colchicum byzantinum & friends
Russell Stafford, Odyssey Bulbs (Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:31:58 PDT)
Hi, Jerry -- what is your source for this? Rod Leeds, apparently
drawing on information from an RHS AGM trial, describes 'Pink Star'
as a selection of C. byzantinum . John Grimshaw in an earlier
contribution to this thread says the same of C. laetum hort., by
which (I assume) he means the plant Rod Leeds refers to as 'Pink
Star'. This, however, does not square with a recent article in the
Turkish Journal of Botany, which pegs C. laetum hort. as synonymous
with C. decaisnei. It is also my understanding that C. parnassicum is
confused in commerce with C. laetum Steven (or the REAL C. laetum),
not C. laetum hort. As is so often the case with members of this
genus, the whole thing is a bit of a mess.
Russell
At 11:35 PM 10/4/2009, you wrote:
Russell
Actually Colchicum 'Pink Star' was named by the holder of the National
Collection in England as the best clone of C. laetum Hort. It has wider
tepals and is showier than the more usual C. laetum Hort which can be gotten
under many other names, including C. parnassicum . I think I have another
different but very similar clone.
J.John Flintoff
Lake Forest Park, Washington, USA
Zone 8
Russell Stafford
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