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Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: Oron Peri on January 28, 2010, 10:12:38 AM
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First two species are in bloom at the moment:
O. chionophilum, endemic to Cyprus with lovely contrast of glaucus leaves
The second is O. sibthorpii from SE Turkey, both will flower for at least 3 weeks.
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First two species are in bloom at the moment:
O. chionophilum, endemic to Cyprus with lovely contrast of glaucus leaves
The second is O. sibthorpii from SE Turkey, both will flower for at least 3 weeks.
Oron, nice dwarf ornithogalums (particularly O. chionophilum). It's interesting how O. chionophilum has the general look and aspect of Allium chamaemoly.
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Very nice Oron.
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Yes, very nice Oron .
I did never see the first in Cyprus.Is this a plant of the high mountains?
In previous years sibthorpii is already in flower here. But due cold winter it is not in flower yet.
We did see sibthorpii in the Peloponesos.
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Hi Kris
O. chionophilum is quite a common species in Cyprus, it grows from 700-1950m,
generally it starts blooming late February.
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I named this Ornithogalum as O. oligophyllum (using Flora of Turkey) but I'm something doubtfull about name. In any case - very beautiful and this year the earliest.
Janis
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this Ornithogalum to be of small dimensions
Ornithogalum graminifolium
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Ornithogalum fimbriatum, from Janis.
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Ornithogalum unifoliatum
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Ornithogalum reverchonii from Spain which is a magnificent species about 45cms tall
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That's lovely Tony - would it do okay out in the garden?
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Gail certainly not where I live,far to wet,it needs a dry summer rest. I have some spare if you want to try it.
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Gail certainly not where I live,far to wet,it needs a dry summer rest. I have some spare if you want to try it.
Does it set seed, Tony? He asked hopefully, ::)
cheers
fermi
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Yes please! :) I'll send a PM.
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Gail certainly not where I live,far to wet,it needs a dry summer rest. I have some spare if you want to try it.
Does it set seed, Tony? He asked hopefully, ::)
cheers
fermi
I have not tried for seed in previous years but it has now had a very active afternoon with a paintbrush! Time will tell.
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this Ornithogalum to be of small dimensions
Ornithogalum graminifolium
nice to see these small ones, alessandro--i have a couple of potfuls of south africans coming from seed--one was an unnamed sp with 'beautiful leaves' i thought that meant one of the dark and/or pustulate forms or something--so far it looks similar to your graminifolia! just sown this year; the other is supposed to be unifoliatum with dark flat leaves, but also looks more like a baby onion, though shorter leaves than the other...
should i expect them to change next year, or would the leaves have the same look as now--sown late winter?
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nice Ornithogalums
Now 2 close related in flower:
O. orthophyllum, suffered from winter frosts which early foiliage wilted
O. umbellatum, in my crocus meadow
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Hallo, I am not specialist in Genus Ornithogallum, so I am not able to label these two Ornithogallums we photographed last May in Croatia. The first picture is from NP Paklenica (Velebit Mountains) and the other is from Pag Island (the Ornithogalums here have a very net leafs – no more as 2 mm). Cheers Igor
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Igor,
nice images. I'm also no specialist but the first resmbles O. umbellatum, the second no idea. Maybe Oron knows?
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Can someone identify this little species for me please. I've had it several years and it flowers but doesn't increase much. Usually the leaves are up around the flowers but a rabbit has grazed them down this year. I think that's an improvement though. :)
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Hi Lesley,O sibthorpii? bye Ray
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Hi Lesley,O sibthorpii? bye Ray
Lesley,
I agree with Ray, O. sibthorpii, it is possible to see the typical form of the [eaten] channeled leaves.
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Igor,
nice images. I'm also no specialist but the first resmbles O. umbellatum, the second no idea. Maybe Oron knows?
Sorry to notice this message only now.
The first does look as O. umbellatum, as for the second it is difficult to say at this point, in this case fruiting stage is important as pedicals get longer or curved and make id much easier, any way good possibilities to be O. divergens or O. comosum.
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Thanks Ray and Oron. I'll zip out now and put a label on it. :)
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Thanks Ray and Oron. I'll zip out now and put a label on it. :)
Lesley
I think you should put on a new label, the accepted name for O. sibthorpii now is O. sigmoideum.
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Oron,
Oh, should I change my label as well? Any idea how long it will be before someone changes it back? ::)
Sorry, so many name changes that I'm getting cynical in my old age. :o
Despite my flippancy, I do appreciate name corrections. I like to know the names of my plants and appreciate those thow take the time to give me the names. It is just that some of the labels are going to fill up if I start putting all the synonyms on them. ;D
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Thanks Ray and Oron. I'll zip out now and put a label on it. :)
Lesley
I think you should put on a new label, the accepted name for O. sibthorpii now is O. sigmoideum.
Oh damn! Just for once I did it when I said I would, so yes, another label. Thanks Oron (I think!).