Muscari & relatives 2013

[daveyp1970]

Just to add to this three pics the first two are  identical to my plant the second pic you can see the plants aren't all uniform plants with a good packed flower stem like Janis's and other plants that aren't, like mine
https://picasaweb.google.com/100501315290075619302/LiliaceaeZambakgiller#5247677412331178498
https://picasaweb.google.com/100501315290075619302/LiliaceaeZambakgiller#5247677426046344914
https://picasaweb.google.com/100501315290075619302/LiliaceaeZambakgiller#5247677453832527778
And here
http://www.turkiyebitkileri.com/english/species-detail.aspx?ID=3230#.UT5FuBzxq3w

[YT]

Very interesting discussion

Muscari leucostomum, JJA 689.851
Muscari azureum, JJA 688.205

[Janis Ruksans]

Janis i wasn't accusing your stock of hybridising  ,What i will say i don't think PC's plant is  leucostomum (not yet until i get more plant material).

M. leucostomum is variable and very widespread species. I have several stocks of it from various localities. Its spikes are darker and always slender, whilst adilii is very "fat". I don't know source of PC. We were 4 persons in our team - 2 from Gothenburg and 2 from Latvia. I never sent something to PC, from rest 2 denied any contact with him, too. About third - I don't know. May be he is one of PC suppliers.

To find adilii really was not easy - windy and branching dirty roads inside mountains. At each junction discussion and sometimes even voting which turn to take. We found it starting search very close to known GPS coordinates (but in those years GPS was much less accurate). Passed several hours, before I saw first tiny leaf of it and soon in minor gully on steep slope were few plants in seed confirming species. Later Arnis found another one similar minor gully with another few plants. Going down to road we spotted very special mark of locality mentioned in original description. This confirmed that our plant is true (growing some 2-3 hundred meters higher on slope from this mark, as was mentioned in original text).

There are still some undescribed very beautiful Muscari sp. between gatherings of our team during two field seasons in Turkey. I'm not so clever in Muscari, so I'm not ready to describe them. May be sometimes later, together with few other beautiful bulbs. By the way - during those trips we discovered Tulipa koyuncii, described much later by Turkish botanists, too. Only Arnis then collected some bulb, although we saw that it is new one, but... Colchicum lagotis described by Karin Person was found just by our team, too.
Janis

[YT]

Sounds very exciting story, Janis

There are still some undescribed very beautiful Muscari sp. between gatherings of our team during two field seasons in Turkey.

When will they be available at your nursery

[Janis Ruksans]

Sounds very exciting story, Janis

When will they be available at your nursery

When they will be named. One may be will be named by Arnis but he is allways short in time for this. I haven't time for Muscari studies, too. Another (good increaser) may be will be offered in few years as species nova by me. Still multiplying stock.
Janis

[Mark Griffiths]

I must keep away from this thread lest I develop a "thing" about Muscari

[David Nicholson]

http://home.tiscali.nl/~hennessy/         Muscari site by Martin Philippo

A labour of love! A wonderful Site and a wonderful resource.


 

edit by maggi  add url

[Mark Griffiths]

nice site Ron. I do actually have a few, M. Golden Fragrance, the "usual" M. macrocarpum and M. muscarimi. But I must admit some of these others are tempting.

[daveyp1970]

nice site Ron. I do actually have a few, M. Golden Fragrance, the "usual" M. macrocarpum and M. muscarimi. But I must admit some of these others are tempting.

Do it Mark i think they are superb and never take up to much room.

[Mark Griffiths]

well space is my issue and I'm constantly rotating plants around - small things are definately what I need to go for.

[YT]

Muscari armeniacum, ex. pink form. JJA 688.012.

[Mark Griffiths]

that's lovely.

[Maggi Young]

Muscari armeniacum, ex. pink form. JJA 688.012.

Another charming plant from you, Tatsuo. I have added it to the Archibald Archive section. 

[Onion]

Tatsuo,

is it normal that the foliage lies on the ground?



edit by maggi - I have removed your double post, Uli.

[YT]

Thanks Mark

Tatsuo,
is it normal that the foliage lies on the ground?

Yes, Uli. Its leaves undulate and prostrate on the surface.

Another charming plant from you, Tatsuo. I have added it to the Archibald Archive section.

Thank you Maggi