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Author Message   Matthias  Supporting Member Posted on Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 09:30 am EST :    Snow tonight ... but the sun luckily finished that nonsense very quickly! Here are a few first photos of species specimen examples grown from wild collected seed. They are all what is presently called Croatian/Bosnian H. torquatus. Matthias - South Germany, Zone "7"   Hans_jorgen_kuus  Supporting Member Posted on Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 10:02 am EST :    They looks really very nice... I loves torquatus. Hans_jorgen_kuus - Nordborg, Zone "6 South Denmark"   Galanthophile  Supporting Member My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 11:42 am EST :    Oh my - they are superb. I must get a torquatus plant this year! Galanthophile - Ann (Northern England), Zone "8"   Dee_b  Supporting Member Posted on Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 01:11 pm EST :    What beautiful plants Matthias. I love the colouring on the flowers of the 3rd and 4th photo. The foliage is so lovely too. Dee_b - West Midlands, Zone "7"   Peppa  My Garden Posted on Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 03:16 pm EST :    Wow I have to agree with Denise! I love the color combination of the 3rd and 4th flowers, too. The contrast is very striking but they are not too flashy. I am very interested in this species because I love the combination of dark purple and green, and especially the purple veining inside the sepals. However there seems to be lots of variation in H. torquatus, and I'm trying to figre out whether to put this one on my wish list, as opposed to H. atrorubens or H. croaticus which look similar to me... (I would love to all of them, though.) Is there any one of the three that's more likely to consistently have that nice veining, I wonder? Or does it vary with each plant, I guess? Peppa - WA, Zone "8"   Toshio  Posted on Sunday, March 09, 2008 - 04:59 pm EST :    Matthias, they are stunning. I love the flower buds and especially veined H.torquatus. I think it is quite special. Toshio - Yokohama,Japan, Zone "?"   Terryk  Supporting Member My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Sunday, March 09, 2008 - 08:29 pm EST :    Stunning! Terryk - NY, Zone "6"   Hellenophile  Posted on Monday, March 10, 2008 - 03:18 am EST :    Thanks for taking the time to post the photos Matthias, I think they are superb, especially the colour combination in photos 3 and 4. Hellenophile - Surrey, Zone "?"   Matthias  Supporting Member Posted on Monday, March 10, 2008 - 04:27 am EST :    It's always amazing how colour contrasts are represented on different monitors. While I optimize photos on my calibrated monitor at home the contrast in pic 3 comes out much stronger on the monitor I'm working at at the moment. So, I'm afraid we all see the photos a bit differently: Long live books! More pics will follow after my spring trip to 4 Balkan countries starting this coming Saturday. Mike, when will you be going? Matthias - South Germany, Zone "7"   Roys  Posted on Monday, March 10, 2008 - 10:31 am EST :    Matthias, Stunning plants, excellent photography, thanks for sharing. Pictures 3 and 4 do it for me... Of the species, how long have they taken from seed to flowering? Roys - West midlands, Zone "8a"   Addict  Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 08:02 am EST :    Thanks for the beautiful photos Matthias. We are going on the 24th March so I hope to have lots of photos a couple of weeks later addict Staffordshire zone 8(just) UK   Growit  Supporting Member My Favorite Photo My Weather My Time Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 08:11 am EST :    Beautiful Matthias. I am trying hard not to have a favourite but I too love the last two pictures. Growit - Hants UK, Zone "8/9"

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