Muscari & relatives 2013

[David Nicholson]

Hyacinthella millengresii and H. lineata from the greenhouse today. Lovely little things, but I'm never sure when they are fully open.

[Hans A.]

Yesterday I went to the Negev Desert to visit a site of  Muscari filiforme.
It hasn't flowered  in this location for the last 3 years due to the sever drought, but this year after 20mm of water and it is blooming.

What a Beauty! Great Pics Oron!

Beautiful Species David!  Here H. heldreichii (JJA571.140) and H. lazulina.

[Erwin]

Could someone tell me the difference between: white rose beauty and white beauty?

and the difference between: pink sunrise, pink sunset and rosy sunrise.


Regards
Erwin

[Janis Ruksans]

Could someone tell me the difference between: white rose beauty and white beauty?

and the difference between: pink sunrise, pink sunset and rosy sunrise.


Regards
Erwin

White-rose Beauty and White Beauty - the same (name White Beauty was applied for it by Michael Hoog because White-rose Beauty not allways in Holland showed pink shade)
Pink Sunrise and Pink Sunset are seedlings of White-rose Beauty - Sunrise is early blooming variety, Sunset - late blooming. Rosy Sunrise - suppose misaplied to one of them or mix of both or someone changed name.
Janis

[Erwin]

Janis,

Thank you for explaining it to me. I'am surprised by the huge amount of variety in muscari's, didn't know there were so much pink muscari's. I only knew pink sunrise.

Erwin

[Ezeiza]

How nice of you, Oron, to share all these unknown treasures with us. Is there a book where we can find them discussed?

[Maggi Young]

How nice of you, Oron, to share all these unknown treasures with us. Is there a book where we can find them discussed?

Alberto - I am hoping that these plants will feature in Oron's  planned book - I think many of us are waiting eagerly for this!

[Rimmer de Vries]

Here H. heldreichii (JJA571.140) and H. lazulina.

Can someone explain the diagnostic distinctions between Hyacinthella heldreichii and H. lazulina?

i have grown both from purchased bulbs and my plants seem to be marked the opposite to Hans' identification.

Thank you

Rimmer
SE Michigan USA
in the deep freeze with no snow cover

[Argentea]

Great pic of Muscari filiforme . I have seen it in Syria before.    Another use and abuse plant.  No other way to grow it.
Reichjke

[Ezeiza]

Dear Maggi, I am being sarcastic. How long could it take to write a book with a thousand species or so?

[Oron Peri]

Thanks every one,
Alberto; good to have you back here...

[Oron Peri]

Can someone explain the diagnostic distinctions between Hyacinthella heldreichii and H. lazulina?

Thank you

Rimmer
SE Michigan USA
in the deep freeze with no snow cover

Rimmer, the only visible difference is the color:
H. lazulina heldreichii has a unique, very deep purple/blue color while H. heldreichii lazolina is sky blue with dark blue midrib.
In fact at first H. lazulina was thought to be only a color form of H. heldreichii but chromosome number indicates it to be a different species.

[Oron Peri]

Now this is some thing new:
I have received a bulb of this Bellevalia from Janis as Bellevalia sp. RRW9913.
It is doing very well here and has now 5 flower spikes.
After having the exact location from Bob Wallis, it all fitted to Bellevalia densiflora. It is the first time photo of this species is shown. Distributed in NW Syria and NE Lebanon.
This species characterized by very long glaucus leaves [35cm].
Flowers are creamy/yellow and anthers start pale lilac but after few hours they turn yellow which as far as i know is the only Bellevalia species to have yellow anthers.

[Oron Peri]

Great pic of Muscari filiforme . I have seen it in Syria before.    Another use and abuse plant.  No other way to grow it.
Reichjke

Rick,
M. filiforme is endemic to a small area in the Negev desert [S. Israel].
I think you have probably seen Pseudomuscari inconstrictum in Syria, the two species are quite similar.

[Maggi Young]

Now this is some thing new:
I have received a bulb of this Bellevalia from Janis as Bellevalia sp. RRW9913.
It is doing very well here and has now 5 flower spikes.
After having the exact location from Bob Wallis, it all fitted to Bellevalia densiflora. It is the first time photo of this species is shown. Distributed in NW Syria and NE Lebanon.
This species characterized by very long glaucus leaves [35cm].
Flowers are creamy/yellow and anthers start pale lilac but after few hours they turn yellow which as far as i know is the only Bellevalia species to have yellow anthers.

This is a slightly odd-looking plant  - it is exciting  to see it.