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Author Topic: Bellevalia sp.  (Read 1219 times)

Melvyn Jope

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Bellevalia sp.
« on: January 11, 2010, 06:05:37 PM »
Does anyone recognise which Bellevalia species this is? It is from seed that I collected on Hydra in 1984

Oron Peri

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Re: Bellevalia sp.
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2010, 06:59:19 PM »
Melvyn,
This is a most intresting species, never seen it.
I think it is a Muscari sp. rather than a Bellevalia, that is by the structure of the flowers and the whole inflorescence.
Hope it is of a help..

[Also the leaf seems to be too nerow for a Bellevalia]
« Last Edit: January 11, 2010, 07:19:01 PM by Oron Peri »
Tivon, in the lower Galilee, north Israel.
200m.

LucS

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Re: Bellevalia sp.
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2010, 07:41:07 PM »
I have to agree with Oron, this is a flower very similar to those of muscari grandifolium var populeum
that I raised from seeds collected in Marocco.
Luc Scheldeman
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Melvyn Jope

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Re: Bellevalia sp.
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2010, 01:37:42 PM »
Many thanks Oron and Luc, I will change the label from Bellevalia sp. to Muscari sp.!

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Re: Bellevalia sp.
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2010, 07:55:10 AM »
It's a lovely little curiosity, Melvyn!
Please consider posting a pic of it in the "Muscari and some relatives" Thread (2010) and tell us a little about how you raised it, etc.
cheers
fermi
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