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LucS
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« on: March 13, 2011, 01:33:31 PM »
Just coming into flower is Callianthemum kernerianum from the limestone hills of the Monte Baldo.

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« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2011, 02:05:33 PM »
Lovely!
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« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2011, 01:39:49 AM »
Very sweet, but looks more like  a daisy than a buttercup  Grin
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« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2011, 02:32:29 AM »
In flower here in Lancashire (U.K.) as well ...

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« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2011, 10:30:57 AM »
I know it's quite presumptuous of me to ask, but if anyone has a few extra seeds later in the season, I'd gladly pay for them. It's almost impossible to get germination on this genus unless one plants fresh seed, and since this particular (and particularly beautiful) member of the genus is almost never grown here in the Northeast US, I haven't been able to get seed anywhere. I have a few C. anemonoides, which is almost as nice a plant, but C. kernerianum is on my wish list, and has been for over a decade.
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« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2011, 10:39:36 AM »
Nothing presumptuous about it Peter ... we all have our desires and they need to be fulfilled.  I will bear you in mind at the appropriate time.  Cheesy
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« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2011, 12:39:01 PM »
Cliff, I really like this 'almost' colour!
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« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2011, 01:34:17 PM »
My 2 favorite genera are the Ranunculaceae and the Asteraceae. Callianthemum combine them, accounting for my particular fondness for them. I will pray for a bumper crop of seeds, Cliff!
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« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2011, 02:36:32 PM »
The better known C. anemonoides growing on alkaline soils in Austria. Here in a pink form.

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« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2011, 08:16:31 PM »
Absolutely gorgeous! Thank you.
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« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2011, 01:37:15 AM »
Quote from: LucS on March 15, 2011, 02:36:32 PM
The better known C. anemonoides growing on alkaline soils in Austria. Here in a pink form.

Love this colour!
Is this genus easy from seed? I think Peter mentioned it must be fresh...
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« Reply #11 on: March 16, 2011, 09:06:41 AM »
The seed needs to be fresh, although some have asserted that you can get germination on older seed using GA3. I haven't tried it with Seedex seed, but maybe next year I will. Some years ago Anne Spiegel warned me not to let the seed sit around for even 1 hour, but of course she must have been joking. I've gotten germination of C. anemenoides from my own fresh seed, getting into the ground right from the plant while still green. I've never gotten any in pots, only in the seed that was sown directly into my garden.
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« Reply #12 on: March 16, 2011, 10:24:21 AM »
I have achieved reasonable germination from fresh seed from my own plants of C. kernerianum, C. anemonoides and C. coriandrifolium, but the important constituent is FRESH.  Seed-ex results have been very poor (one C .anemonoides in numerous sowings) and, as Peter has intimated, results improve if seed is sown in the soil around an existing plant.
C. anemonoides is usually sold by a number of nurserymen at shows here in the U.K. ... C. kernerianum less frequently ... and the beautiful blue C. farreri remains on my 'wants' list.
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« Reply #13 on: March 16, 2011, 12:06:32 PM »
Quote from: Booker on March 16, 2011, 10:24:21 AM
C. anemonoides is usually sold by a number of nurserymen at shows here in the U.K. ... C. kernerianum less frequently ... and the beautiful blue C. farreri remains on my 'wants' list.

Gorgeous plants!  I grew and flowered C. anemonoides many years ago; this topic refreshes my urge to grow them.

Cliff, you caught me attention with the name C. farreri, I had not heard of that species before, and with blue flowers!  So I had to look it up.

Callianthemum farreri in Flora of China (syn: C. cuneilobum)
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200007547
FOC reports the flower color as: Petals 8 or 9, white with purple spots, narrowly obovate to oblanceolate, 9--12(--15) × 5--6 mm, apex rounded.
...drawing in FOC; also notice the drawing of C. taipaicum, that one looks like a winner:
http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=40748&flora_id=2

Found a photo of Callianthemum farreri, it's a beauty! Shocked Shocked Shocked
http://web.me.com/aleksanderpacan/RO%C5%9ALINY_SKALNE_w_OGRODZIE_OZDOBNYM/Callianthemum_farreri.html
(ps: use the left and right arrows to see other alpine plant images)

Also found a good photo of Callianthemum coriandrifolium
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stationalpinejosephfourier/2052457486/
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« Reply #14 on: March 16, 2011, 04:22:21 PM »
No rush for me, since no beds ready for this sort of plant  Grin I'll just have to watch for fresh seed--I guess it almost needs to be in private trade, since there seem to be few vendors that sell ephemeral seed fresh and moist packed like Kristl does!
Checking Canadian plant vendors, I see none at Beavercreek; Wrightman's offers Callianthemum coriandrifolium--white flowers, new--and sold out...lol
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