Kurt Vickery Monocot seed list July 2011

Welcome to the 2011 main seed list Producing a seed list on a regular basis, I can now sympathise with the farmers, there always seems like there is something to complain about!, I was supposed to be co‐leading a tour to Syria in April, but with just a few days to go the foreign office advised against travelling there. With some very good work by Ian Green we were able to change flights and instead went just over the border in , I was very disappointed to say the least that we weren’t able to visit Syria, but Turkey delivered some very memorable moments, we were very lucky to see huge colonies of sari and sprengeri amongst many other treasures. Of course My heart goes out to the innocent victims of the troubles in Syria, and hope that the opportunity to visit will come up again one day. Back home we were having a major heatwave, Abi did an excellent job of collecting seeds, but had strict instructions not to water (I would probably have given just a drop here and there if I had known). Ian Young in his excellent bulblog, said that he had never known ‘go back’ so early, me too!, I really don’t think some bulbs coped very well with it, and my Fritillary harvest was definitely affected quite badly Anyway, we did manage to come up with a few items, some of which I hope will be of interest. Special thanks are due to Peter Bird and Filip Seys for donating some really good wild material

All seeds are from hand pollinated and /or isolated unless otherwise stated w/c means wild collected o.p. means open pollinated Items marked with an * are in short supply Items marked ** are likely to sell out within hours of this list being e‐mailed Numbers in brackets refer to the number of seeds per packet, some of these will be very few, so please pay careful attention before ordering I will update stock levels each Sunday, just e‐mail if you want to know The latest info

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AMARYLLIDACEAE

1 autumnalis SBL 595 (10) £2.00

2 Acis autumnalis SBL 606 (10) £2.00 Beni Arouss

3 Acis trichophyllum SBL 603 (10) £3.00 Pink form Morocco S.E.Larache

4 Cooperia pedunculata (10)£2.00

5 Cooperia smallii (10)£2.00

6 Cooperanthes lancasterae (10)£2.00

7 Cooperanthes ‘Mary’ (10)£2.00

8. Habranthus andersonii Cutler (20) £2.00Argentina

9 Habranthus andersonii (20) £1.00 Uruguay

10 Habranthus andersonii roseus (20) £2.00

11 Habranthus gracilifolius(10) £2.00

12 Habranthus martinezii (20) £1.00

13 Habranthus mendocinus BCW5028 (10) £2.00

14 Habranthus robustus (20)£2.00

15 Habranthus texensis (20)£1.00

16 Hippeastrum cuzcoensis (8)£3.00

17 Hippeastrum reginae (fulgidum)(8) £3.00

18 Hippeastrum stylosum (8)£3.00

19 Hippeastrum vittatum £3.00

20 Lapiedra martinezii SBL549* (5)£3.00 Morocco Al Hoceima Tetuan

21 Lapiedra martinezii SF234*(5)£3.00

22 Narcissus albidus orientalisSF15**(10) £3.00

23 Narcissus assoanus MS511*(8)£3.00

24 Narcissus assoanus fontanus PB465(10) £3.00 w/c El Burgo‐ Ardales

25 Narcissus baeticus PB456(8) £3.00 w/c Spain Cabra Sierra de la vergen de la Nava

26 Narcissus bujei MS853(8)£3.00

27 Narcissus calcicola* £1.00 (10) o.p.

28 Narcissus cantabricus petunioides SF365/2 (8) £3.00 Morocco, No guarantees that offspring will be petunioid, but as good a chance as any

29 Narcissus cordubensis PB461(10)£3.00 w/c Spain Grazelma‐Ubrique

30 Narcissus cuatrecasasii PB460(10)£3.00 w/c Spain Type locality

31 Narcissus dubius, (10) £3.00 Grown by Filip Seys ex wild colls

32 Narcissus elegans SBL558*(8) £3.00

33 Narcissus elegans SL408*(8) £3.00

34 Narcissus elegans SF287*(8) £3.00

35 Narcissus elegans fallax**(8)£3.00

36 Narcissus jonquilla PB217(10) £3.00

37 Narcissus nevadensis(10)**£3.00 Ex Alan Edwards

38 Narcissus pinetorum PB 436** (8)£3.00Spain

39 Narcissus poeticus (10)£3.00 w/c France Dept Isere, Gresse en Vercors Filip Seys coll

40 Narcissus readinganorum BS434(10) £3.00

41 Narcissus rupicola* (10)£1.00 o.p.

42 Narcissus serotinus PB135* (10) Gonia‐Anogia

43 Narcissus serotinus orientalis PB141** (10)Crete Charakas‐Pyrgos

44 Narcissus serotinus PB188* (10)Cyprus, Fontana Amaroza

45 Narcissus serotinus deficiens s.n. (10)

46 Narcissus triandrus ?pallidulus *(8) £3.00

47 Narcissus triandrus triandrus PB376*(8) £3.00

48 Narcissus varduliensis KV227(8) Spain Aquina

49 Narcissus viridiflorus MS500 (8)£3.00 Spain Sancti Petri

50 Pancratium foetidumSF372(6)£3.00 Morocco

51 Pancratium foetidum SL354(6)£3.00 Morocco

52 Pancratium foetidumSBL546(6)£3.00 Morocco

53 Sternbergia greuteriana(6) £3.00 Crete Alan Edwards superb tiny ground hugging form

54 Zephyranthes macrosiphon (20) £2.00

55 Zephyranthes minima (10) £2.00

56 Zephyranthes verecunda (10) £3.00

57 Zephyranthes Sp** (8) £2.00 Brazil Itajai

ARACEAE

58 Arum korolkowii KV92* (8)£3.00 Woodland Nr Gorgan

59 Arum pictum PB425*(6) £3.00 Majorca

60 Arum purpureospathum PB51 (10) £3.00 Crete Type locality

61 Biarum carratracense MS439 (8) £3.00 Spain

62 Biarum carratracense MS540 (8) £3.00 Spain

63 Biarum cupanii(8) £3.00

64 Biarum dispar SL280 (8)£3.00

65 Biarum dispar SL294**(6)£3.00 Tunisia Tajeroine

66 Biarum dispar hispanicus (8)£3.00 PB438 Spain

67 Biarum ?frassianum PB64 (8) £3.00 Pelops

68 Biarum idomeneum MS 738/1 (6)£4.00 poss Sp nova according to Mike Salmon

69 Biarum tenuifolium LB295 (8) £3.00Turkey

70 Biarum ?tenuifolium SL604 (8) £3.00 Turkey

71 Biarum tenuifolium abbreviatum PB357* (8) £3.00

72 Biarum tenuifolium abbreviatum SBL 354**(8) £3.00

73 Biarum zeleborei LB299 (8) £2.00 Turkey

74 Biarum zeleborei LB300 (8)£2.00 Turkey

IRIDACEAE

75 Crocus alatavicus KV322 (5) £3.00 Kazakhstan Merke valley

76 Crocus asumaniae HKEP (4)** £3.00 Almost white form

77 Crocus asumaniae ex Crocus Group £3.00 coll Lehmann

78 Crocus biflorus adamii (5) £3.00Armenia coll Basmajan V dark purple/feathered form

79 Crocus biflorus ssp?* S0604 (5) £3.00

80 Crocus biflorus melantherus PP06(6) £3.00

81 Crocus cartwrightianus BM5113 (5) £3.00 Very striking form

82 Crocus cartwrightianus cretensis SBL 33O (8) £3.00 Crete N.E. Souda

83 Crocus cartwrightianus cretensis RN20‐96 (8) £3.00

84 Crocus cjivicii LB247 (5) £3.00 Naturally small seeds

85 Crocus cyprius (4) £3.00 Cyprus Mt Chionosta Alan Edwards coll

86 Crocus gilanicus W+S14910(6) £4.00 Iran

87 Crocus goulimyi mixed(10)£2.00

88 Crocus hadriaticus KV4 (8) £3.00 Greece Taygetos

89 Crocus hadriaticus KV8 (8) £3.00 Greece Taygetos

90 Crocus hadriaticus KV287 (6) £3.00 Pelops Oros Arahneo

91 Crocus hadriaticus PB287 (8)£3.00 mostly forma lilacina

92 Crocus imperatii suaveolens TCH1608 (6) £3.00

93 Crocus laevigatus CRO1012*(8)

94 Crocus laevigatus SL171* (6) £3.00 Evvia

95 Crocus laevigatus MS674 (8)£3.00

96 Crocus laevigatus P9404 (8) £3.00

97 Crocus laevigatus Mixed forms (10) £2.00

98 Crocus longiflorus ‘Primrose Warburg’**(5) £3.00 Stunning white form

99 Crocus minimus (8) £3.00 Corsica col de Bavella V dark form A Edwards coll

100 Crocus niveus KKK18 (6) £3.00

101 Crocus niveus JRJ2001 (8) £3.00

102 Crocus niveus o.p. (10) £1.00

103 Crocus oreocreticus SBL354 (6) £3.00

104 Crocus robertianus SL474*(5) £3.00

105 Crocus serotinus salzmanii HC8395 (6) £3.00

106 Crocus serotinus salzmanii KPW9422 (6) £3.00

107 Crocus sieberi sieberi EM220*(5) £3.00 Crete

108 Crocus sieberi sieberi MO94 (5) £3.00 Crete

109 Crocus sieberi sublimis LB227(6)* £3.00

110 Crocus sieberi sublimis JJA 352 550 (6) £3.00

111 Crocus speciosus xantholaimos LB593* (8) £3.00Turkey

112 Crocus speciosus speciosus AS96/6* (6) £3.00

113 Crocus thomasii TCH3008 (6) £3.00

114 Crocus tournefortii SL354(6) £3.00

115 Crocus tournefortii Mykonos Vigorous old Hadden coll

116 Crocus vernus albiflorus(6) £4.00w/c France, Isere Gresse en Vercours Crete du Brisou Filip Seys Coll

117 Crocus vernus albiflorus TCH05 (6) £3.00 Germany Idrebach

118 Crocus vernus vernus WM9707 (6) £3.00 Italy Tuscany

119 Crocus vernus vernus TCH1908 (8) £3.00 Italy Mugnano del Cardinale

120 Crocus versicolor TCH0409(4)**£2.00 France

121 Crocus versicolor TCH07(6) £3.00 France Tayence 580m

122 Gynandriris monophylla SL290/1*(10) £3.00

123 Gynandriris sisyrinchium PB193 (10+) £3.00 Crete

124 Gynandriris sisyrinchium MS509/1 (10)+£3.00

125 Hermodactylis tuberosus BS 438(8) £3.00 Italy Monte Stella Form with ‘gold’ rim

126 Homeria lilacina syn Moraea (10+) £2.00

127 Iris KV274(6) £3.00 Pelops Oros Arahneo Mixed colours

128 Iris caucasica VV467 (6) £4.00 Nargorno Karabkh

129 Iris danfordiae BATM357**(5) £4.00

130 Iris ?graeberiana hybrid, (10) received as graeberiana but is An unknown hybrid a metre tall with pale blue flowers and strongly Recurved leaves

131 Iris korolkowii x kirkwoodii*(5)£4.00 Peter Taggart sent me a superb ex Boussard kirkwoodii, it gave me a single flower , the only other Iris flowering at the same time was a single clone of korolkowii, the opposite cross didn’t take

132 (8) £3.00 France Var, Bois du Rouquan , Mixed colour forms, Yellows ,blues and creamy whites, Filip Seys coll

133 Iris lutescens ‘Dark purple form,(8) £3.00 France Alpes‐Maritimes Col du Ferrier‐Col de la Sine , Grown by Filip Seys, Very big flowers! According to Filip

134 (8) £2.00

135 Iris magnifica ‘Alba’ (10)£2.00

136 Iris planifolia KV199(5)£3.00 Spain Sierra de las nieves

137 Iris planifolia PB454** (5) £5.00 w/c Spain

138 MS953 (6) Italy Monte Argentario Yellow form

139 Iris reticulata KV126 (5) £4.00 Iran SW of Arak 2200m

140 Iris reticulata (6) £3.00 Basmajan Coll

141 Iris reticulata ‘Halkis’*(6) £3.00

142 Iris rosenbachiana ‘Varscob’x Bondarenko Form 2** (5) £4.00

143 (8) £2.00 o.p

144 Iris unguicularis CRL1048 (5) £3.00 Tunisia 34km N of Jebdou

145 ex Harry Hay o.p (8) £2.00

146 Iris zagrica KV164* (6) £5.00 Iran/Iraq border Nr Marivan

147 Lapeyrousia (Freesia) viridiflora (10+) £1.00

148 Moraea papilonaceaea*(10) £2.00

149 Romulea hirta(10) £2.00 South Africa yellow flowers

150 Romulea malenconiana SBL565 (10) £3.00

151 Synnotia parviflora (Spraxis) (20) £2.00

LILIACEAE

152 Albuca ?juncifolia (10+) £2.00 Very tall 1.5m From Harry Hay

153 Allium aschersoniana (10)£2.00 Israel 2010 seeds

154 Allium barsczewskyii (10) £3.00 Uzbekistan

155 Allium bodianum KV96 (15)£3.00 Iran between Asad Shah and Firouskou 1000m

156 Allium bodeanum (10) old collection ex Harry Hay featured in Rix and Phillips ‘Bulbs’

157 Allium caesium VV306(10) £3.00 Kazakhstan Kapchagay dam V large exceptionally bright purple flowers for this

158 Allium erubescens (10)Iran ex Ruksans

159 Allium grande*(6) £2.00 Iran Kuh e Abr ex Harry Hay

160 Allium heldreichii MESE 336 (10)£2.00 Greece

161 Allium jesdianum RJM 8224 Tajikistan (15)£1.00

162 Allium kharputense Fred Friegel coll (10)£3.00

163 Allium litwinovii (10) £3.00 Uzbekistan Chaktal Mts

164 Allium nigrum KV202 (10)£2.00 Spain between El Burgo and Ronda Unusual pinky lilac form

165 Allium protensum ARJA 9839* (10) S.Uzbekistan

166 Allium rosenbachianum rosenbachianum (10)£2.00 S.Tajikistan

167 Allium roseum JJA 136 200 (10) £2.00 V pretty The non invasive form that doesn’t produce bulbils in the axils

168 Allium rotundum VV461(10) £3.00 Armenia Meghri‐ Goris, The small metallic purple heads of not quite open flowers studding the Armenian meadows in their thousands were an unforgettable spectacle during our trip to Armenia in 2010

169 Allium rotundum VV471 (10) £3.00 Nagorno , This colony was growing in old cultivated fields

170 Allium rubellum KV37 (20)£2.00 Iran Kopet Dag 10km W of Chesmeh Khan

171 Allium rubellum KV67 (20) £2.00 Iran N of Quchan

172 Allium sarawschanicum ARJA 9856 (10)£2.00 Uzbekistan Tahta‐Karacha pass

173 Allium scabriscapum KV42 (10)£3.00 Iran Kopet Dagh

174 Allium shelkovnikovii KV137 (15)£3.00 Iran Kordestan E of Sanandaj 2200m

175 Allium Sp KV100 (15)£3.00 Possibly what used to be known as A.ellisii

176 Allium sp VV463(10)£3.00 Armenia, superficially resembles A.rubellum, but much finer foliage and flowerin much later, Growing with Iris grossheimii in what resembled fine Cornish grit scree

177 Allium?stipitatum KV144 (10) £3.00 Dwarf form of this species?

178 Allium tschimganicum ARJA 9629 (10) £2.00Uzbekistan

179 Allium winklerianum(10) £3.00

180 Bellevalia hyacinthoides (syn Stranwegia spicata) SL479 (10)£3.0

181 Bellevalia Sp aff longistyla(10)£3.00 Iran Silvana N of Rezaiyeh 1500 ex Harry Hay

182 Brodiaea terrestris (10) £2.00

183 Bowiea volubilis (10)£2.00

184 autumnale KV226 (20+) £3.00 W/C Shipham England My neighbour has a huge wild colony of this rare native growing In her horse paddock, It’s only because it grows so deep that she Hasn’t grubbed it out

185 Colchicum baytopiorum PB224 (10) £3.00 Turkey ,Alim Pinari

186 Colchicum boissieri SBL 448 (8)£3.00

187 Colchicum cupanii (8) £2.00 Jim Fielding coll

188 Colchicum cupanii glossophyllum Wallis (10)£3.00 Crete

189 Colchicum ?kotschyii KV135(8)£4.00 Iran Very early ,Pure white flowers, Mike Tucker and I made the same ID independently so I assume is this sp

190 Colchicum macrophyllum PB138 (8) Crete,, Ano Valsamonerou

191 Colchicum macrophyllum PB142 (8) Crete

192 Colchicum macrophyllum PB399 (8) Turkey

193 Colchicum macrophyllum CRL 267 (8) Symi

194 Colchicum macrophyllum CRL 861 (8) Symi

195 Colchicum peloponnesicum SL191(8) £3.00

196 Colchicum troodii L/Cu 105B*(8) £3.00 Cyprus

197 Colchicum variegatum PB408** (6)£4.00 Samos

198 Dipcadi serotinum KV192 (6)** £2.00 Spain El Burgo

199 Dipcadi serotinum var lividum ABS4404(8),£3.00 Morocco, El Ksiba

200 Dipcadi serotinum var lividum SL351/1(8) £3.00

201 Eremurus inderiensis VV331**(6)£3.00 Kazakhstan Muyum Kym desert, Perhaps Interesting rather than beautiful

202 Eremurus ?spectabilis KV54* (8) £3.00 Iran Kopet Dagh

203 Fritillaria amana Yellow form* (8) £3.00

204 Fritillaria bithynica PB300(10) Samos

205 Fritillaria carica (10) £3.00 Turkey Lake Salda

206 Fritillaria ? chlororhabdota KV160 * (8) £4.00 Iran SW og Negel 1350m

207 Fritillaria crassifolia ‘Talish strain’(10) £2.00

208 Fritillaria crassifolia kurdica KV151A (10) £3.00 Iran

209 Fritillaria crassifolia kurdica (10)£3.00 Iran D Zhummel coll

210 Fritillaria crassifolia kurdica VV481(10) £3.00 Armenia Vayots Dzor

211 Fritillaria crassifolia sub Sp Nov KV165 (15) Iran/Iraq border Nr Marivan

212 Fritillaria gibbosa KV57 (10) Iran 70km W of Bojnurd

213 Fritillaria rhodocanakis* (10) ex Alan Edwards

214 Fortunata biflora (10) £2.00

215 Hyacinthoides reverchonii MS418* (10) £3.00 Spain Cazorla

216 Hyacinthus transcaspicus**(6) £3.00 Iran Shah pass

217 Leopoldia ?caucasica VV452* (8)£3.00 Armenia

218 Leopoldia spritzenhoferi MS707 (10) 33.00Crete, Amigdal

219 Littonia modesta, (10)£3.00

220 Merendera montana KV241*(10) Spain Picos Nr Fuente de

221 Merendera trigryna (10)£3.00 Armenia Basmajan coll

222 Muscari pseudomuscai syn chalusicum PF (10)£3.00

223 Muscari inconstrictum SL125 (10) £3.00 Jordan

224 Nothoscordon macrostemon*(8) £2.00

225 Ornithogalum arcuatum (syn O.magnum) (20+)£1.00

226 Ornithogalum Sp VV460 (10)Armenia Meghri – Goris

227 Ornithogalum woronowii BSBE1074 (10) £3.00

228 Scilla autumnalis MS771 (10) Crete Pinkish form

229 Scilla hyacinthoides (10) £2.00 Israel

230 Scilla intermedia ABS4410 (10)Morocco

231 Scilla lingulata SF281 (8) £3.00

232 Scilla morrissii M 4015 (15) Cyprus

233 Scilla nervosa*(8) £2.00

234 Scilla peruviana KV203*(8)£3.00 Spain El Burgo‐Ronda

235 Scilla obtusifolia SL252*(10) £3.00

236 Scilla obtusifolia var glauca SL313 (10) £3.00

237 Scilla sp RRW96‐28 * (10) Syria , Jebel Nusairia

238 Tecophila cyanocrocus**(8) £3.00

239 Tulbaghia maritima (10) £2.00

240 Tulbaghia violacea alba(10) £2.00

241 Tulipa albertii KV402*(8) £3.00 Kazakhstan Turlan pass, What I call the Karatau form, quite different from the populations found from Almaty northwards , these have very short, broad rounded inners,

242 armena (10)£3.00 Turkey Karagol Dag

243 Tulipa armena lycica (10) £3.00 Turkey Sultan Dag 2200m

244 Tulipa biflora (10) £3.00 Armenia Bazmajan coll

245 Tulipa butkovii HORT**(10) £3.00

246 Tulipa dubia ‘Beldersai’ (10)

247 Tulipa ferganica (10) £3.00 Bulbs from Jim Archibalds collection

248 Tulipa fosteriana*(8)£3.00 Uzbekistan Agalik valley

249 Tulipa greigii ‘Saulriets”(10) £3.00 Kazkhstan Berkara, I had assumed that this was a clone and wouldn’t be fertile with the same selection?!

250 Tulipa Julia VV474 (10) W/C Armenia Vayots Dzor

251 Tulipa kaufmanniana ‘Voshod solnca’ (10) £3.00 This and the next one are selections from wild material made long ago by Zenaida Botschantzeva , a tall white form in this case with yellow basal blotch

252 Tulipa kaufmannikana ‘Utro’ (10 )£3.00 Much shorter than the last, Palest yellow with a tiny red scribble at the base of the inner

253 Tulipa koktabelica* (8) £4.00 E Ukraine ,Lisya bay, The genuine article from bulbs collected by Dima Zubov

254 Tulipa kuschkensis KV53* (10) Iran 75km W of Bojnurd

255 Tulipa lanata from very old Van Tubergen stock (15)

256 Tulipa mogoltavica Hort* (10)

257 Tulipa Montana KV40 (10) Iran Kopet dagh 10km W of Chesmeh Khan

258 Tulipa Montana KV59(10) Iran W of Bojnurd

259 Tulipa Montana KV61 (10) Iran W of Bojnurd

260 Tulipa montana chrysantha (10) Iran Golestan Everett coll

261 Tulipa?montana KV119 (10) Iran SW of Arak 2200m Yellow form,green throat, in nature quite tall C30cm not unlike T.mucronata figured in Sheasbys book

262 KV115(10) £3.00 Iran, SW of Arak 2200m I am puzzled why this is considered a syn of T biflora, A much larger and more robust plant, beautiful

263 Tulipa rosea (6) £4.00 N E Tadjikistan, From a collection made by Diana Everett. Shocking pink!, Certainly rare in cultivation, I have never seen this offered anywhere else

264 Tulipa sosnowskyi VV453 (10)£2.00 2010 seeds W/C Armenia Meghri‐ Goris

265 Tulipa sosnowskyi VV459 (10) £2.00 2010 seeds W/C Armenia Meghri‐ Goris

266 Tulipa sprengeri (15)

267 Tulipa stapfi KV121 (10) Iran SW of Arak 2200m

268 Tulipa aff systola KV87 (10) Iran Asad Shah‐Sharud pass 2200m

269 Tulipa sp KV89 Iran

270 Tulipa sp KV130 (10) Iran 50km N of Hamadan Like Montana but with a yellow throat

271 Tulipa sp KV158 ? hoogiana Iran SW of Negel 1350m Large red flowers tall

272 Tulipa sp KV174, (10)£3.00 Iran pass SW of Salmas 1780m very dark red almost black flowers

273 Tulipa vvedenskyii ARJA 0038 (10) £3.00

274 Tulipa whittallii Hort (15+) £1.00

275 Urginea maritima MS641 (10)£3.00 Spain Sancti Petri

276 Urginea maritima SBL569 (10) £3.00

277 Urginea fugax ABS4429*(8) £3.00 Morocco

278 Urginea olivieri SL 281 (10)£3.00 Tunisia, Jefna

279 Urginea undulata SL323 (10)£3.00 Tunisia

280 Urginea undulata SF321 (10) Morocco S.Tangiers

281 Veltheimia bracteata (10)

OTHERS

282 Asphodeline globiferaLB394(8) £3.00 Lebanon

283 Cyclamen peloponnasicum (8) £2.00

284 Geranium libani LB331(8) £3.00 Lebanon

285 Paeonia cambessedessii (8) £3.00

286 Tropeolum hookerianum subsp austropurpureum (8)£3.00

287 Pelargonium appendiculatum (10)£2.00 (Hoarea/ligularia)