Pancratium maritimum

This is a different population from a small Cyclades island Schinousa. Look how big are the petals and the flower structure.

Panos & Stavros Dimopoulos (August 26, 2007)
Greece

I sent to you some foto's from my vacations at Kythnos island of Cyclades Greece. All pictures are from habitat. If you like to see more check the "what's new" on my Fotki :

http://public.fotki.com/PanosS/

With kind Regards
Panos & Stavros (August 28, 2005)

Hugues Cheillan

Growing conditions:

• Sand on 1/2 meter deep (can be river sand)
• Plantation at 30 cm deep
• No moving the plants for some years if you want flowers
• No water in summer and never let the water remain on ground surface.
• Sunny position (on south) High temperatures and low humidity are accepted.

In south of Spain, flowers appear in august when the plant has no leaves. In France, they appear in september and the plant still have leaves. Doesn't like snow nor frost, so protect them with some leaves in winter. In France, this plant is under protection in some places, no bulbs collecting.

Michael Vassar

Amikam Shoob