Islette habitat
Richard (Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:24:20 PDT)
This time I looked at the spelling in the wiki before posting. I have this Frit species in cultivation now but this one does not make as many seed pods. It could be the extreme habitat. A local native friend who has seen this bulb grown at a nearby inlet, mud flat for food claims their bulbs are much larger. True, my affinis bulbs are flatter. Am digging this fall and will study both spp. I plan to visit again in June to document flowering. I'll have some seed to share.
Rich
On Aug 21, 2012, at 8:41 AM, Jane McGary wrote:
I think Richard's photo does show bulbs of Fritillaria
camschatcensis. F. affinis also grows on Vancouver Island and
environs, but its bulbs are typically more flattened. I have grown F.
affinis from seed collected on Vancouver Island and sent to an
exchange as F. camschatcensis, so there is some (probably
overoptimistic) confusion over the two in that area, but RIchard has
probably found a population of F.c. (I'm not going to try to type
that Germano-Russo-Latinoid species epithet once more; I always think
it should have tsch in it).