Fritillaria maximowiczii is blooming in my greenhouse. With its green and maroon chequers, is this frit from NE China and Siberia rare in cultivation, or do people just not think it's worth photographing? To supplement the few images available on Google, I have posted three here:
http://botu07.bio.uu.nl/temperate/?gal=alpenpix The thickened, erose (irregulary toothed) margins of the tepals fascinate me. The bulbs make rice grains, in the style of F. affinis and F. camschatcensis. Paige Woodward in SW British Columbia Canada wet Zone 6 www.hillkeep.ca [email protected] _______________________________________________ Alpine-l mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
