Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: PaulFlowers on March 01, 2022, 05:37:59 AM
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A beautiful and non scented freesia verrucosa - not that I see anything resembling verucas
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A few ferrarķas - I love these despite them taking up so much room
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Here's a couple of recently flowering Ferrarias.
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These make for fantastic images in macro - thanks both! I'd love to know how/why such complex and unusual flowers evolved, but my quick Internet search didn't turn up anything helpful and there seems to be quite a lot of variety in the pollinating insect species. Are there other genuses that have that amazing crumble-topping edge?
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Redmires:
I would imagine these flowers have evolved based on a combination of pollinators present and the environment.
Here's an article on pollination, but it is behind a paywall.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00606-008-0132-x
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Redmires:
Here's an article on pollination, but it is behind a paywall.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00606-008-0132-x
The paper is available as a free download if you search. Most are, usually via educational websites and/or directly from the author(s).
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Resnova magaphylla
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Daubenya zeyheri with mid leaf stripe