Colchicum 2013

[pehe]

Great to see that your C. graecum thrives now outside

Thanks to your advice last year!
(Standard pot compost in a basket plunged in a peat bed)

Poul

[hadacekf]

Colchicum lusitanum after a rain.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Thanks to your advice last year!
(Standard pot compost in a basket plunged in a peat bed)
Poul

 

[krisderaeymaeker]

Colchicum lusitanum after a rain.

Stunning Franz ! Must grow them outside and no longer in pot .........But offcourse that's the magic of your meadow .....

[mark smyth]

I was shocked today to see several Colchicums in flower in the green house today despite being kept completely dry all summer. I wanted to repot them in to a mix containing sieved top soil but have never got round to it.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Colchicum graecum is stil in a good mood ......

[arilnut]

Hi Kris. What gentian is that in the first photo?

John B

[Menai]

Please can someone id this Colchicum for me? I bought the corms from Hans Romer in Victoria in 2008 and this is the 1st flower. The only information he gave was "Collected Taurus Mts - unique long filaments" The photo shows these quite well.

Thanks,
Erle in Anglesey

[Oron Peri]

Erle,
It is most probably C. cilicicum.

[hadacekf]

I do not know if this is a young Colchicum, or a small form.
Both plants are self-seedlings and 3cm high.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Hi Kris. What gentian is that in the first photo?
John B

Hello  John, sorry  for the late answer ....It is Gentiana sino-ornata ‘Gorau Glas ‘.

[pehe]

Franz, the Colchicums in your meadow are very beautiful (as always!) Also nice to see that Sternbergia colchiciflora are growing there.

In my garden Colchicum montanum looks pretty now.

Poul

[mark smyth]

Another Colchicum observation. Maybe people know this already. When I plant Colchicums I always position the root end vertical. Repotting yesterday I discovered most reposition themselves so the root end is horizontal. In the second photo to can see where last years growth was a different direction than this years

[Yann]

Poul, stunning and vibrant color for the montanum

[mark smyth]

The photo doesn't do this flower justice. Colchicum asteranthum in all the years I have had it has never produced more than one flower and has never increased in number. Is this normal?