Pictures of plants you are growing from Archibald seed

[Maggi Young]

I wouldn't bet against it, Ed!

[Tim Ingram]

I'm just researching the genus Globularia in more detail prompted by a superb article by Prof. O. Schwarz in the AGS Bulletin, Vol. 35 (1967). In this he mentions the only yellow species, G. nainii from the high Atlas. There is a record of an herbarium specimen held of this at the RBGE from Jim Archibald, and Jim mentions it briefly in an article on Morocco in the AGS Bulletin Vol. 31. Does anyone know any more about this species and especially if it has ever been in cultivation? There are a few good photographs of it on the web and it is a remarkable contrast to the blue flowers of all other species!

[Maggi Young]

I cannot say I have known of anyone growing  G. nainii which sounds to be a little charmer.

Those wishing to read Jim's article containing the brief mention of the plant  can find it in the Archibald Archive in the main SRGC site  - HERE   mention is on page 17 of the article.

[Maggi Young]

From Erle  in Anglesey:

"Iris cycloglossa from Jim Archibald 585.700. Sown December 2006. Much taller than he says in the seedlist. This one is 80cms."

[Menai]

Tulipa sprengeri 971.471 sown January 2009. Irritatingly the first and only one to flower this year was one that had, unknown to me, pulled itself out of the bottom of the pot into the sand plunge. A lesson somewhere there.
I wish I could post some pictures of rarities but I am afraid I have had many more failures than successes.
Will anyone ever offer such wide ranging lists again to tempt over-ambitious idiots like me?

Erle
Anglesey

[ashley]

Daphne giraldii 4.250.610  ‘… from W China, in N Shaanxi & W Gansu.  Seeds from Norman Stevens.’ 

Sown Jan 2009; second year flowering and irresistible to slugs, snails and rabbits

[Tim Ingram]

JJA 2.029.410 (ex. Beckett, Cheese & Watson4762). A particularly well named Alstroemeria, pulchra, 'In heavy red soil... in the Valparaiso-Santiago area.' This has established from some pieces accidently introduced into a raised bed in spent compost and is thriving!

[Maggi Young]

Thanks, Tim - I enjoyed seeing this picture in your Diary on the AGS site. This species has much stronger markings than many Alstroemerias. 

[Maggi Young]

Colchicum JCA 17704

Luc Scheldeman has a query about this  Colchicum grown from JCA seed - he could not find the no. in a seedlist but David Stephens is able to tell us :  "The number is JCA17704, it is an original collection number, not a JJA seedlist number.
It was collected on 21st May 2003 in Turkey, 32km n. of Anamur on the road to Ermenek.
Jim collected it as Colchicum s.l. "

Here are Luc S' pix of this Colchicum

[LucS]

Luc Scheldeman ahs a query about this  Colchicum grown from JCA seed - he could not fin th no. in a seedlist but David Stepehens is able to tell us :  "The number is JCA17704, it is an original collection number, not a JJA seedlist number.
It was collected on 21st May 2003 in Turkey, 32km n. of Anamur on the road to Ermenek.
Jim collected it as Colchicum s.l. "

It's very remarkable how many flowers pop up from this single bulb.

[Maggi Young]

Narcissus varduliensis  JJA 0707.600 grown from Archibald seed in 2008 by Vivienne Condon in Australia.

[Maggi Young]

Narcissus varduliensis is one of those plants where the name is "under discussion" by various authorities 

Narcissus varduliensis = Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. leonensis (Pugsley) Fern.Casas & Laínz

Narcissus varduliensis Fern.Casas  &  Uribe-Ech.
Estud. Inst. Alavés Naturaleza 3: 232 (1988).

Quote from Rafa, elsewhere in the forum : "This species is not valid for most of people, but I have seen N. pseudonarcissus subsp. nobilis and N. varduliensis and although they are very close, N. varduliensis more concolor. It is like a cross between N. pallidiflorus and N. nobilis."

[Maggi Young]

From SJW

"Lachenalia sp. (JJA 639, seed collected west of Calvinia). Not sure about the ID but I asked a couple of knowledgeable growers who thought it could be Lachenalia canaliculata."

[Maggi Young]

Grown by Janis Ruksans : Hyacinthus litwinowii from Jim Archibald

[Maggi Young]

From Tim Ingram Ramonda nathaliae, a rather lovely pink form that arose from seed sown from Jim and Jenny Archibald