Another sign of autumn here in Halkidiki is the appearance of Colchicum, I always thought they were C. bivonae. The first ones this autumn were seen in the outskirts of the garden last week, I have not been able to photograph any of them yet, but here is an old photo taken 8 years ago just outside our gate. There are many of them in this region, they vary a lot, so mayby there are different species? Some have more rounded petals like in the first photo and in the second, more cup shaped one, from the Holomondas (low mountains behind us), others seem to have more pointed petals (third photo, half way between our place near the coast and the Holomondas). The last ones looks more like C. macrophyllum, but they are not described in this region. Not that this always means that they can't be here, the place is more or less terra incognita when it comes to plant registrations