Pictures of plants you are growing from Archibald seed

[YT]

JJA 360.100: Cyclamen coum f. albissimum*
Syria (Israeli Occupied Territory), Golan Heights near Mas'ada. (The recently introduced pure white form of C. coum, lacking the dark 'nasal markings' of previously cultivated whites. Rather thin textured, round, unmarked, dark foliage and big, broad flowers. Interesting not only in its distinct appearance but in its southern habitat. Because of the latter, as well as its rarity in cultivation, it will be best grown under glass in the UK.)

Sowing: Nov. 2008
Germinating: Oct. 2009
First blooming: Feb. 2012

[alanelliott]

Draba hispanica collected by Jim in Spain in the Sierra de Cazorale, Prado Redondo above Cazorale at 1500m on a North facing limestone crevices in summit rocks. On the  on the 30th Sep 1984 - almost as old as I am.

Currently in the Prop house in the Alpine Department at RBGE.



Al

[Menai]

With my final order from Jenny Archibald I received some seeds of Lathyrus tropicalandinus2.512.009. (This number is not on the Master List and I don't know in which list it was originally offered)  I sowed them in March last year, 2 germinated in November and quickly faded away, 3 more have appeared in the last 2 weeks. I have found nothing out about this species from Google except an unprepossessing herbarium specimen with records from north-western Argentina.
 Is anyone else growing this? How should I treat the seedlings (all in one pot)? What is its native habitat/ soil type?
 Can Alberto offer any help?

Thank you
Erle
Anglesey where it has rained every day this month

[alanelliott]

What is its native habitat/ soil type?

Lathyrus tropicalandinus is a fairly widespread and variable species, found in high altitude temperate forest on the eastern and central parts of the tropical Andes, from Catamarca Argentina, through Bolivia to Peru, where it is fairly common.

It occurs in a range of different habitats from forest margins, stony ground, rocky slopes/cliffs amongst scrub and semi-scrub vegetation from about 2800 - 3900m.

Hope this gives you some idea about how to treat it in cultivation.
Al

[Maggi Young]

From Alex Jeans - posted elsewhere in the forum :

 February 03, 2013

Iris zagrica flowering here (ex Jim Archibald collection), a nice blue form but also opening in the next week or two will hopefully be the even better very dark blue/almost black and white form.
Alex

February 17, 2013

Here's another Iris zagrica, also from Jim Archibald's collection, I think with better flower shape and colour than the one I posted a week or two ago. Also slower to increase.
Alex

Iris zagrica from the sale of Jim Archibald's collection last Autumn.

[Maggi Young]

Some other pictures from he Forum from Alex Jeans of  Archibald plants.....

Sternbergia candida from the late Jim Archibald's collection.



2010 F. liliacea flowering for the first time from Archibald seed



2011F. liliacea raised from Archibald seed




 Frit. liliacea in 2012

[Maggi Young]

A couple of photos of plants from JJA seed from Hans Achilles

Hyacinthella heldreichii JJA 571.140

571.140 : HYACINTHELLA HELDREICHII Turkey, Antalya, SE of Korkuteli. c. 1000m. Open slopes with sparse Quercus, Pinus & Daphne. (Sessile, deep blue bells on wiry, 10cm. stems. Not quite so dark as the allied H. lazulina.)



Narcissus cordubensis  JJA 700.000
700.000 : NARCISSUS CORDUBENSIS Spain, Malaga, Serrania de Ronda, SW of Ronda. J.W. Blanchard 99-15. (A fine, scented, deep yellow jonquil, near N. fernandesii, with up to 3 flowers on 20-30cm. stems. Pots or the bulb-frame.)

[YT]

JJA 699.814: Narcissus cantabricus (subsp. cantabricus)
Spain, Madrid, Aldea del Fresno. 500m. Clay. R.D.Dominguez coll. (The beautiful, dwarf, early-flowering species with pure-white hoop-petticoat flowers)

Sowing: Oct. 2009
Germinating: Dec. 2009
First blooming: Mar. 2012

Many seedlings are blooming now.

[Maggi Young]

Also from YT:

Anemone biflora, JJA 160.303. This is the first bloom from seed

[Maggi Young]

And from Gerry Webster :

Narcissus cantabricus subsp. cantabricus,  JJA 699.814. ex RDD 04-009.  (W of) Madrid, Aldea del Fresno; 500m, clay.
Bulbs from Kurt Vickery

[Jean-Patrick AGIER]

I still have one plant grown from JJA seeds. This is Tropaeolum SESSILIFOLIUM and I'm really proud of it.
This picture have been posted before but it can take place in this topic.
In fact I have 2 tubers: one got from TELOS RARE BULBS and the other one from JJA seeds. Which flowers belong to which tuber? I don't know...

JJA 2.971.400

JP

[Rimmer de Vries]

Iris barnumae f. protonyma JJA 584.750 is growing in my sand frame on the South side of my house.  The frame poly cover is partially open in the winter (down to 10F) but is covered with a pane of shelf glass in the summer to bake and keep dry.

The seed was germinated by John Lonsdale in SE Pennsylvanian

Rimmer

[Rimmer de Vries]

Crocus vallicola JJA 353.803 is growing in a sand peat bed between sandstone blocks carved as troughs sunk in a wading pool- sunk in the garden under a dying maple tree. Seed was started by me in pots in a deep frame January 2008 and planted in the bed in August 2012, the first bloom was October 2012.

Rimmer

[Rimmer de Vries]

Hyacinthus orientalis ssp. orientalis JJA 572.550
started in a cold frame in January 2008, first bloom in April 2011
larger stem is the same plant in 2012

Rimmer


 edited by maggi to resize pix,  by pixel size.

Thanks Maggie
RdV

[Rimmer de Vries]

Crocus biflorus ssp. isuaricus JJA 341.250
grows well in a cold spot in my my bulb frame protected from water in the summer.
Seeds stated in January 2008 first blooms in February 2012, blooming now.

note variation in flower color from same seed lot.

341.250 :##CROCUS BIFLORUS subsp. ISAURICUS 2 pictures Turkey, Antalya, Irmasan Geçidi N of Akseki. 1500m. Stony humus under Abies over limestone. (Spring-flowering race endemic to the W. end of the Taurus. In particularly fine form here & variable in colour & markings. Usually lilac-blue with strong, purple feathering on the exterior. Attractive & satisfactory under glass in the UK.)