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Late autumn bulbs are not happy here due to lack of sun - the sun is too low in the sky. But some do well.
My first autumn bulb this year is a Crocus that I, as usual, has lost name of.
But here it is:

I found the name I think! It has to be Crocus kotschyanus cappadocicus.
The second picture is taken this afternoon.

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Mark McDonough

Mon, 09/12/2011 - 6:45pm
RickR wrote:

The leaf markings are fantastic on Cyclamen mirable! 

The feather-edged petals aren't too shabby either...

I second that, what an exquisite Cyclamen; I love the overhead view of the lilac pink one.  This reminds me, I had some pretty good "in situ" germination on this species from John Lonsdale seed a couple years back, I'll have to check to see if they're up.

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WimB (not verified)

Sun, 09/18/2011 - 6:26am

Michael, love the Zephyranthes candida, it's wonderful.
Tony, beautiful Cyclamen.

Here, Crocus goulimyi is flowering.

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WimB (not verified)

Sun, 09/18/2011 - 7:04am
RickR wrote:

A slightly different flower shape for a crocus, Wim.

I like it!

Yes, it's more bowl-shaped. It's very nice, indeed.

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Richard T. Rodich

Mon, 09/19/2011 - 9:50pm

I couldn't decide which photos to post, so you have to see them all...

    Colchicum agrippinum

Two shots this morning

       

And two shots this afternoon

       

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Cliff Booker

Mon, 09/19/2011 - 10:48pm
RickR wrote:

I couldn't decide which photos to post, so you have to see them all...

No hardship Rick!!!  :D

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WimB (not verified)

Tue, 09/20/2011 - 6:04am
RickR wrote:

I couldn't decide which photos to post, so you have to see them all...

     Colchicum agrippinum

Very nice, Rick. Nice group.

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Michael J Campbell (not verified)

Tue, 09/20/2011 - 2:22pm

(Oxalis melanosticta)  Oxalis purpurea 'Ken Aslet.
Cyrtanthus elatus

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Michael J Campbell (not verified)

Tue, 09/20/2011 - 2:27pm

A few Cyclamen.
Cyclamen Graecum from Angistri . cyclamen soc seed.
Cyclamen hederifolium silver leaf

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Michael J Campbell (not verified)

Tue, 09/20/2011 - 2:29pm

And a few pics from the garden.

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Richard T. Rodich

Tue, 09/20/2011 - 7:28pm

Very nice, both of them.  What happened to the pollen (and anthers) on the one Cyrtanthus flower?  It almost looks like you snipped the ends of the stamens...

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Lori S. (not verified)

Tue, 09/20/2011 - 8:27pm

Wow, what exquisite plants, Michael! 
Really nice exhibit of colchicum, Rick - now those I think I could probably grow here!

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Michael J Campbell (not verified)

Wed, 09/21/2011 - 1:25am

Rick, I snipped them of for cross pollination purposes.  ;D

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Richard T. Rodich

Wed, 09/21/2011 - 8:10am
Lori wrote:

Really nice exhibit of colchicum, Rick - now those I think I could probably grow here!

That group of C. agrippinum (http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=428.msg11424#msg11424 ) is particularly photogenic this year.  Last year I had some bouts of heavy rain just when they were blooming, and I could hardly get even one decent photograph.  I had the opportunity to buy 25 small non-blooming size bulbs in 2008 for a ridiculously cheap price.  Didn't know if they would survive here or not, but who cared?  I tried them all over the garden and in pots, too. The ones in pots, did not do as well and all but one has since succumb.  This, even though my potted materials are winter protected.  At least in my climate, they seem to do fine in rich clay based soil, too, although it does drain fairly well.

And remember the cool foliage on this species as well.  Not every one is so artistic, but they all wave, twist and undulate.

             

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WimB (not verified)

Fri, 09/23/2011 - 2:21am

Flowering now:

Colchicum 'Lilac Bedder'
Colchicum 'Poseidon'
and Sternbergia greuteriana

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Trond Hoy

Sun, 09/25/2011 - 5:03am
RickR wrote:

I just can't get enough of those white centered lilac colchicums... ;D

Neither can my slugs >:(  Almost all mine have damaged flowers thanks to the slugs.

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Richard T. Rodich

Sun, 09/25/2011 - 8:12am

Slugs are funny animals here.  Last season we had a cool temperatures and low rainfall, and LOTS of slugs.  This year, warmer than normal temperatures (but still only two days of 100+F) and extra rainfall, and virtually no slugs!

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Lori S. (not verified)

Sun, 09/25/2011 - 11:34am
RickR wrote:

Slugs are funny animals here.  Last season we had a cool temperatures and low rainfall, and LOTS of slugs.   This year, warmer than normal temperatures (but still only two days of 100+F) and extra rainfall, and virtually no slugs!

Boy, I'll say they are!  Honestly, up until this year, I was used to noticing a very few slugs through the season every year (mostly just noticing a slug trail across the stepping stones or one on the bottom of a pot), but in this wet year (at least into August), I cannot believe the number of slugs!!  Seeing them converge every evening on my tufa garden has brought my baser nature to the surface (it is only shallowly concealed at best, I admit  ;D)... I squished 50 (!) of them one night, then 30 the next night, incredibly, and have dispatched many more since then.  Sheesh!  What gives?!?

On a less slimy note ;), here's what is supposed to be Colchicum speciosum 'Ordu'.  Does it look correct?  (It has floppy stems, unfortunately, as you've noted, Rick, for some other Colchicum.)

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Trond Hoy

Sun, 09/25/2011 - 12:00pm
Lori wrote:

RickR wrote:

Slugs are funny animals here.  Last season we had a cool temperatures and low rainfall, and LOTS of slugs.   This year, warmer than normal temperatures (but still only two days of 100+F) and extra rainfall, and virtually no slugs!

Boy, I'll say they are!  Honestly, up until this year, I was used to noticing a very few slugs through the season every year (mostly just noticing a slug trail across the stepping stones or one on the bottom of a pot), but in this wet year (at least into August), I cannot believe the number of slugs!!  Seeing them converge every evening on my tufa garden has brought my baser nature to the surface (it is only shallowly concealed at best, I admit  ;D)... I squished 50 (!) of them one night, then 30 the next night, incredibly, and have dispatched many more since then.  Sheesh!  What gives?!?

On a less slimy note ;), here's what is supposed to be Colchicum speciosum 'Ordu'.  Does it look correct?  (It has floppy stems, unfortunately, as you've noted, Rick, for some other Colchicum.)

I can't tell you which Colchicum it is but you have to be satisfied with the collection of slugs you've got ;) A friend of mine tallied about 3000 of the beasts last year but only 1500 so far this year in her garden :o I don't count mine - i just kill them >:(

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Lori S. (not verified)

Sun, 09/25/2011 - 12:24pm
Hoy wrote:

I can't tell you which Colchicum it is but you have to be satisfied with the collection of slugs you've got ;) A friend of mine tallied about 3000 of the beasts last year but only 1500 so far this year in her garden :o I don't count mine - i just kill them >:(

Yeah, I'm thrilled with it!  Can't you tell?  ;D ;D  I'm just glad I'm not counting them in the thousands!

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Lori S. (not verified)

Sun, 09/25/2011 - 6:29pm

No, I'll have to top dress with razor blades next time...  ;D

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WimB (not verified)

Mon, 09/26/2011 - 2:16am
Lori wrote:

On a less slimy note ;), here's what is supposed to be Colchicum speciosum 'Ordu'.  Does it look correct?  (It has floppy stems, unfortunately, as you've noted, Rick, for some other Colchicum.)

Looks like a regular C. speciosum to me. I've never heard of a cultivar with the name 'Ordu' before. Where did you obtain it from?

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Michael J Campbell (not verified)

Mon, 09/26/2011 - 2:28pm

Lycoris aurea in the front garden today. We do get a little sunshine occasionally  :)

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Lori S. (not verified)

Mon, 09/26/2011 - 7:07pm
WimB wrote:

Looks like a regular C. speciosum to me. I've never heard of a cultivar with the name 'Ordu' before. Where did you obtain it from?

Google brings up quite a few references to C. speciosum 'Ordu' - though I don't know what distinguishes it from the species, as you say - for example:
http://www.irisbg.com/gardenexpl_o/taxon-15929.aspx

If memory serves, I think I got it from Fraser's Thimble Farm a few years ago - they still list it for 2011:
http://www.thimblefarms.com/bulb.html

Beautiful Lycoris, Michael!  :o :o  What a vibrant colour!

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Tony Willis (not verified)

Tue, 09/27/2011 - 1:35pm
WimB wrote:

Lori wrote:

On a less slimy note ;), here's what is supposed to be Colchicum speciosum 'Ordu'.  Does it look correct?  (It has floppy stems, unfortunately, as you've noted, Rick, for some other Colchicum.)

Looks like a regular C. speciosum to me. I've never heard of a cultivar with the name 'Ordu' before. Where did you obtain it from?

Ordu is a small place in NE Turkey, more than likely it originally had a label marked as the collection place which then became a cultivar name. It does look just like an ordinary speciosum which occurs in thousands in that area. It is very nice though!

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Trond Hoy

Thu, 09/29/2011 - 1:58am

I would love to grow more autumn flowering bulbs like Lycoris, but it seems the weather forbid it :(

Usually Norway is self-sustained with 85% of the wheat for human consume but this year no wheat is usable as human food. Also the vegetable and potato harvest is reduced. We have to buy a lot at the world marked. . . .

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WimB (not verified)

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 9:18am

Biarum davisii is flowering here now  :)

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Mark McDonough

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 9:20am
WimB wrote:

Biarum davisii is flowering here now  :)

Weird and cool; I like this light color one better than some of the dark ones.  Do the flowers stink?  I think I mentioned before that I tried a bunch of Biarum seed a couple times (some from Mike Salmon) but never had any luck with them.

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WimB (not verified)

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 9:51am
McDonough wrote:

WimB wrote:

Biarum davisii is flowering here now  :)

Weird and cool; I like this light color one better than some of the dark ones.  Do the flowers stink?  I think I mentioned before that I tried a bunch of Biarum seed a couple times (some from Mike Salmon) but never had any luck with them.

I think it's the most beautiful Biarum...Don't know about the smell, it's growing in the open and I've never put my nose in the flower  ;) but I have Biarum arundanum and Biarum bovei too and those are very smelly  :-X :-X

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Michael J Campbell (not verified)

Tue, 10/11/2011 - 2:43pm

Haemanthus albiflos with 21 flowers,I can't get them all in the pic,

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Richard T. Rodich

Tue, 10/11/2011 - 5:59pm

Very well grown, Michael!

I've never seen one before, but from a little googling, yours seems to be a very nice form, too. 

Is it self fertile and thus set the purportedly showy scarlet fruit? 
How old is this plant?

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Michael J Campbell (not verified)

Wed, 10/12/2011 - 1:24am

Yes it is self fertile and I have lots of seedlings. I can't remember how long I have that plant but it must be at least 12 years.

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Lori S. (not verified)

Sun, 10/16/2011 - 8:44am

-4 deg C last night - the coldest yet, I think, in what has  been a very mild fall.  Update:  Actually -6 deg C, according to the neighborhood weather station.
Here is a couple of Colchicum 'Waterlily' in bloom:

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Tony Willis (not verified)

Tue, 10/18/2011 - 2:41am

this has proved to be an autumn bulb for me

Eucharis amazonica

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Tony Willis (not verified)

Wed, 11/16/2011 - 7:31am

Some Galanthus peshmenii in flower in Turkey last week

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Richard T. Rodich

Wed, 11/16/2011 - 11:48am
Tony wrote:

Some Galanthus peshmenii in flower in Turkey last week

They really do grow in clumps in nature...

I admit I am not a collector.  I just grow a regular and double forms of whatever is sold as Galanthus nivalis here in the U.S.  So leaves are already pretty well developed at bloom time.  Would you say G. peshmenii is among species that bloom before leaves are developed (as in the pics) or is this an aberration (or just early in the bloom cycle)?

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Tony Willis (not verified)

Wed, 11/16/2011 - 2:55pm
RickR wrote:

Tony wrote:

Some Galanthus peshmenii in flower in Turkey last week

They really do grow in clumps in nature...

I admit I am not a collector.  I just grow a regular and double forms of whatever is sold as Galanthus nivalis here in the U.S.  So leaves are already pretty well developed at bloom time.  Would you say G. peshmenii is among species that bloom before leaves are developed (as in the pics) or is this an aberration (or just early in the bloom cycle)?

Rick

they always bloom before the leaves develop although some do have the leaf tips just showing through. It is the same with G. reginae olgae from Greece

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Tony Willis (not verified)

Wed, 11/16/2011 - 2:56pm

Colchicum variegatum between Kas and Elmali, Turkey

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Amy Olmsted

Wed, 11/16/2011 - 3:19pm

Really gorgeous Cyclamen plants! :-* I esp. love the one growing out of the hole in the rock! I have one plant of C. cilicium indoors under lights and it is just now sending up new leaves. These are the most interesting leaves I have seen on the Cyclamen I've grown so far.
I'm really enjoying growing all Cyclamen from seed...it's fun to see what leaf patterns will emerge. ;D

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Tony Willis (not verified)

Wed, 11/16/2011 - 3:20pm

Cyclamen cilicium growing near Akseki,Turkey

Amy's message was posted whilst I was correcting a typing error which is why it appears before my cyclamen post.

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Amy Olmsted

Wed, 11/16/2011 - 3:24pm
Tony wrote:

Cyclamen cilicium growing near Akseki,Turkey

Amy's message was posted whilst I was correcting a typing error which is why it appears before my cyclamen post.

thanks for that explanation Tony....I thought something went wonky and my comment didn't go through.  ;D

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Tony Willis (not verified)

Thu, 11/17/2011 - 1:08am
RickR wrote:

Such pristine and clean colors!

What kind of pine drops those needles?

I understand it is Pinus halepensis

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Howey (not verified)

Tue, 11/29/2011 - 3:56am

Not the greatest pic I know but it was quite heartwarming to see the flower buds form on this "winter flowering" Cyrtanthus mackenii at the same time as the winter flowering Jasmines - indoors of course.  Love that yellow color.  Fran

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