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Steve, are you saying that the first of your photos (the light flowered E. hendersonii) is from Ron Ratko seed? It looks to me like it could be a hybrid with E. oregonum, with the yellow halo and slightly flattened filaments a result of the genetic influence of E. oregonum. There are a few places where the ranges of these two species meet and natural hybrids are found, so it could be that Ron was collecting from one of these areas...
Exactly my thoughts Ed, when ever I see yellow in the flower of E. hendersonii I suspect it is a hybrid and clearly the filaments in Steve's picture show some flattening - non the less it is a wonderful plant and may have that added advantage that many hybrids have is that it will increase by division.Taking of hybrids I have been assessing some in flower just now mostly E. revolutum hybrids with either E. oregonum or E. californicum - I show some below.1- Hybrid 1 has the best leaves.2- Hybrid 1 flower has the darkest centre marking3- Hybrid 2 leaves4- Hybrid 2 flower5- Hybrid 3 leaves Many of these have very similar flowers I have a few with much darker flowers.
The wide expanses of revolutum are just breathtaking, David. The white is not a revolutum- its a californicum hyybrid - white pollen and narrow filaments.Beautiful - but not as glorious as the pinks, eh?
A sister seedling to the hybrids in the last post that looks like it is just the species E. revolutum, no visual evidence suggests otherwise.Now a group of Erythronium revolutum with multi flowered stems.Close up of showing many stems have three flowers.On the other end of the scale is this small Erythronum revolutum - I see it very distinct from most of the other E. revolutums we grow. It is always small single flowered and it's flowers have a distinct shape and way of reflexing- I call it wild form but many of our original forms were also raised from seed of wild origins.