Papaver rhoeas

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Umbrian

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Papaver rhoeas
« on: May 29, 2012, 06:46:31 AM »
Papaver rhoeas, the commomn red poppy, is particularly prolific this year in my part of Italy with fields and roadside verges ablaze making any trip out a real pleasure. I leave a lot on the garden too in many areas and yesterday noticed the one in the photo below. The petals are a very pale pink with a slightly darker area at the base . Is this just a common aberration?
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Re: Papaver rhoeas
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2012, 12:24:12 PM »
Are you sure it is not Papaver dubium? They are normally red or white, but occasionally they  have pale pink petals (with or without a dark patch at the base).
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« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2012, 06:05:29 AM »
Definitely Papaver rhoeas JTh and daily inspection of plant has revealed it is suffering from some kind of distress! Subsequent flowers have been distorted/failed to open properly/had half red, half colourless petals etc. The first one was so perfect and unusual that I really thought it was something different. C
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« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2016, 02:43:37 PM »
We tried a couple of different varieties of field poppy this year:
American Legion, bright red with a white cross in the centre;
Mother-of-Pearl,pale colours, these are white and grey ones,
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« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2018, 04:32:41 AM »
In November last year a second generation of the poppies came up  including a plain red and a pale orange (no pics of the latter, sorry) but also some that were similar to 'American Legion' and one like 'Mother-of-pearl',
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« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2018, 02:51:46 AM »
Don't know about the rest of the world but here in Rome the weather has been so mild recently that lots of poppies are in flower. I don't recall having seen them so early in the 20 years that I have been here but maybe my memory is playing tricks?
I have a small garden in Rome, Italy. Some open soil, some concrete, some paved. Temperatures in winter occasionally down to 0°C. Summer temperatures up to 40°C in the shade. There are never watering restrictions but, of course, there is little natural water for much of June, July and August.

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« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2018, 10:29:07 AM »
How lovely they all look.  We are waiting for ours to open up.  I sprinkled last year's seeds everywhere.  Some very near the gate so passers- by will see them too.
I garden in Cyprus, in a flat old farming field, alt. approx. 30 m asl.

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Fermi

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« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2018, 02:29:57 PM »
The poppies have started to flower:
1) 'American Legion'
2) Dark red Papaver rhoeas
3) 'Mother of Pearl'
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« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2018, 06:33:56 AM »
Lovely flowers . I like  the 'Mother of Pearl' very much
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« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2018, 12:20:50 PM »
Hi Hilary,
'Mother of Pearl' has a variety of colour forms in the mix - here is a grey and pink as well as a pure white!
Two pics of each taken a day apart,
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« Last Edit: October 29, 2018, 12:22:37 PM by Fermi »
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« Reply #10 on: October 31, 2018, 03:46:07 AM »
A pure, clear mid-pink Papaver rhoeas has appeared this year, along with a clear orange-red.
I presume that these are the results of the different varieties being cross-pollinated by the bees
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« Reply #11 on: November 04, 2018, 02:52:20 PM »
Pale pink Papaver rhoeas - appearing similar to "Shirley Poppies" but arising from 'Mother-of-Pearl', possibly crossing with the "Flanders Poppy".
Two  pics taken 2 days apart,
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« Reply #12 on: November 13, 2018, 11:30:45 PM »
Strangely the "Shirley" poppy faded to almost pure white the next day!
When enlarged on the computer faint red streaks can be seen,
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« Last Edit: November 14, 2018, 10:29:39 AM by Fermi »
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« Reply #13 on: November 16, 2018, 11:56:18 PM »
Some more of the poppies showing slight variations
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Re: Papaver rhoeas
« Reply #14 on: November 17, 2018, 07:43:23 AM »
I love them all!!!
I garden in Cyprus, in a flat old farming field, alt. approx. 30 m asl.