skyward looking Erythronium revolutum

[mark smyth]

A couple or more years back I saw a single self sown seedling of E. revolutum in the garden of Harold McBride that had skyward looking flowers. At our meeting today Harold told me there are now up to 9 flowering bulbs. I told him I would post a photo for comments. I like it but maybe purists think the opposite

from Harold
 
Hi Mark
This is a self sown E. revolutum  which appeared for the first time as a single flowering bulb in 2003 - I get dozens of self sown seedlings in my woodland bed .  I have in recent years collected lots of seed from this plant - so it will be interesting to see if they are true to type .
 Harold .

[Diane Whitehead]

I'm not a purist, but having upward-facing flowers is only
a good idea if you're going to flower during the dry season.

[Maggi Young]

Ian uses a photo of an upward facing Ery in one of his talks.... says it gives a good idea of how much like tulips they are!

[Rodger Whitlock]

Ian uses a photo of an upward facing Ery in one of his talks.... says it gives a good idea of how much like tulips they are!

That's what Geri Allen says: the nearest relatives to erythronium are the tulips. [Geri is a prof of botany at U. Victoria, who knows more about erythroniums than you can shake a stick at; did the write up on Pacific coast erythroniums for the Jepson Manual.]

[Gerry Webster]

He could use some of the 'droopy' tulips. T. australis or T. orphanidea, for example.

[jshields]

Interesting!  Do they make the comparisons based on DNA sequences, on morphology, or what?  These sorts of things a quite fascinating.

Jim