Great stories! On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 3:25 AM, Bulborum Botanicum <bulborum@gmail.com>wrote: > Very long ago About 25 years ago (I can have a look for a more exact date) > > it was the family Visser (four brothers) in St pancras who named a lot > of Colchicum > Kees Visser was the one who did the selection > One day I came there and I had to see one of the new finds > he asked my opinion for a few new selections > and then he showed me on his secret place at the Nursery this one > he asked me "Do you like it" > I said 'Let me think of it ' , I am not sure if I like it > for me it's more a Harlequin > so when he sold it he called it Harlequin > > Here is a good picture from C. Harlequin > http://alpines.pl/pub/tabaza/… > > There is an other story for C. Zephyr > Arie did the administration and phoned John Amand From Jaques Amand bulbs > Arie , who spoke just a little English , Offered John a new clone called C > 4 > John ordered on paper Colchicum Zephyr > and Arie phoned him and said > we don't grow a Colchicum Zephyr > you have seen it probably on a other nursery > No said John you spoke on the phone with me about this one > then the bell ringed by Arie and named the C 4 , Zephyr > > three brothers died but the youngest visited our stand last October in > Beervelde > > Roland > > > 2012/12/21 Jim McKenney <jamesamckenney@verizon.net>: > > Roland, when did you name 'Harlequin'? > > > > I'm asking because long ago on more than one occasion I had new plants > of what was being sold as 'Bornmuelleri' which produced flowers like those > of photos I've seen of 'Harlequin'. > > > > Jim McKenney > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > -- > R de Boer > La Maugardiere 1 > F 27260 EPAIGNES > FRANCE > > Phone./Fax 0033-232-576-204 > Email: bulborum@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- Kathy Purdy Cold Climate Gardening: providing the information you need to succeed in USDA Hardiness Zones 4 and colder. http://www.coldclimategardening.com/ Blogging Art and Practice: YourBlogHelper.com
