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Not Delphinium brunonianum

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Gabriela:

--- Quote from: Maggi Young on June 19, 2016, 05:35:20 PM ---It is many years since I got  true D. brunonianum from our  seed exchange - sad facts but true that this is one of those  often  mis-named seeds.

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Maybe species that are known to be often mis-named could be marked somehow in the seedex list?
Cannot take pictures yet, too sunny still @ 32C! but it seems to be the most regular D. elatum. How can it be mistaken with brunonianum is beyond my understanding.

Lesley Cox:
Often one plant comes in as another but here, yours Gabriela and yours Giles are two quite different plants. Maybe the desire some of us have for the true D. brunonianum is being fed by anyone who has some "close" seed, with the expectation of kudos to be won?
I like your suggestion Gabriela but it could add quite a lot of work for the list compiler and of course now and then the true plant may actually be there and shunned because of the usual problem.

Two strong contenders would be Gypsophila cerstioides masquerading as G. aretioides and Stylophorum lasiocarpum or diphyllum masquerading as Hylomecon japonicum.

There are really no excuses. We have so many wonderful books available to us as well as the huge world of the internet which just about everyone uses. I always look up plants new to me if I don't know them, just to ensure I have the right thing. Doesn't everyone? We should. (It's why I'm almost suffering mental breakdown over irises!!!)

Gabriela:
Lesley, my Delphinium is from AGS 14/15 seedex - just like the one Roma has. I usually don't get too frustrated anymore, unless is something I started under lights in the winter. Space is at premium and I have to do a tough selection for what gets to have a longer growing season.

You are right, of course. Would be impossible to mark them and choose what to mark and what not. I am sure everyone sends in seeds with very good intentions and in the desire to share, but certainly a bit more care in regards with the names would be welcomed.

Here are two images with it - D. elatum or a hybrid in my opinion. The important thing is that's not D. brunonianum.

Roma:
Two flower spikes this year.  The taller one is just over a metre. 

Maggi Young:
Our forum's  "Seeds to scale " project is one way to assist the seed folks in checking that seed is at least in the same genus as it claims to be. Huge amount of work put into that in these pages, though I doubt  many who could use it to good advantage do so.
 Sigh.

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