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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Steve Garvie on May 03, 2015, 12:13:17 PM

Title: Chinese Epimedium Species
Post by: Steve Garvie on May 03, 2015, 12:13:17 PM: I bought the three plants below about 18 years ago. The labels have long been lost but all three were supposedly from wild chinese species -a number of which had been brought in to cultivation at that time.

I know very little about Epimedium (and not much about anything else!) and I hoped that someone could put a name to these.
Each "species" has two images -a general view and a close-up of the flower:

Species 1:
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7734/17353226425_741ea2b9dc_o.jpg)
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8824/17353226065_0694dfc31f_o.jpg)

Species 2:
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8779/17166972099_e7bbb81bba_o.jpg)
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7661/17327236126_4bdb1814d8_o.jpg)

Species 3:
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7762/16732941303_d95925c698_o.jpg)
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8831/17165628560_d148057bd0_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Chinese Epimedium Species
Post by: Matt T on May 03, 2015, 12:40:01 PM: Is species 3 Epimedium acuminatum? - Yes, happy with this.

EDIT: the hairy leaf margins are like E. epsteinii, but flowers are closer to E. acuminatum.
Title: Re: Chinese Epimedium Species
Post by: Matt T on May 03, 2015, 12:49:15 PM: Species 1 looks like the Japanese E. diphyllum.
Title: Re: Chinese Epimedium Species
Post by: Matt T on May 03, 2015, 01:01:31 PM: Species 2: E. pauciflorum?
Title: Re: Chinese Epimedium Species
Post by: Steve Garvie on May 04, 2015, 08:50:26 AM: Thanks Matt!

Your suggestions regarding acuminatum and pauciflorum seem to fit the bill exactly and I believe that they were amongst the plants I initially bought.

E. diphyllum is not a species I knowingly bought but following your suggestion I have compared my plant with images online -again you appear to be spot on!

Many thanks,

Steve
Title: Re: Chinese Epimedium Species
Post by: Maggi Young on May 04, 2015, 09:39:10 AM: A little reminder that we have some excellent Epimedium references, complete with photos, here in the forum. Many supplied by Mark McDonough - an Epi Enthusiast if ever there was one - and Wim Boens, too. :)

There is even a section with various Epimedium threads brought together, which starts with Hans Joschko's 2009 thread : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=3374.0 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=3374.0) 8)
Title: Re: Chinese Epimedium Species
Post by: TheOnionMan on May 31, 2015, 07:00:18 PM: I thought my ears were burning ;D

I agree with the IDs, and also wanted to mention, what fine photographs of Epimedium, not the easiest plant to capture well.