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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Egon27 on September 09, 2017, 09:37:44 PM

Title: Polygonatum
Post by: Egon27 on September 09, 2017, 09:37:44 PM

This Polygonatum I bought in China. It is 10cm tall, light pink flowers and now beautiful pink fruit. Does anyone know what it's called?

Title: Re: Polygonatum
Post by: Maggi Young on September 10, 2017, 02:38:44 PM

Hello Egon,
 nice plant - have you searched the wonderful polygonatum thread by Aaron Floden in the forum? Might be a good place to start!   http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=2033.0 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=2033.0)

Are the flowers pink?  May be a form of P. prattii  ? THough I think those fruits are more pendant than yours.  :-\

Title: Re: Polygonatum
Post by: Afloden on September 10, 2017, 04:24:07 PM

Image of the plant in flower?

 From this image of the plant in fruit I would say it is P. kansuense.

Title: Re: Polygonatum
Post by: Egon27 on September 10, 2017, 07:28:15 PM

I'm sorry, I will make flowers in the next spring. It is certainly not Polygonatum kansuense nor P. prattii.

Title: Re: Polygonatum
Post by: Afloden on September 15, 2017, 01:46:42 AM

Polygonatum kansuense is highly variable and grows from Nepal, into Sikkim, India, and up into Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Gansu in China. I will patiently wait for flowers next year :)

Title: Re: Polygonatum
Post by: arisaema on September 15, 2017, 04:49:40 AM

It's not this one, then? Daxueshan, from one of the Czech collectors years ago.