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Specific Families and Genera => Saxifraga => Topic started by: Palustris on May 30, 2018, 10:19:56 AM

Title: Saxifraga Spotty Coty
Post by: Palustris on May 30, 2018, 10:19:56 AM: Anyone got a picture of the flowers of this silver sax. which they could post?
TIA
Title: Re: Saxifraga Spotty Coty
Post by: Maggi Young on May 30, 2018, 12:13:57 PM: Bart Moerland has one of 'Spotty Cotty' on his website: https://www.alpigena.com/silver-catalogue/silver-saxifrages-5/ (https://www.alpigena.com/silver-catalogue/silver-saxifrages-5/)
Title: Re: Saxifraga Spotty Coty
Post by: Palustris on May 30, 2018, 12:35:56 PM: Thanks. Mine is not it, as the flowers are definitely all white.
Title: Re: Saxifraga Spotty Coty
Post by: ChrisB on May 30, 2018, 01:55:31 PM: I think I’ve got this one, but it has not flowered this year... it’s in recovery having been swamped by a vigorous pulsatilla. The latter was removed last year. Next time it flowers I’ll take a photo, but it definitely had red spots on each sepal....
Title: Re: Saxifraga Spotty Coty
Post by: Palustris on May 30, 2018, 02:01:06 PM: So is this Spotty Cotty?
(https://i.imgur.com/JVD3gOI.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/XYr1qF1.jpg)
And any idea as to this one which I had labelled as Spotty.
(https://i.imgur.com/Vs44yNY.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ROegxMT.jpg)
Title: Re: Saxifraga Spotty Coty
Post by: ChrisB on May 30, 2018, 02:05:50 PM: Quite possibly is. Just dodged a shower and took a photo of mine, or what I think I got with that name. Foliage looks a bit different, but it does have one miserable flower on it, fwiw...
Title: Re: Saxifraga Spotty Coty
Post by: ChrisB on May 30, 2018, 02:07:25 PM: These things are devilishly difficult to ID though...
Title: Re: Saxifraga Spotty Coty
Post by: Palustris on May 30, 2018, 02:23:39 PM: Ain't they just!!!!!
Title: Re: Saxifraga Spotty Coty
Post by: Palustris on May 31, 2018, 02:45:35 PM: Side view of the unknown white flowered one.

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Does that help with id?
Title: Re: Saxifraga Spotty Coty
Post by: ChrisB on May 31, 2018, 10:05:02 PM: I’m no expert, wish mine was flowering so I could show you ...
Title: Re: Saxifraga Spotty Coty
Post by: Palustris on June 01, 2018, 10:54:20 AM: We think that the pure white one is a form of S. cotyledon, but there are dozens of them, all very similar.