Autumn bulbs

[WimB]

On a less slimy note , here's what is supposed to be Colchicum speciosum 'Ordu'.  Does it look correct?  (It has floppy stems, unfortunately, as you've noted, Rick, for some other Colchicum.)

Looks like a regular C. speciosum to me. I've never heard of a cultivar with the name 'Ordu' before. Where did you obtain it from?

[Michael J Campbell]

Lycoris aurea in the front garden today. We do get a little sunshine occasionally 

[Lori S.]

Looks like a regular C. speciosum to me. I've never heard of a cultivar with the name 'Ordu' before. Where did you obtain it from?

Google brings up quite a few references to C. speciosum 'Ordu' - though I don't know what distinguishes it from the species, as you say - for example:
http://www.irisbg.com/gardenexpl_o/taxon-15929.aspx

If memory serves, I think I got it from Fraser's Thimble Farm a few years ago - they still list it for 2011:
http://www.thimblefarms.com/bulb.html

Beautiful Lycoris, Michael!    What a vibrant colour!

[RickR]

Michael, the lycoris is indeed sunny!  Love the undulating petal edges, too.

[Tony Willis]

On a less slimy note , here's what is supposed to be Colchicum speciosum 'Ordu'.  Does it look correct?  (It has floppy stems, unfortunately, as you've noted, Rick, for some other Colchicum.)

Looks like a regular C. speciosum to me. I've never heard of a cultivar with the name 'Ordu' before. Where did you obtain it from?

Ordu is a small place in NE Turkey, more than likely it originally had a label marked as the collection place which then became a cultivar name. It does look just like an ordinary speciosum which occurs in thousands in that area. It is very nice though!

[Hoy]

I would love to grow more autumn flowering bulbs like Lycoris, but it seems the weather forbid it

Usually Norway is self-sustained with 85% of the wheat for human consume but this year no wheat is usable as human food. Also the vegetable and potato harvest is reduced. We have to buy a lot at the world marked. . . .

[WimB]

Biarum davisii is flowering here now 

[McDonough]

Biarum davisii is flowering here now 

Weird and cool; I like this light color one better than some of the dark ones.  Do the flowers stink?  I think I mentioned before that I tried a bunch of Biarum seed a couple times (some from Mike Salmon) but never had any luck with them.

[WimB]

Biarum davisii is flowering here now 

Weird and cool; I like this light color one better than some of the dark ones.  Do the flowers stink?  I think I mentioned before that I tried a bunch of Biarum seed a couple times (some from Mike Salmon) but never had any luck with them.

I think it's the most beautiful Biarum...Don't know about the smell, it's growing in the open and I've never put my nose in the flower  but I have Biarum arundanum and Biarum bovei too and those are very smelly 

[Michael J Campbell]

Haemanthus albiflos with 21 flowers,I can't get them all in the pic,

[RickR]

Very well grown, Michael!

I've never seen one before, but from a little googling, yours seems to be a very nice form, too. 

Is it self fertile and thus set the purportedly showy scarlet fruit? 
How old is this plant?

[Michael J Campbell]

Yes it is self fertile and I have lots of seedlings. I can't remember how long I have that plant but it must be at least 12 years.

[Lori S.]

-4 deg C last night - the coldest yet, I think, in what has  been a very mild fall.   Update:  Actually -6 deg C, according to the neighborhood weather station.
Here is a couple of Colchicum 'Waterlily' in bloom:

[Tony Willis]

this has proved to be an autumn bulb for me

Eucharis amazonica

[Michael J Campbell]

Oxalis hirta 'Gothenburg