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Pauli

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unknown bulb
« on: October 03, 2014, 04:39:47 PM »
I am quite sure, that I did not plant this.

Has anyone an idea what it is? Flowering now and it survived at leat the last two winters (low to about - 14°C)
« Last Edit: October 03, 2014, 06:12:53 PM by Pauli »
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Re: unknown bulb
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2014, 04:48:06 PM »
Ornithogalum, I'd venture Orntihogalum umbellatum.
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Re: unknown bulb
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2014, 06:11:56 PM »
Thanks for your suggestion Lori, but O. umbellatum looks distinct and flowers in spring!
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Re: unknown bulb
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2014, 08:10:19 PM »
Sorry, missed the "flowering now" part, for one thing!
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Oron Peri

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Re: unknown bulb
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2014, 03:10:41 PM »
Looks like Nothoscordum bivalve var nanum
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Re: unknown bulb
« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2014, 04:14:59 PM »
I grow Nothoscordum bivalve and it looks similar to Paulis bulb, but it flowers in the spring/summer. Does var. namum flower in autumn?

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Re: unknown bulb
« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2014, 08:33:24 PM »
Yes Poul, occasionally it blooms in October-November as well.
Also, it happens that the new bulbils produced in early spring may flower already in autumn.
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Re: unknown bulb
« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2014, 05:51:33 AM »
Thanks for your help Oron. I still wonder, how it came into my garden - perhaps as an 'extra' from a seed exchange!
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