily.

[Cris]

Hi

I've seen P.Maritimum near a beach, it grows only in sand, it's incredible. I've heard that its roots grow so much deeper to try to find nourishment.

It was a two years ago, and I was not conscienced that sould not get wild bulbs from their habitat , and I brougt two bulbs with me. I had to dig almost a 50cm to can reach the bulb. They are very big bulbs. I also brougth sand, so when I arrived home, I've planted it in sand moisted with a little bit of substrat. This year it gave flower, a very beatiful flower.

In the autumn I've also sown some seeds that came from Spain. They took almost two mounths to germinate, but not they are strong.

There are another Pancratium that i like a lot, but I did not found it yet: P. Zeylanicum. It is superbe.

[jomowi]

I am surprised that nobody has mentioned that this plant grows wild on a beach in SW britain, Devon I think.  It is introduced, not native.

Brian Wilson
Aberdeen

[David Nicholson]

Brian, do you know which beach in Devon please?

[Anthony Darby]

Anyone flowered it is a pot in the UK?

[David Nicholson]

I am surprised that nobody has mentioned that this plant grows wild on a beach in SW britain, Devon I think.  It is introduced, not native.

Brian Wilson
Aberdeen

Found it, (information not the plant) See http://www.aphotoflora.com/page32.html