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bulb to identify
« on: May 05, 2014, 01:47:24 PM »
Can someone identify this plant? It is from Bolivia (Pucara).
Hardy zone 5/6

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Re: bulb to identify
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2014, 02:08:31 PM »
I thought it might be Lapiedra but it doesn't have that central green ovary which yours has,
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Re: bulb to identify
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2014, 09:53:28 PM »
Looks like something close to what I used to know as Brodiaea.

Or even a Scilla. The flower/capsule structure is similar to that of Scilla peruviana (oh but that's from South Africa isn't it, not Sth America).
Lesley Cox - near Dunedin, lower east coast, South Island of New Zealand - Zone 9

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Re: bulb to identify
« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2014, 10:12:26 PM »
I was looking for a little bit. And what you think about Oziroe arida? Can it be her?
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Re: bulb to identify
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2014, 10:19:02 PM »
 Oziroe arida is not a name I knew - but the page of Chileflora  for this plant :
http://www.chileflora.com/Florachilena/FloraEnglish/HighResPages/EH1003.htm -  and here :
http://www.chileflora.com/Florachilena/FloraEnglish/HighResPages/EH1003A.htm
has useful pictures of all parts ofthe plant.
 I think you found the name, Tozi.
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