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Fritillaria pudica 2013

pcw

By Pcw


Fritillaria pudica 2013 (Fritillaria pudica (Yellow Bell))

Only 1 flower again though plenty of small green shoots around.



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Cute little flower :o)

20 Mar, 2013

 

Very pretty!

20 Mar, 2013

bjs
Bjs
 

Not sure if they increase often fom Splitting,its a long wait for the seedlings.Nice though

20 Mar, 2013

pcw
Pcw
 

Brian-I was wondering if this one falls apart into smaller pieces.It certainly has plenty of small rice bulblets.I have another pot full of them growing on.

20 Mar, 2013

 

Have you read this article Pcw. It is a long article but he does say quite a lot about the rice and he grows F.pudica. http://www.fritillaria.org.uk/Articles/growing_fritillaries_by_cyril_lafong.htm.
He is a member of the srgc group in Edinburgh. Is this the first flowers from seed which you sowed last year?

21 Mar, 2013

pcw
Pcw
 

Sheila-These would probably take at least 4 years to flower from seed.I bought the bulbs 2 or 3 years ago.I get lots of green shoots from the smaller bulbs,but only 1 flower thjs year and last.Thats why i wonder if the bulbs split themselves.I will take a look at that article,thanks.

21 Mar, 2013

bjs
Bjs
 

Phil they are worse than my snowdrops not for the faint hearted.

22 Mar, 2013

 

How many bulbs did you plant Pcw?

22 Mar, 2013

pcw
Pcw
 

It would have been 3 or 5 but most probably 3.

23 Mar, 2013

 

Do you think we expect too much too soon or are the bulb suppliers sending out bulbs which are not flowering size. If you buy dry bulbs are they likely to be resentful of the changes and take longer to settle down and flower?

23 Mar, 2013

bjs
Bjs
 

Will be interested to hear Phil's thoughts on that,Before commenting myself

23 Mar, 2013

 

I was at the srgc show in Kincardine today. The flowers in the competive classes had me drooling. I took a few pics but will need to compress them before showing them on here.

23 Mar, 2013

pcw
Pcw
 

I think that maybe it's hard to replicate natural growing conditions for some bulbs/plants and they react in a way that helps them survive.This is the easiest of the N.American species which I think are known to be difficult anyway.

24 Mar, 2013

 

Thank you for explaining. It can be very difficult to figure out what one is doing wrong when in fact it is just the plant reacting to being transported to a very different growing environment. You could get the soil and watering correct but the weather can be the deciding factor. i take my hat off to you for getting them to grow as you have.

24 Mar, 2013

 

It looks like a gymnast, hands aloft for balance & checking she has landed exactly where she'd planned, following dismount.
Beautiful, Pcw.

25 Mar, 2013

 

I found the following link which says the bulb has 2 to 4 scales. I can see why Bjs says it falls apart. http://www.fritillaria.org.uk/Image%20Pages/fritillaria_pudica.htm

26 Mar, 2013



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