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Hans J

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unknown bulb from Corsica
« on: April 10, 2011, 09:59:33 AM »
Before many years I found this bulb plant by one of my trips in the mountains of Corsica ....I'm still puzzling which ID it is  ???

Today it is flowering again and so I have just made some pics ....maybe anybody here has a idea  :-\

It smells not like a Allium ( this was my first idea ) ...the flower could also be a Scilla ...but the leaves are not typical.

Here a short description :
The leaves are 14 cm long , 2 -3 mm broad ,near the ground they are red,they are not flat - more rounded
The flower stem is 7 cm long - also red ,the flower is white with a little pink ,3 -4 small bells

If anyone has a idea ...many thanks in advance !

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Re: unknown bulb from Corsica
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2011, 01:46:43 PM »
Might be Brimeura fastigiata.
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Re: unknown bulb from Corsica
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2011, 03:59:24 PM »
Hi Hans

 ;D many thanks for this advice ...it seems to be correct !!!!

I have also a pot with self sown plants of Brimeura amethystina ....the leaves looks similar ( but it has never flowered )

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Re: unknown bulb from Corsica
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2011, 04:57:42 PM »
This is what we have as Brimeura amethystina. The white from Connoisseur Bulb Collection ex Holland at a local garden centre in St. John's years ago.

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Re: unknown bulb from Corsica
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2011, 05:09:33 PM »
John W,

do you grow it free in a border ?
or is it in a pot ?

Thank you
Hans
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Re: unknown bulb from Corsica
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2011, 06:40:34 PM »
Hans - All the Brimeuras are in a perennial border and get no special attention whatsoever.

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Re: unknown bulb from Corsica
« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2011, 07:15:24 PM »
Thank you John ,

I will try it on same way ...maybe this is more succsessful

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