Pictures of plants you are growing from Archibald seed

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Pictures: 27 Oct 2018

JJA 347.908 Crocus mathewii
Turkey, Antalya, SWof Elmali. 1000m. Open hillsides in very stony terra rossa. P.& P.Watt coll. (A lilac, autumn-flowering, SW Turkish saffron Crocus distinguished in the type-description mainly by its rich, deepviolet throat, though in most sites many plants lack this essential characteristic. In this site, investigated by Peter and Penny Watt when the plants were in flower, all have intense purple throats extending to about one-third of the tepals.)

This picture was taken yesterday, on 1st Nov. 2012. It’s the first flower of this seedling

I obtained 1pkt of seeds (5 seeds) from the 2007 Nov. seedlist and received Feb. 2008 and sowed immediately. The seeds germinated 100% Nov. 2008 but unfortunately the seedlings gradually disapeared year by year, and only 2 individuals are surviving now.

[Maggi Young]

How  marvelous to see how well they are doing now, Tatsuo!  Must say this is a personal favourite of mine .

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How  marvelous to see how well they are doing now, Tatsuo!  Must say this is a personal faourite of mine .

Thank you Maggi Now it seems that the only one plant is surviving and thriving.

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349.821 : CROCUS PALLASII (subsp pallasii) * Ukraine, Krim, Kaya-Bash heights, 300m.

  Seeds from: Jenny Archibald EXCLUSIVE SEEDS : JANUARY 2011
  Sowing: Dec. 2011
  Pictures: 2nd Nov. 2018

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345.212 : CROCUS GOULIMYI from SELECTED VARIANTS * Greece, Lakonia, N of Areopoli. (From several clones selected in the wild : scented, deeply coloured, bicoloured and ‘white stigma’ forms.)

Sowing: Oct 2009
First flowering: Nov 2011
Pictures: 4 Nov 2018

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353.005 : CROCUS SPECIOSUS (subsp. speciosus) * Turkey, Kayseri, N of Sariz. 1750m. Grazed turf on open slope. (A choice, delicate, local race from S central Turkey. Small, pale blue, strongly veined flowers with white throats.)

Seeds from: NEWSLETTER & SEED LIST - OCTOBER, 2009
Sowing: Feb 2010
Pictures: 7 Nov 2018

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345.221 : CROCUS GOULIMYI var. LEUCANTHUS Greece, Lakonia, SW of Monemvassia. J. Ruksans coll. (Type-locality material of this recently described, geographically race From clons which are consistently white-flowered.)

Seeds from: NEWSLETTER & SEED LIST - OCTOBER, 2009
Sowing: Feb 2010
Pictures: 7 Nov 2018

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341.801 : Crocus boryi * Greece, Messinia, S of Pilos. 200m. Open limestone slopes. (Big, creamy white goblets with orange styles in autumn. More widespread in S Greece than the sympatric C. niveus but not so easy to grow with us.)

  Seeds from: NEWSLETTER & SEEDLIST / DECEMBER, 2008
  Sowing: Oct. 2009
  Germinating: Jan. 2010
  First blooming: Oct. 2014
  Pictures: 14 Nov. 2018

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Crocus dispathaceus- very dark form from JCA seed    photo Oron Peri 

 

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Narcissus triandrus var. alejandrei JJA 707.380

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347.402 : CROCUS LAEVIGATUS * Greece, Evia, above Nea Artaki. 300m. Clearings among Pinus & Cistus.

  Pictures: 17 Nov. 2018
  2 more pictures added: 20 Nov. 2018

347.402 : CROCUS LAEVIGATUS*
Greece, Evia, above Nea Artaki. 300m. Clearings among Pinus & Cistus. (Endemic to Greece & its islands. Very variable autumn & winter flowers in white to lilac with diverse purple markings outside.)

  Seeds from: NEWSLETTER & SEEDLIST / DECEMBER, 2008
  Sowing: Oct. 2009
  Germinating: Dec. 2009
  First blooming: 02 Jan. 2013
  Pictures taken: 15 Nov. 2015

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347.421 : CROCUS LAEVIGATUS * Greece, Crete, Mt. Vouvala. Ex an A. Edwards coll. (The exquisitely tiny, white flowered, Cretan montane form. Usually with fine maroon-black feathering on the outside of the segments.)

  Pictures: 20 Nov. 2018

  Now renamed to Crocus pumilus

JJA 347.421 CROCUS LAEVIGATUS*
Greece, Crete, Mt. Vouvala. Ex an A. Edwards coll. (The exquisitely tiny, white flowered, Cretan montane form. Usually with fine maroon-black feathering on the outside of the segments.)

  Seeds from: NEWSLETTER & SEEDLIST / DECEMBER, 2008
  Sowing: Oct. 2009
  Germinating: Nov. 2009
  First blooming: Dec. 2012
  Pictures taken: 12 Nov. 2015

Now renamed to Crocus pumilus.

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342.850 : CROCUS CARTWRIGHTIANUS var. CRETICUS * Greece, Crete, Hania, Akrotiri peninsula, near Falassarna. Growing as a chasmophyte on coastal cliffs. Ex a P. & P. Watt coll. (Dubiously sustainable taxon but from the area of the type-locality, so we keep the name. Silvery exterior.)

  Seeds from: NEWSLETTER & SEEDLIST / OCTOBER, 2009
  Sowing: Feb. 2010
  Germinating: Nov. 2010
  First blooming: Dec. 2017
  Pictures: 25 Nov. 2018

  A picture of another seedling added on 04 Dec. 2018

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354.706 : Crocus vitellinus * Lebanon, M'tein. 875m. Ex R. & R. Wallis 99-26.

 Pictures: 05 Dec. 2018

354.706 : CROCUS VITELLINUS*
Lebanon, M'tein. 875m. Ex R. & R. Wallis 99-26. (In Turkey, this is spring-flowering & not to easy to distinguish from the allied C. graveolens. The seldom-seen Lebanese race flowers from late autumn into mid-winter & is most distinct with deep orange-yellow, sweet-scented flowers. Its flowers need protection under glass in the UK.)

  Seeds from: NEWSLETTER & SEEDLIST / DECEMBER, 2008
  Sowing: Oct. 2009
  Germinating: Dec. 2009
  First blooming: 28 Nov. 2012 26 Nov. 2015
  Pictures taken: 27 Nov. 2015

The seedlings have put white flowers from 2012. An orange flower that matches the description on JJA seed list for the first time this year. Probably the seeds were mixed with some white crocuses.

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877.200 : Scilla puschkinioides * Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Chatkal range, NW of Angren, Mazardjan. 1300m. In shade of shrubs. (Distinctive & choice. Many ice-blue, dark-striped flowers. 10cm. Resents hot conditions.)

 Pictures: 14th Dec. 2018

JJA 877.200 : Scilla puschkinioides *
Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Chatkal range, NW of Angren, Mazardjan. 1300m. In shade of shrubs.
(Distinctive & choice. Many ice-blue, dark-striped flowers. 10cm. Resents hot conditions.)

Sowing: Oct. 2011
Germinating: not recorded
First blooming: Jan. 2015

Pictures were taken today - 24 Jan. 2015