Winter Aconites started blooming in Pittsburgh two days ago. Vijay On Mar 10, 2014, at 8:22 PM, Jim McKenney wrote: > Frits are just waking up here in Maryland. Last week there was snow and single digit F temperatures. Today the first frits are appearing above ground - F. stenanthera, F. biflora and F. pluriflora. Temperatures in the 60 degree F range are predicted today and tomorrow. To put things in context, tommies and Crocus korolkowii and winter aconites are blooming, too. > > Jim McKenney > > > > On Monday, March 10, 2014 11:27 AM, Makiko Goto-Widerman <makikogotowiderman@me.com> wrote: > > Jane, > Thank you. I always appreciate your precise botanical knowledge. > Makiko > > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 9, 2014, at 12:36 PM, Jane McGary wrote: > >> Makiko asked, >>> Hi Jane, >>> Long time before I saw a sign of Fritillaria Festival in >>> Jacksonville, OR. It was earlier season to see the flower. >>> I heard that the particular wild Fritillaria blooms only in Jacksonville area. >>> Do you know what kind of Fritillaria? >> >> It is Fritillaria gentneri, a natural hybrid between Fritillaria >> recurva and Fritillaria affinis. (Perhaps it should be called F. x >> gentneri?) It can be seen not only in Jacksonville but also in other >> places in that part of southern Oregon. The populations show quite a >> bit of variation, ranging from flowers that look just like F. recurva >> to those that are much darker and larger and not recurved, showing >> more influence of F. affinis. It is a listed species and therefore >> cannot be sold in Oregon, which is too bad because it would be >> extremely easy to propagate selected clones from the hundreds of >> "rice grain" bulblets that mature bulbs produce. The main threat to >> the existence of the wild plants is deer, which have been excluded >> from some Fritillaria populations. >> >> Jane McGary >> Portland, Oregon, USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/