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Mariette:
From a kind friend I received bulbs of this plant named as Scilla cilicica.  Can anyone confirm that this is the true species?

ashley:
It's a nice plant Mariette, and looks similar to what I have under that name.

Mariette:
Thank You, Ashley! The trouble is - itīs said to hail from Cyprus, but some claim that Scilla cilicica doesnīt exist there. By those, all similar plants are considered to be Scilla morrisii. Yet what I got as Scilla morrisii from Cyprus looks a different plant - smaller and with fewer flowers. ( 3 instead of 4-6)

ashley:

--- Quote from: Mariette on March 12, 2025, 04:23:48 PM ---Thank You, Ashley! The trouble is - itīs said to hail from Cyprus, but some claim that Scilla cilicica doesnīt exist there. By those, all similar plants are considered to be Scilla morrisii. Yet what I got as Scilla morrisii from Cyprus looks a different plant - smaller and with fewer flowers. ( 3 instead of 4-6)

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Mine have almost gone over now Mariette, so it's too late this year to get good photos.  However, checking my notes it seems I made an assumption that may be wrong. 

The plants I thought resembled yours came from seed received in 2013 as Scilla sp. RRW9628 from Syria, Jabal an Nusayriyah, NW of Masyaf.  At some point I must have decided these looked like S. cilicica but a Google search shows me that Rannveig & Richard Wallis exhibited RRW9628 at an AGS show in 2007 as Scilla sp. nova whereas according to IPNI S. cilicica had been described as far back as 1908.  I don't know whether RRW9628 has now been identified or described.  Perhaps someone else knows?   

Unfortunately I don't have S. morrisii for comparison but my plants also produce 5-6 flowers per stem and regularly set seed. I like them very much and must test them in the garden.
Meanwhile, the WFO Plant List includes Othocallis morrisii var. veneris as one of the synonyms for S. cilicica ... 

I find these blue ones lovely but confusing (like the white ones ;)) ...

Carolyn:
Mariette, There are quite a few scillas listed by rarelants.co.uk, with some useful descriptions and comments. A couple of S cilicica are listed. The naming of scillas seems quite problematic. They are lovely plants anyway, no matter the name.

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