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Hi, Rimmer, I am surprised by the staminal cup in Stenomesson leucanthum. If I'm not mistaken, the biggest expert in South American Amaryllidaceae, Alan Meerow, was the one to transfer it from Pucara to Stenomesson. But he also changed Clinanthus milagroanthus, also with a cup, to Paramongaia milagroantha, so maybe further studies should be carried out.

In the meantime, I look forward for seeds.

Hi, Randy, I wasn't suggesting that you sent any bulbs... but please do haha

Thanks, Martin, s I said I did not take the photo. I have discovered that Iberian Muscari can be as attractive as Eastern ones.

Moving to Peru, here is Caliphruria  (now Stenomesson, according to Alan Meerow et al.) korsakoffii, again thanks to Rimmer de Vries.

Hi, book and seeds arrived, thanks

Carlos

Really nice that your plants are rewarding you with so beautiful flowers again.

Amazing!!

Nice, Randy!!

I showed you a couple of seedlings and now that they lost their single leaf I looked at the bulbs... They are Colchicum, and I'm not at all sure of which one they can be (luckily there's only three options).

And my C. obispoensis turned out to be a Narcissus, so after 2 years I don't have any Calochortus after all. 

I admit it, they are maybe too difficult from seed for me.

Muscari cazorlanum, a narrow endemic from the Cazorla range in NE Andalusia

Taken by a colleague, please ask me if anyone wants to use them.

Zephyranthes katheriniae, thanks to Rimmer de Vries.

The true colour is difficult to catch...

Well I stiill saw some wild bulbs yesterday. Dipcadi serotinum. There were also Iris lutescens, Asphodelus cerasiferus, Squilla undulata, Lapiedra martinezii and possibly Gladiolus dubius, Allium moschatum and some Ophrys, but I saw no traces of them.Happy worker's day. 

Allium moly, the form described as subsp. Glaucescens, to say farewell to April.

Hi, Tractema lilio-hyacinthus is very different, as Jan said:

https://www.asturnatura.com/photo/_files/photogallery/7d3e72a4480f93c7ecba2b520fdc7aba.jpg

https://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/a1a8042ac2319073e1f4107cb42f9fe5.jpg

Yes, Hyacinthoides is the second obvious choice. Can you look at the bracteoles (presence / absence, one or two, length...)

Carlos

Hi. It is Chiapas, and chiapasiana.

POWO lists H. cleo as an accepted species, with the synonym Hymenocallis chiapasiana T.M.Howard in Pl. Life 35: 56 (1979)

I recently saw a photo of a 'Tractema verna' which looked like your plant, and matches plants in our Cantabrian coast, but it's not like the Tractema verna from central Europe, with quite wide leaves (I can't grow it here, so I have never seen the plant physically).

Note: modern genetic studies, even by different teams, have confirmed the splitting of Scilla, so I will use Scilla only when appropriate. It's not my fault if Kew (who are not God) are not up-to-date. I am a botanist and I must follow what science is telling. Of course Scilla is a valid name (only inaccurate and misleading) and it can be used, I will respect that, but I ask for respect to my position as well.

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Quote from: Carlos on April 18, 2024, 01:59:22 PMI came back crossing a badly burned area in 2022, there are few signs of recovery, but I saw a few patches of Iris lutescens.

FANTASTIC seeing them in habitat like that! Thanks for sharing, Carlos!!

Thanks, I am used to seeing it but had to stop the car.

BTW... what are the blue leafed plants in the background that look like they could be Yuccas?

Asphodelus cerasiferus. They also survive fires well.