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Colchicum ritchii is a common desert bulb in Jordan, Israel and North Africa. It blooms in mid-winter with leaves. Its habitat varies from sands to loessial plains. In Israel it is rather common and protected. at the base of the perianth lobes in the centre of the flower you can see tiny white hairs that are typical for this species.
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Colchicum ritchii is a common desert bulb in Jordan, Israel and North Africa. It blooms in mid-winter with leaves. Its habitat varies from sands to loessial plains. In Israel it is rather common and protected.
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Colchicum ritchii is a common desert bulb in Jordan, Israel and North Africa. It blooms in mid-winter with leaves. Its habitat varies from sands to loessial plains. In Israel it is rather common and protected.
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Colchicum ritchii is a common desert bulb in Jordan, Israel and North Africa. It blooms in mid-winter with leaves. Its habitat varies from sands to loessial plains. In Israel it is rather common and protected.
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Colchicum ritchii is a common desert bulb in Jordan, Israel and North Africa. It blooms in mid-winter with leaves. Its habitat varies from sands to loessial plains. In Israel it is rather common and protected.
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This is the last colchicum to bloom in Israel. It is a desert species that blooms with leaves. Here you can see it in a barley field cultivated by the local Bedouins. The traditional management of such fields allow the colchicums to survive.
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This is an old slide that I got scanned, sorry for the dust. Colchicum ritchii is one of the only colchicum penetrating the real desert. This pic was taken near the town of Beer-Sheva in loessial fields, where the bedouins are growing fodder barley. You can see the colour variation that is typical for this species. It is one of the late blooming species, blooming in January (wintertime).