Muscari ... and some relatives 2009

[Sinchets]

Thanks Tony. It came from Buried Treasure a few years ago now.

[Yuri Pirogov]

However, the little that can be seen of the leaves suggest neglectum (leaves 2-8 mm. broad, longer than the scape)

Muscari neglectum looks different there.

[Sinchets]

However, the little that can be seen of the leaves suggest neglectum (leaves 2-8 mm. broad, longer than the scape)

Muscari neglectum looks different there.

I agree Yuri, it is hard to distinguish blue flowers from the shades of blue in a photo as blue seems to be one of the colours that is most easily shifted, but Muscari neglectum is very easy to recognise because of the darker lower flowers.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

This was grown from SRGC seed as Muscari chalusicum (syn. M. pseudomuscari according to Brian Matthew)

Can anyone confirm please ?
Two pictures one a bit blurry but gives a good image of the leaves.

Thanks

[Oron Peri]

This was grown from SRGC seed as Muscari chalusicum (syn. M. pseudomuscari according to Brian Matthew)
Can anyone confirm please ?
Two pictures one a bit blurry but gives a good image of the leaves.
Thanks

Luc,
M. chalusicum is a synonymous for M. pseudomuscari, but I have a feeling that yours is M. azureum which has darker colored flowers and shorter leaves. it is not easy to distinguish these two.

[Oron Peri]

Muscari bicolor [Leopoldia bicolor] is in flower at the moment.
This species is endemic to the narrow coastal strip from North Egypt to S. Lebanon.
Growing in pure sand.

[Otto Fauser]

Luc , my Muscari chalusicum has longer, sprawling leaves ,but more or less the same
colour as your flower ,
     Otto.

[Oron Peri]

Similar in form but different colors, Muscari weissii [double S] growing in Crete, S. Greece, many of the Islands and W. Turkey.
These photos where taken in Rhodos.

[Yuri Pirogov]

Luc, it is the most interesting shape of the flowers and raceme seen in Pseudomuscari. Is it known an origin of the seeds?
The prominent leaf venation is a feature of Hyacinthella.

[Yuri Pirogov]

This muscari do not open its flowers at all. I have it for years but its name is lost in annales. Any suggestions?

[Sinchets]

Hyacinthella species (lost label) today in the bulb frame.

[Jim McKenney]

This muscari do not open its flowers at all. I have it for years but its name is lost in annales. Any suggestions?

Yuri, that looks like the cultivar 'Saffier', generally attributed to Muscari armeniacum.

[Oron Peri]

Hyacinthella species (lost label) today in the bulb frame.

Simon, looks to me like H. glabrescens.

[Sinchets]

Hyacinthella species (lost label) today in the bulb frame.

Simon, looks to me like H. glabrescens.

Thanks for your help Oron.

[gote]

This was grown from SRGC seed as Muscari chalusicum (syn. M. pseudomuscari according to Brian Matthew)
Can anyone confirm please ?
Two pictures one a bit blurry but gives a good image of the leaves.
Thanks

Luc,
M. chalusicum is a synonymous for M. pseudomuscari, but I have a feeling that yours is M. azureum which has darker colored flowers and shorter leaves. it is not easy to distinguish these two.

Oron,
I am a real novice in muscari (although I like them and try to bulid up a small collection) but my recollection of M azureum is that the flowers were not as bell-shaped as in these pictures. My memory can be wrong but can you comment on that please.
Göte