Sternbergia autumn 2012

[Paul T]

What a little cutie, Oron.  Thanks.

[Gerry Webster]

Sternbergia greuteriana

Or: S. lutea subsp greuteriana, or  S. lutea

A gift  from Erna Frank & probably from a Manfred Koenen collection on Karpathos. This form is not stoloniferous.

Rather late this year.

[Pauli]

An interesting starry flower, I have not seen something extreme like this in reality! I think, one makes some selections in the field: I personally prefer bulbs with full big flowers, that clump naturally - so the strange starry ones are perhaps underrepresented in our collections!

Here are some very small flowers, originally from east Crete. Petal length about 2 cm!

[Hans A.]

Sternbergia schubertii HKEP9819

Oron thanks a lot for showing this beauty! It is the first time I see a picture of it.

[pehe]

Oron, very nice to see a pic of schubertii. Do you have a pic of the leaves?
I wish you all luck growing it!

Herbert, I like your little cutie!

Some Sternbergias under glass:

Sternbergia greuteriana ex. Crete
Sternbergia greuteriana ex. Karpathos MK.0187
Sternbergia sicula graeca

Poul

[Gerdk]

Oron, very nice to see a pic of schubertii. Do you have a pic of the leaves?

Excuse me for intervention - but having leaves on my plants (flowers would be superior)
I take the opportunity to show them.

Gerd

[Hans A.]

Wow, did not expect this type of leaves, thought they would be more similar to S. colchiciflora.

Perhaps more for Snowdroplover than Sternbergiagrower: a green tipped S. sicula.   

[krisderaeymaeker]

This is such a rarity, i don't think a photo has ever been seen on the net before.
Sternbergia schubertii HKEP9819
Collected by E. Pasche & H. Kerndorf at Locus classicus back in 1998.
It has a tiny sessile flower smaller even than S. colchiciflora.

Oron, many thanks for showing this rare and beautiful Sternbergia ! I had the opportunity to see this once on a picture in Germany and I am quit happy to see it back now on this great forum.... 

[krisderaeymaeker]

Wow, did not expect this type of leaves, thought they would be more similar to S. colchiciflora.
Perhaps more for Snowdroplover than Sternbergiagrower: a green tipped S. sicula.   

Never seen that before Hans , it's what's happens with the new cultivars  of Eranthis.... 

[Tony Willis]

First time flowering of Sternbergia clusiana for me. Very greenish coloured flower. I cannot get enough sun to make it open further.

[Gerry Webster]

Very interesting Tony. How long have you had this? I've been waiting nearly 10 years for a flower.

[Tony Willis]

Gerry

two years,it must be my wonderful climate!!

[Gerry Webster]

Tony - 10 years, it must be my poor cultivation!

[krisderaeymaeker]

First time flowering of Sternbergia clusiana for me. Very greenish coloured flower. I cannot get enough sun to make it open further.

 
Wonderful Tony !!!!!  You lucky guy , congratulations !!!

[Angelo Porcelli]

These are always later than other lutea/sicula forms I grow.
This greuteriana is very fioriferous in spite of the small size of the flowers and from a single bulb is now a nice clump (4-5 years, I don't remember). Also, the clusiana are starting now, I have two different forms, which differ in the colour of the flowers, one is more egg-yellow, the other is more pale with a shade of green, but the also put leaves several weeks apart. The paler forms are from seeds got from Israel, the more yellow was originally from RP but without any locality (Turkey I guess). Anyway, the plants from Israel put leaves just after the flowering, the other form even in February.