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Quote from: Carlos on December 06, 2024, 01:48:14 PMI have grown up seeing D. serotinum, and it's small and blooms in spring. I can send you loads of it.

D. fulvum is North African, about two to three times as big and DOES NOT occur at all in the Pyrenees. Oron Peri just saw a plant with yellowish flowers.

Carlos

Should the PBS Wiki be corrected?

I don't know about others, but I rely on it often, and consider it an accurate source compared to lots of what's out there on the Web when you "google"...

Well, growing things outside their natural range can have many side effects. What I grow as Cardiocrinum giganteum

has more nodding flowers which are in some years more white than yours and "my" leaves seem more glossy, but at least color and glossiness are easily influenced by year to year conditions.

One thing which might give a clue is that the Wiki states a "hosta on a stick" phase with a several weeks long pause in vertical growth for Cardiocrinum cordatum

, which my C. giganteum definitely does not make - did you observe such a seemingly inactive phase?

Can the species hybridize?

Othonna cakilifolia

Fully open in bright sun.

Hello! I'm new here on forums. I'm a bulbaholic and have planted over 38,000 bulbs in my medium-sized garden in the last 5 years. I just think bulbs are the most extraordinary little packets of magic!

Last spring I planted 6 bulbs that were sold to me as cardiocrinum giganteum. Two rotted, two put up just leaves, and to my great surprise—two actually bloomed.  One was about 145 cm tall and the other was only 35 cm tall. 😂 The flowers were a pretty pale green shade, with only a very faint red/purple inner marking on the petals. To me they look more like cardiocrinum cordatum, but I'm really not sure. What do you think?

I have grown up seeing D. serotinum, and it's small and blooms in spring. I can send you loads of it.

D. fulvum is North African, about two to three times as big and DOES NOT occur at all in the Pyrenees. Oron Peri just saw a plant with yellowish flowers.

Carlos

Quote from: Carlos on December 06, 2024, 04:04:58 AMHi, it's strange as I was about to post some pics of my Dipcadi fulvum from Morocco, and I think that this is what you have. You can call it Dipcadi serotinum var fulvum if you prefer, of course.I still have a few wild seeds from near Casablanca, if you want to try and compare in three years.

I can also send seeds of D. serotinum, even adult bulbs, as I thought that I had rediscovered D. fulvum in Spain, but I was mistsken and now I have about ten plants that I don't really need anymore.

Am I confused...the PBS Wiki  Pacific Bulb Society | Dipcadi D. Serotinum looks like the pics you posted, and the var. fulvum looks smaller and yellow.

Hi, it's strange as I was about to post some pics of my Dipcadi fulvum from Morocco, and I think that this is what you have. You can call it Dipcadi serotinum var fulvum if you prefer, of course.I still have a few wild seeds from near Casablanca, if you want to try and compare in three years.




I can also send seeds of D. serotinum, even adult bulbs, as I thought that I had rediscovered D. fulvum in Spain, but I was mistsken and now I have about ten plants that I don't really need anymore.

Dipcadi serotinum is supposed to flower in the summer, at least that is what the entry says on PBS says, but mine has finally started opening. The stalk is 60 cm long. 

Although it is a bit late to reply, it may be helpful in the future. Immediately after harvesting, put the seeds in a sealing bag to moisten and store them in the refrigerator at 4-6 ° C for about 1 month, and then plant them in POTS. It is best to put them in a greenhouse in winter, which is conducive to the germination of seeds as soon as possible.
Lycoris incarnata is almost sterile.