Photos in The Bulb Garden
Jane McGary (Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:46:08 PST)

Thank you to Marguerite English for her nice presentation of my
article in the new issue of The Bulb Garden.

There is one correction to make: the photo on p. 9 captioned "Crocus
baytopiorum" should be "Colchicum baytopiorum." There is, however, a
different plant called Crocus baytopiorum -- it is a spring-blooming
member of the C. vernus group with pale blue flowers. Both species
honor a husband-and-wife team of Turkish botanists named Baytop (the
name means "of the Baytops"). Also, in the captions on p. 10, should
be Crocus asumaniae, not asumania; and this name commemorates Asuman
Baytop, the wife of the said couple.

To add to the discussion of Cyclamen graecum, I have a good plant of
it growing in the open for the past 2 years. It survived a hard
winter this past year and flowered in fall, as well as producing very
large, showy leaves, obviously happy in a sloping scree bed. This
species does well in full sun.

I've given a talk based on these trips to a couple of NARGS chapters.
I'm using some of the photos to develop another presentation on bulbs
and their native habitats.

Jane McGary