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Author Topic: Mystery seed-ex pink Sisyrinchium  (Read 461 times)

arisaema

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Mystery seed-ex pink Sisyrinchium
« on: August 26, 2024, 01:33:52 PM »
Any ideas on this lovely little thing, received from last years seed-ex as Olsynium junceum?



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Re: Mystery seed-ex pink Sisyrinchium
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2024, 02:48:29 PM »
Looks like a South African geophyte - possibly Hesperantha
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arisaema

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Re: Mystery seed-ex pink Sisyrinchium
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2024, 03:05:52 PM »
Thank you, Fermi! Hesperantha does look like a match, although it's hard to judge the size from pictures - this is your typical 10-15cm tall in a 9cm pot. It's first-year flowering from seeds, and certainly hasn't been pampered...

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Re: Mystery seed-ex pink Sisyrinchium
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2024, 03:42:41 PM »
Arisaema,

This is Olsynium Junceum:

Marc Rosenblum

Falls City, OR USA

I am in USDA zone 8b where temperatures almost never fall below 15F -9.4C.  Rainfall 50" 110 cm + but none  June-September.  We seldom get snow; but when it comes we get 30" overnight. Soil is sandy loam with a lot of humus. 
Oregon- where Dallas is NNW of Phoenix

arisaema

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Re: Mystery seed-ex pink Sisyrinchium
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2024, 05:44:26 PM »
Arisaema,

This is Olsynium Junceum:

I replied you in the other thread, whatever is in your picture lacks the "Juncus-like" foliage, but judging by Google it's a common misidentification... See here for the real Olsynium junceum:

https://catalogoplantas.udec.cl/?q=node/863
https://www.chileflora.com/Florachilena/FloraEnglish/HighResPages/EH0296.htm

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Re: Mystery seed-ex pink Sisyrinchium
« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2024, 06:34:09 PM »
Arisaema,

My picture comes from the website of a reliable vendor.

Foliage of Olsynium juncium tends to be quite variable.
« Last Edit: August 27, 2024, 06:11:38 AM by MarcR »
Marc Rosenblum

Falls City, OR USA

I am in USDA zone 8b where temperatures almost never fall below 15F -9.4C.  Rainfall 50" 110 cm + but none  June-September.  We seldom get snow; but when it comes we get 30" overnight. Soil is sandy loam with a lot of humus. 
Oregon- where Dallas is NNW of Phoenix

arisaema

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Re: Mystery seed-ex pink Sisyrinchium
« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2024, 06:37:55 PM »
Foliage of Olsynium jundium tends to be quite variable.

I saw the same pictures at two different seemingly reliable vendors on two continents... I can assure you they're both misidentified, there's nothing "junceum" about them. The two links I posted are both from the native habitat of the species, and they fit the description.

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Re: Mystery seed-ex pink Sisyrinchium
« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2024, 08:43:20 PM »
Having sown Olsynium junceum myself, I think this is an interesting source of information.

https://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/BULBS/Family/Iridaceae/30803/Olsynium_junceum

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Re: Mystery seed-ex pink Sisyrinchium
« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2024, 01:16:41 AM »
I'm having trouble posting pictures.  Let's try this a third time.

I looked up a few photos of Olsynium junceum taken in 2013 and 2017.



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Re: Mystery seed-ex pink Sisyrinchium
« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2024, 01:17:50 AM »
Here are a few more.



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Re: Mystery seed-ex pink Sisyrinchium
« Reply #10 on: August 28, 2024, 01:18:48 AM »
Pictures were taken in Patagonia, in Argentina.
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