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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Gerdk on April 14, 2009, 08:28:01 PM

Title: Which Hyacinthella species? Identification please
Post by: Gerdk on April 14, 2009, 08:28:01 PM
I received this Hyacinthella species decades ago -
originally it was found 30 km away from Kütahya - Turkey
elevation 1.100 to 1.200 m

Is there a chance for identification ? (despite the bad pic)

Gerd

Title: Re: Which Hyacinthella species? Identification please
Post by: Hristo on April 14, 2009, 09:56:20 PM
Hi Gerd,
Looks a bit like H.leaucophaea to us, attached a pic of this species when it has gone over and when it is fresh. Have no info on the distribution of H.leucophaea so can't be too certain it is found in that area of Turkey! The flowers are a pale blue when fresh and the leaves don't clasp the flower stem if that helps you to eliminate the species we suggest. Good luck!
Title: Re: Which Hyacinthella species? Identification please
Post by: Gerdk on April 15, 2009, 05:40:21 AM
Thank you Hristo!
My plant is similar in the present state but the flowers were somewhat darker coloured and less numerous.
Unfortunately no pic of a plant when just flowering.

Gerd
Title: Re: Which Hyacinthella species? Identification please
Post by: Oron Peri on April 15, 2009, 08:23:41 AM
Gerd and Hristo

May I suggests H. acutiloba.

That is due to the form and number of leaves, relatively wide, and by the color of the flowers.
H. leucophaea has fewer, narrower, upright growing leaves and as far as I know it doesn't occur in Turkey, its distribution is E. European: Greece, Bulgaria to Russia.

Title: Re: Which Hyacinthella species? Identification please
Post by: Otto Fauser on April 15, 2009, 03:01:52 PM
Oron, Gerd and Hristo -Oron , it looks as though your suggestion of H . acutiloba is
correct . There is a good photo of it in "Bulbous Plants of Turkey and Iran ",fig264
on page 112 .
Title: Re: Which Hyacinthella species? Identification please
Post by: Gerdk on April 15, 2009, 08:27:24 PM
Thank you alltogether, you are really helpful
 - the label is already written!

Gerd
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