Romulea species

[Alessandro.marinello]

 I have taken seeds from Silverhill, mine has anticipated the flower because it is found in greenhouse

[tonyg]

Thanks to the pbs link a few posts ago I am now in doubt about my Romulea atranda.  Going by the pics on the pbs site this could in fact be Romulea komsbergensis
Here is a close-up pic.  The two species above look very similar but the throat of the flower is apparently more veined in R atranda.  See what you think.

[Ezeiza]

Also see Romulea hallii

[Hristo]

Hi Tony,
I see what you mean, in the pics Romulea komsbergensis has a more ponounced yellow throat than atranda, also your pics don't seem to show the clear blotch on the throat segments quoted for atranda!
So, are you sticking with atranda or cashing in for komsbergensis?

[tonyg]

Hmmm - All the pics of R komsbergensis I can find fit better than the pics of Romulea atranda ... except for those which relate to the plants I grow and those of the person who supplied the original bulb to me.  More research needed I think.  I also found a pic of Romulea cruciata (on telos rare bulbs site) which looked rather similar   Having said that their pic of R atranda shows very strongly veined throat. 
Can our S African formuists help?

[fermi de Sousa]

Can our S African formuists help?

I think Rogan is a cricket fan and might still be in mourning or shock.
cheers
fermi

[Pete Clarke]

Romulea requienii.

[David Nicholson]

That is very nice Pete. I sowed seed of R. requienii from the las AGS Seed Ex. so guess I've a few years to wait for the flowers.

[Lesley Cox]

Probably not long at all David. Roms are usually quite quick from seed.

[David Nicholson]

Thanks Lesley.

[ashley]

This looks like typical Romulea bulbocodium except that the stigma does not extend beyond the anthers.  It is also several weeks earlier than the other form I have.

Identified by Oron (below) as R. bulbocodium var. clusiana (= R. clusiana), from Iberia.

[Joakim B]

Ashley
I was just about to post pictures of what I think is Romulea bulbocodium from the park in Valle de Cana in Coimbra Portugal.
Some three weeks ago it was hundreds or even thousend in an area a quarter of the size of a football field. There was just flowers and a lot of colour variation with blues of different shades and with the two toned I will show later. The foliage was just 2-3 cm and the flowers were 4-5 cm, high/tall.
I did not bring the camera and only this weekend it was possible to return.
I did not see any. But then in the grassier parts I saw some most of them in this two toned colour. The others grew in sand that was packed hard as a rock in full sun. these had some shade so presumable that is why they are still around.
I saw no sine of foliage or seeds of the other ones.
I presume that it is bulbocodium since they are reported to exist in a nearby forrest/mountain.
Sorry for the bad pictures these are the best I managed. I think most of the foliage is grass.
They look a bit different from Ashley´s but I do not remember if the others also had some with the bright yellow throat or not. The difference in length might be due to higher levels of sun in Portugal and less water than in Ireland.
Maybe time of flowering was influenced by the previous year that may differ if the plants are new?

Kind regards
Joakim

[ashley]

Thanks for that description Joakim; it sounds like a great place to visit.  As far as I can see your plant has the usual exerted stigma.
It's always fascinating to see or hear about the growing conditions and variation in wild populations

[Joakim B]

Ashley
Thanks for the confirmation.
I did not look that closely on the plants so I do not know if this was typical stigma length or not.
I was almost in doubt that it was the same species all of them but I presume so.
Sorry to have forgotten the camera I was thinking on You all and hoped to get help identifying the ones but maybe next year.
It is just a mini park with the wild plants around being more interesting.  . But it was no information about them.
Kind regards
Joakim

[Oron Peri]

This looks like typical Romulea bulbocodium except that the stigma does not extend beyond the anthers.  It is also several weeks earlier than the other form I have.

Ashley,

Lovely colors,

I think your Romulea is R. bulocodium afterall, but this form had the name of R. clusiana, from Spain and Portugal.
It seems yours is originally from a clone that more than one bulb specialist sell in the UK, this might be also the reason why they all have the short style...
Do you know where your plants are originated?