Babiana ID

[Ray]

Three Babiana that I need ID for thanks bye Ray

[David Nicholson]

I'll set these up for a real expert to knock down:-

angustifolia
rubrocyanea
stricta

[ArnoldT]

Here's a good selection of candidates.

http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Babiana

[Darren]

I agree with David.

Decent form of rubrocyanea too. The cultivated stock I've seen tends to be narrower-petalled, or maybe I've been unlucky. In the wild I've seen it with fully-overlapping petals forming a cup, very attractive.

[Maggi Young]

Anybody willing to consider B. fragrans for the last one?

 See Mary Sue's photo on the PBS site
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/BabianaTwo

 Babiana fragrans, Bainskloof, Mary Sue Ittner pic 35 / 45         

[David Nicholson]

You could well be right Maggi.

[Ezeiza]

It's fragrans, it is in flower here right now.

[Lesley Cox]

Looking at your link Maggi, what a wonderful selection of species there is in Babiana. I thought there were half a dozen or so.

[Ray]

Thanks for all the input although I am not entirely convinced that no 2 is B rubrocyanea to me it seems to be more like B regia(PBS).This is what I know as B rubrocyanea.bye Ray

[Ezeiza]

Dear Lesley:

                 88 species according to the newest monograph!!

Ray;

                 in rubrocyanea

stamens unilateral facing downwards
style dividing opposite middle of anthers
branches dividing into broad flattened stigmas

                 in regia

stamens symmetrically aranged in centre of flower
style dividing below anthers
branches filiform

otherwise VERY similar

                 

[Lesley Cox]

Dear Lesley:

                 88 species according to the newest monograph!!
                 

Oh golly!