Andrea B. Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Found growing in Boyce Thompson Arboretum, 25 April 2013.Only one plant, could not get to the leaves. As Bjørn pointed out, this is a monocot.Ever seen it before ?? Dual flower heads. Link to comment
JCDowdy Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Possibly a hybrid? Looks like yours may not be fully open.That have these at Boyce Thompson Arboretum which they are calling Rock Rose but look like a Cistus × purpureus or Orchid Rockrose. Link to comment
JCDowdy Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Is it 3 or multiples of 3? Never mind miscounted... OK, last stab: some kind of Crocus....minimus or corsicus hybrid? Link to comment
nfoto Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Base number is 3 for monocots and 5 for for dicots. There are numerous other differences as well, for example the venation pattern of leaves, photosynthesis cycles, plus of course the obvious difference when the seeds start to grow. Link to comment
Andrea B. Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 Crocus is a good guess, too. I've looked at a lot of Iridaceae trying to find this guy, but not under a crocus search yet so I'll try that. Link to comment
Andrea B. Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 I think this will turn out to be South African. So I'm looking at Ixia, Sparaxis, Geisssorhiza, Hesperantha, etc.Lachenalia, Babiana. Chasmanthe, Tritonia, Watsonia. Link to comment
Andrea B. Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 This might be it. Look at the flower in the left corner: yellow center, diffusely-edged carmine areas, the hint of a stripe, short stocky stamens. Crocus chrysanthus tricolor. That was the label. But it might be incorrect - see next post. http://www.veldsiergewassen.nl/store/images/flowers/leucocoryne_andes.jpg Link to comment
Andrea B. Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 Here is a similar pattern/morphology under the name Leucocoryne 'Andes'. http://www.euflora.eu/i/gallery/15803.jpg Link to comment
Andrea B. Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 From a Polish retail gardening website - another Leucocoryne 'Andes'. The striping is more pronounced here - and doubled like in my photo above. http://galeria.swiatkwiatow.pl/zdjecie/leucocoryne-andes,210385,565.html http://static.swiatkwiatow.pl/user_galeria/201402/duze/leucocoryne-andes_5651391675785.jpg Link to comment
Andrea B. Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 And Leucocoryne are from Chile !! Not African at all. Here is the definitive link to the wild version of Leucocoryne purpurea Gay, family Liliaceae.This looks like my flower for sure. The link has copyrighted non-commercial photos, so I won't copy here. http://www.chilebosque.cl/herb/leucocoryne_purpurea.html Link to comment
nfoto Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Nice sleuthing, Andrea :D Link to comment
JCDowdy Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 By George, I think she's got it! Is Leucocoryne andes a commercial name? Link to comment
Andrea B. Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 Yes, 'Andes' is a cultivar name given by some commercial grower. John, if you hadn't said "crocus" I would not have started looking in the direction which ultimately led me to Leucocoryne!!Mine appears to be the wild version L. purpurea. Link to comment
JCDowdy Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Naive luck I assure you!Very interesting that it has such a narrow native geographic distribution, such a long way from Arizona. Link to comment
Andrea B. Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 The Boyce Thompson Arboretum near Phoenix, Arizona where I saw the Leucocoryne has plants from all over the world in addition to southwestern natives. And obviously many plants were unlabeled !! Link to comment
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