Muscari & relatives 2017

[Rimmer de Vries]

Some muscari and Bellevalia in bloom now.
pink is Gul

[fermi de Sousa]

Our only contribution at this time is Muscari parviflorum, hard to see without an added background! cheers
fermi

[Rimmer de Vries]

Bellevalia crassa

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Hyacinthoides mauritanica vincentina,
AGS 2010 seed ex #3489

The second image is an identical looking but unidentified scilla in the open garden.
Any idea on identity?

[Rimmer de Vries]

Hyacinthella JCA 18611
Turkey: Anatalya near Gundimus

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Bellevalia Longistyla

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Bellevalia Modesta -Turkey SRGC 2010 seed ex

[Rimmer de Vries]

Bellevalia romana - SRGC 2010 seed ex

[Carolyn]

Hyacinthoides mauritanica vincentina,
AGS 2010 seed ex #3489

The second image is an identical looking but unidentified scilla in the open garden.
Any idea on identity?

Could it be scilla litardierei? I remember the first time i saw this flower - when it was in bud I began to think it was a muscari. It changes quite markedly when the flowers open. Very beautiful, in any case.

[johnw]

Another mystery plant I receiveds from Vera Peck in 1996, the label says Gagea bithynica.  I never doubted the genus as like the rest of the Gageas this one never flowered until this year.  More when it opens.

Very slow as you can see, from 1 bulb to 5 in 21 years,  likely I'm to blame thinking it was a Gagea.

My notes says ex a Czech friend, c,w,; she got a lot from Vladimir Vasak but she as a Czech herself had so many contacts there it's hard to say who the collector was.

johnw

[Roma]

I couldn't decide which picture to show so here is a sequence taken between the 1st and the 16th of April.
The pink is Muscari 'Pink Sunrise'
The white is Muscari 'White Magic'
Muscari 'touch of Snow' bicolour
and the lovely shiny dark blue is Muscari 'Blue Diamond'
There are a couple of rogues in there - a pale blue one at the back and the big one in the centre which has multiple small flowers on small stalks from the main stem

[johnw]

Well the mystery plant in Reply 39 has extended and this may be opened.  It's quite a bit darker than shown.

john

[fermi de Sousa]

1) Muscari (syn Pseudomuscari) inconstrictum grown from AGS Seedex 2009;
2) Muscari commutatum from Goteborg Botanic Garden 2010; coll Greece; one of the plants in the pot is different with lighter coloured flowers - is it just variation or an interloper?
3) close up of "normal" flower;
4) close up of lighter flower;
What do others think?
cheers
fermi

[ashley]

Any forms of M. commutatum that I've seen had dark teeth as well as a constricted mouth Fermi  
The white teeth of the Gothenburg plants might suggest M. neglectum or something similar.  Both nice though, whatever you want to call them

[pehe]

The autumn flowering Muscari aucheri Autumn Glory is flowering quite good this autumn.
The flowers start in September and continue until March. All pics from today.
The first two pics are from a pot placed in an open frame and the others are from the open garden.

Poul