Muscari ... and some relatives 2009

[Lesley Cox]

Sorry Susan, didn't notice your offer to Dave. I think I'll get a couple of pots of the white daffodil as well. About 3o cms high, multi flowers per stem, small, pure white and incredible perfume.

[Lesley Cox]

OK a few pics. Still not too good because of the low angle of the sun at this time of year but enough for a good idea I guess. First, Muscari macrocarpum as bought from Marcus Harvey in Tasmania, for comparison.



Then the new ones, remembering that they have been growing under glass so are inevitably a bit drawn out. There are no purple buds at the top. Looks like they have dropped off.







Another look says not all top buds have dropped off and there is some purplish colour but again, less probably, because of having been under glass.

[ashley]

Have had a look at the ones I have and see no sign of virus.

The foliage seems OK, no streaking or splotches.

What a great buy then  
Marcus's plant is a beauty too.

[Maggi Young]

I've sent a message to my sister, in case she hasn't seen this thread .....I hope she gets to Warehouse in time!!

[ashley]

Maybe I should go myself   

[t00lie]

Sorry Susan, didn't notice your offer to Dave. I think I'll get a couple of pots of the white daffodil as well. About 3o cms high, multi flowers per stem, small, pure white and incredible perfume.

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Thanks girls  .
I have emailed you Susan.

Cheers dave.

[I.S.]

Here is a Muscari from Uludağ. Tony also posted it before. I am not sure about the name but on the board of national park was written this name.

Muscari bourgaei

[Oron Peri]

Ibrahim,

It is M. bourgaei, easy recognised by the white strip in the middle of the leaf and by the very contracted mouth, [ similar to a human mouth giving a kiss...]
oron

[Sinchets]

I wasn't sure which thread this would belong in- here or Scilla?
Flowering today a plant bought a long time ago as Hyacinthella tabrizianus

[Ragged Robin]

Muscari bourgaei is a fabulous blue, Ibrahim, reminds me of lapis lazuli 

[Oron Peri]

I wasn't sure which thread this would belong in- here or Scilla?
Flowering today a plant bought a long time ago as Hyacinthella tabrizianus

Simon,

This species is  difficult to put in any thread: it is considered by some as Hyacinthus tabrizianus, by others Bellevalia tabrizianus and also Hyacinethella tabrizianus which seems to be less agreed on.

Any way its a beautifull species and what ever it is, it is tabrizianus originated in Tabriz, Iran.

[Sinchets]

Thanks Oron- like you say it is a lovely little flower wherever it belongs. It is a good divider and a useful late flowerer. It is hard to see how it can owe anything to Bellevalia, but maybe given its place of origin I guess it could represent some transition between Hyacinthus and Hyacinthella. I wonder if its genetics have been investigated at all.

[Sinchets]

Flowering today a surprise Muscari left behind by the voles. I am not sure which one it is.

[Sinchets]

Flowering today in the bulb bed- where just about everything else is now dormant- a Muscari 

[Armin]

Flowering today a surprise Muscari left behind by the voles. I am not sure which one it is.

Simon,
I'm not sure either but I've an idea: Muscari dionysicum from North of Greece?