Colchicum 2013

[Mini bulb lover]

Mid-Autumn here and Colchicum cupanii is flowering well.

[fermi de Sousa]

This is a little colchicum I got from a Seedex as C. pusillum - which it isn't!
Any ideas? The foliage is fairly small as well the flowers stand only a couple of inches high and it has multiplied a little - I'm also finding what I think are seedlings but can't remember ever seeing a seed-pod.
cheers
fermi

[Anthony Darby]

Reminds me of Colchicum corsicum which I had in Dunblane.

[hadacekf]

Some Colchicum flowers in spite of our very hot ( 35° C ) and dry weather.

Colchicum parnassicum
Colchicum lusitanum
Colchicum sp.
Colchicum sp.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Some Colchicum flowers in spite of our very hot ( 35° C ) and dry weather.
Colchicum parnassicum
Colchicum lusitanum
Colchicum sp.
Colchicum sp.

Beautiful plants Franz as always . I like the white one too !
Here nothing to see ....not in the garden and not in the pots ...
How is the temperature at night overthere ?

[hadacekf]

The temperature at night is between 18° - 24° C.   

[krisderaeymaeker]

The temperature at night is between 18° - 24° C.

Even warmer then here ..........so temperature drop during night can't be the trigger for flowering in this case ...
Strange ...., but never mind they are beautiful .
But it keeps me thinking ....what is the trigger to wake up al those bulbs ....

[krisderaeymaeker]

The first one of the season (in pot)
Colchicum variegatum .

[hadacekf]

 Super photo and plant.
I lost it in a hard winter.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Super photo and plant.
I lost it in a hard winter.

Thanks Franz ! Indeed he is not that hardy .........but I like this plant so much . I did see your plant on this forum some years ago and I did admire this plant  ....
We did see them flowering in the wild in Rhodos . The leaves are even not bad , they have a very undulate appearance....
       

[ebbie]

Wonderful the Colchicum variegatum. Unfortunately my never blooms!

[krisderaeymaeker]

Wonderful the Colchicum variegatum. Unfortunately my never blooms!

I struggle with this problem too Eberhard . I have also bulbs that don't flower ...This summer I bought a new one (from another supplier ...)and this is the one I showed on the forum.
I have some seedlings to and I am curious what they wil do in the future.

I did see them growing in Chios , Turkey and flowering in Kos and Rhodos . On the place we found them in Kos it was really hot ! They where growing in a kind of pure sand on a very hot place . Not any shadow at al .It was amazing.
On Rhodos they where growing on very warm places too on a hil. But overthere  also , some where growing in the clearings of pinewoods .
I think they need a very warm and very dry summer rest . But in my greenhouse this is not the problem. So there must be another trigger .....   
   

[ebbie]

I also think that there are clones that barely bloom. My not blooming when I let them baking in a greenhouse.

[pehe]

Franz and Kris, very nice Colchicum pics!

In my garden and green house they are flowering too.

The first one was Colchicum parnassicum in the middle of July, then C. graecum two weeks ago and yesterday C. variegatum.
This morning I saw C. montana has started flowering.

Poul

[krisderaeymaeker]

Franz and Kris, very nice Colchicum pics!
In my garden and green house they are flowering too.
The first one was Colchicum parnassicum in the middle of July, then C. graecum two weeks ago and yesterday C. variegatum.
This morning I saw C. montana has started flowering.
Poul

Great to see that your C. graecum thrives now outside Poul .

Here it is flowering too .

I was not succesful with parnassicum outside so far ...