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michael z
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ID of two alpines
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August 23, 2020, 02:52:39 PM »
Hello,
I grow this two alpines a lot of years in my alpine garden. Unfortunately I do not know the names. Could you help me?
Michael
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Tristan_He
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August 23, 2020, 06:23:27 PM »
Hello Michael,
The first one is a houseleek (Sempervivum) - I'm afraid I don't know which one, there are quite a lot of species and thousands of cultivars! It reminds me a little of S. x barbulatum. Another possibility is Jovibarba allionii.
I'm afraid I can't help with the second, what do the flowers look like?
Best, Tristan
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Rick R.
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August 23, 2020, 10:30:40 PM »
I thought Jovibarba allionii, too, for the first pic.
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Rick Rodich
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USDA zone 4, annual precipitation ~24in/61cm
Mike Ireland
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Erinacea anthyllis
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August 24, 2020, 11:11:45 AM »
2nd photo looks like Gypsophila aretioides.
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Mike
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August 24, 2020, 07:08:43 PM »
Thank you Gypsohpila seems to be right. In my opinion its not Sempervivum as the rosettes are quite small. Max 1cm in diameter. I should have taken the fotos with a scale. I expect some Draba species or something like that. What do you think?
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Rick R.
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August 24, 2020, 09:05:09 PM »
I wondered what those whitish (sun-bleached?) dried little stemlike things were in the first pic. Are they old flowering stems? They certainly could not be from any Sempervivum or Jovibarba.
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Rick Rodich
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Tristan_He
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August 24, 2020, 09:37:24 PM »
Good point Rick! I think we really need photos of the flowers.
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Tristan_He
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August 25, 2020, 11:11:53 AM »
Michael, could you send a closeup of the rosette of no. 1? Also of any dead flower stems?
Also, do the individual rosettes die after flowering?
Best, Tristan
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michael z
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August 29, 2020, 08:30:15 AM »
Hi Tristan,
I will do. Thank you.
Michael
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michael z
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August 29, 2020, 02:33:49 PM »
Here the pictures
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August 29, 2020, 11:33:32 PM »
Mmm... thanks, I see what you mean about the size! I'm not sure to be honest, but I expect somebody else will know. Perhaps one of the Himalayan
Androsace
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Rick R.
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August 30, 2020, 01:50:31 AM »
I am not sure what an Androsace seed pod looks like, but the remnant in the second pic could certainly be from a Draba.
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Rick Rodich
just west of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
USDA zone 4, annual precipitation ~24in/61cm
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