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SJW

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Bulb ID
« on: September 03, 2014, 04:08:34 PM »
A friend gave me this lost-label bulb although he thought it may a Sternbergia...
Is one of the rain lilies a more likely match? Started flowering this week.

Grateful for any thoughts.
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Steve Walters, West Yorkshire

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Re: Bulb ID
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2014, 08:03:07 PM »
I would say Habranthus tubispathus Steve.
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David Nicholson
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Re: Bulb ID
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2014, 09:05:14 PM »
I agree. It used to be called Habranthus andersonii.
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Lesley Cox - near Dunedin, lower east coast, South Island of New Zealand - Zone 9

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Re: Bulb ID
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2014, 10:19:36 PM »
David, Lesley - thanks, another mystery solved!
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Re: Bulb ID
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2014, 11:22:09 PM »
Well that's good.,  Life, I find, is full of such little mysteries. I have many many pots with unknown daffs, crocuses, and countless other small bulbs which will have a name applied as they flower, I hope. Frits are not so bad as each is reasonably distinct while I can cope with most irises but everything else.......Thank goodness for the Forumists! :D
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