Mystery Fritillaria + 3 new Frit Photos
Antennaria@aol.com (Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:25:23 PDT)

Jane McGary janemcgary@earthlink.net wrote regarding the mystery frit:

I'm no frit expert, although I do enjoy growing a few species. As an aid to
the discussion about a possibly ID on the mystery frit, I added a photo on the
PBS Fritillaria page of Fritillaria crassifolia ssp. kurdica, grown from
bulbs from Jane McGary. It's a sweetheart of a little frit. To my eye, it does
not look like a match for the mystery frit.

http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

I also added two other frit pictures. The first is F. bythinica. Mary Sue
already posted some nice closeups of the flower showing the interior and
exterior coloration of the flower; my shot was taken outside where the plant grows
under a deciduous shrub. I had no idea the plant was so tiny, so it looks
rather dwarfed by everything located around it. Many shoots from young F. pudica
bulbs show in the background (bargain-sized small bulbs from Jane McGary). The
second photo shows a young first blossom on putative F. wabuensis, grown from
bulbs shipped from Chen Yi, in China. It's another tiny frit, with flowers
that are virtually black or blackish-red, with a blue-black sheen.

Mark McDonough Pepperell, Massachusetts, United States
antennaria@aol.com "New England" USDA Zone 5
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