Nomocharis 2012

[Claire Cockcroft]

I grew this Nomocharis from seed from the Alpine Garden Club of British Columbia.  I believe it's Nomocharis aperta, but the names are confusing so I don't mind if any corrects me. 

[bulborum]

Hello Claire

Nice plant
How long did it take to flower

Roland

[Claire Cockcroft]

This one required a lot of patience.  The seeds were planted in January, 2000, with first flowers in 2008.  Each year I get more flowers, but other nomocharis have vanished after just one flowering season.

[johnw]

In flower today, grown as Nomocharis x finlayorum. 

johnw

[gote]

I grew this Nomocharis from seed from the Alpine Garden Club of British Columbia.  I believe it's Nomocharis aperta, but the names are confusing so I don't mind if any corrects me. 

To me it looks like meleagrina. Aperta does not have these curious filaments. Instead it has swellings at the bases of the inner tepals. Pardanthina is similar but has wider inner tepals and they are usually fringed at the edges.
I have got the same from seed marked "aperta"
The one I have as 'finlayorum' is very similar but taller. since it is a kind of  hybrid swarm I assume it can vary.
I have posted pictures at the pacific bulb society's site. You can refer to these.
Cheers
Göte

[Claire Cockcroft]

Thank you, Göte, for making me go out and look again at the nomocharis.  The leaves are NOT in whorls.  After examining the Pacific Bulb Society's nomocharis pictures, I think mine most resembles Nomocharis x finlayorum.  I've enlarged the flower for a closer look.

[angie]

One of my favourite plants. I had a few but when I had to dig my border out for the house extension I seemed to have missed them. I threw all the soil in my pony paddock so it might be worth raking through the soil to see if they are in there. I hope so anyway as they are so lovely.

Angie 

[gote]

It does not quite look like my finlayorum but I assume they can vary a lot. The width of the iner tepals suggest a pardanthina with smoother petal edges than they usually have. If it were found wild I think it would key out as pardanthia. In a garden situation the parentage may be mixed.
Goodlooking whatever it is.
Göte