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JohnnyD

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Another 'anonymous' bulb!
« on: July 20, 2020, 02:35:41 PM »
Small bulb with long foliage and seed all the way up the stem. But what is it? JohnnyD
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Re: Another 'anonymous' bulb!
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2020, 02:40:12 PM »
Has the look of Brodiaea ixioides Starlight, but my eyesight is not what it was.

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Re: Another 'anonymous' bulb!
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2020, 05:21:38 PM »
Fraid not Eric - too small. J.
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Re: Another 'anonymous' bulb!
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2020, 06:52:27 PM »
John,
I have this in the garden - I think it is an annual and it seeds around and reappears now and then. I cannot remember the name. Maybe it was a Bulbine or Bulbinella. I have a feeling that my mother got seeds of it from Chiltern Seeds, many years ago, and I got some from her. I have looked quickly on the Chiltern website but cannot see it. This is going to annoy me now!
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Re: Another 'anonymous' bulb!
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2020, 08:21:45 PM »
Told you my eyesight was not good. So lets try Gagea!

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Re: Another 'anonymous' bulb!
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2020, 09:13:46 PM »
Bulbine abyssinica ?
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Re: Another 'anonymous' bulb!
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2020, 09:29:16 PM »
Leaves more rounded Bulbine annua (?)
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Re: Another 'anonymous' bulb!
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2020, 10:27:33 PM »
That’s the one I grow - Bulbine annua, that name definitely rings a bell. Nice wee plant. I think that’s what you have got, John.
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Re: Another 'anonymous' bulb!
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2020, 11:58:39 AM »
Thanks Carolyn, that looks absolutely right.
Thanks to all who made suggestions,
JohnnyD
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