Fritillaria pudica 2013

Cute little flower :o)

Very pretty!

Not sure if they increase often fom Splitting,its a long wait for the seedlings.Nice though

Brian-I was wondering if this one falls apart into smaller pieces.It certainly has plenty of small rice bulblets.I have another pot full of them growing on.

Have you read this article Pcw. It is a long article but he does say quite a lot about the rice and he grows F.pudica. http://www.fritillaria.org.uk/Articles/growing_fritillaries_by_cyril_lafong.htm.
He is a member of the srgc group in Edinburgh. Is this the first flowers from seed which you sowed last year?

Sheila-These would probably take at least 4 years to flower from seed.I bought the bulbs 2 or 3 years ago.I get lots of green shoots from the smaller bulbs,but only 1 flower thjs year and last.Thats why i wonder if the bulbs split themselves.I will take a look at that article,thanks.

Phil they are worse than my snowdrops not for the faint hearted.

How many bulbs did you plant Pcw?

It would have been 3 or 5 but most probably 3.

Do you think we expect too much too soon or are the bulb suppliers sending out bulbs which are not flowering size. If you buy dry bulbs are they likely to be resentful of the changes and take longer to settle down and flower?

Will be interested to hear Phil's thoughts on that,Before commenting myself

I was at the srgc show in Kincardine today. The flowers in the competive classes had me drooling. I took a few pics but will need to compress them before showing them on here.

I think that maybe it's hard to replicate natural growing conditions for some bulbs/plants and they react in a way that helps them survive.This is the easiest of the N.American species which I think are known to be difficult anyway.

Thank you for explaining. It can be very difficult to figure out what one is doing wrong when in fact it is just the plant reacting to being transported to a very different growing environment. You could get the soil and watering correct but the weather can be the deciding factor. i take my hat off to you for getting them to grow as you have.

It looks like a gymnast, hands aloft for balance & checking she has landed exactly where she'd planned, following dismount.
Beautiful, Pcw.

I found the following link which says the bulb has 2 to 4 scales. I can see why Bjs says it falls apart. http://www.fritillaria.org.uk/Image%20Pages/fritillaria_pudica.htm