Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: mark smyth on May 03, 2014, 06:33:50 PM
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Does anyone know anything about Scilla palviae - recently described from Portugal as my label reads. The spelling could be wrong
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Does anyone know anything about Scilla palviae - recently described from Portugal as my label reads. The spelling could be wrong
It's now Hyacinthoides paivae, a sort of Portuguese bluebell
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyacinthoides_paivae (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyacinthoides_paivae)
Kurt Vickery had it on his bulb list a couple of years ago, and seed was distributed last year through the seed exchanges.
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Thanks very much
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It is nice, and quite distinct. flowerd nicely for me last year.
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I like the idea of the outward facing flowers of this scilla or Hyacinthoides paivae
May try sneaking it past the BD!
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No idea where I've put mine ::)
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I know where mine is, but havnt reached it yet, in the repotting
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Mmm. Hyacinthoides italica flowers are very similar to my misidentified species.
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found these ones in north west portugal myself last year.
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growing under trees but also on kliffs on 500 meter height