Mexican beauty

[Rogan]

I always admire the beauty of this little Tigridia species, T. duranguense - it regularly produces its charming flowers in the hottest summer months.

[Rimmer de Vries]

I wish someone would put seed of this in the Seed ex!
very nice

[Gail]

Oh lovely. One of those plants I have 'loved and lost'.

[Roma]

Oh lovely. One of those plants I have 'loved and lost'.

Me too.  I got seed at Alpines 1991 from North West Seeds.  I think I got two bulbs which dwindled to one but flowered every year till it got too cold in the 2010/2011 winter and perished.  I never got seed and have not seen it offered since.

[shelagh]

What beautiful markings Rogan.  Wouldn't mind some dress fabric like that.

[Rogan]

'tis a pretty thing indeed - today I noticed that I have at least two different clones in flower so, I will take my best shot at producing a few seed for the seedex.

This is an image of the 2nd clone with more rounded tips to the petals - more exquisite material for Shelagh!

[Rogan]

I seem to be spelling this name incorrectly: according to the image of a herbarium sheet I have seen of this species (New York Botanical Garden), it should be T. durangense, without the "u" as in my "T. duranguense" - any comments on this?

[Gail]

I do have a copy of Molseed's monograph of the genus but unfortunately it is in one of 34 boxes of books that I haven't unpacked since my move so can't quickly check for you... Going on memory (which can be risky) I'd say T. durangense.

[Rogan]

Thanks for trying Gail, 34 boxes - a daunting task awaits you!

The herbarium sheet is of the type specimen so, it has to be T. durangense.