January 2009

[Oron Peri]

Two beauties in flower now, both have a wide distribution from Israel to Turkey.

Hyacinthus orientalis [ wish I could attach its perfume...] - common in the upper Galilee and Mt. Hermon
Hyacintella nervosa - rare, found only in a few localities in the Jordan Valley and the Judea Desert.

[hadacekf]

Hyacinthus orientalis is an easily growing bulb in my meadow.

[Lvandelft]

Hyacinthus orientalis is an easily growing bulb in my meadow.

Franz, are you telling us, it is flowering now already in your meadow?
So much snow and low temps. in Austria this week.

[Onion]

Wonderful pics Oron. All take in the wild ?

[Tony Willis]

Oron the Hyacinthus  orientalis is very nice. I have it from Turkey but it is only just coming through in the greenhouse.

[Oron Peri]

Uli,
All photos are taken in the wild,
H. orientalis starts to bloom as early as Mid January to continue until Mid March in the Higher altitudes.
Plants from high altitudes origins [above 1500m], can survive very low temperatures.

[Onion]

Oron is this a subspecies of H. orientalis?
I look to some catalogues and books and the colour of the flowers where described as blue or purple.
Your wonderful plant is a sky-blue! Or is it them same effect we see in the glasshouse. Higher temperature changed the colour of the flowers?

[Oron Peri]

Uli, this is H. orientalis ssp. orientalis,
color changes from very light sky blue to dark blue rarely pure white.

[hadacekf]

No the photo is from last year!
Sorry

[Michael]

Impressive 

Never thought one could do that so perfectly!