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Hi, I am trying to get wild Spanish / Portuguese bulbocodium, and bulbocodium from the Ligurian Alps, which should be the type locality (Linnaeus said 'Italian Alps', but the plant does not occur in the true Alps, like around Milan, Turin, etc, it's too cold).

Carlos

Quote from: Too Many Plants! on April 02, 2024, 11:16:18 PM

Quote from: Carlos on April 02, 2024, 10:23:49 PMHi, I am not really on Albuca, but this one is quite attractive. It does not seem to produce the dozens of bulbils seen on other species, does it?  Surely it is not spiralis?

I'd be willing to swap a few seeds. I also have dozens of bulbils of another unidentified species that I posted last year.

Hi Carlos, if I get seed I'm happy to mail some to you. I bought these as 20mm+ bulbs. I've had one for a few years, and added 3 more last couple years. I guess I don't know for sure, but haven't seen signs of bulbils yet.

Thanks!! 

Hi, I am not really on Albuca, but this one is quite attractive. It does not seem to produce the dozens of bulbils seen on other species, does it?  Surely it is not spiralis?

I'd be willing to swap a few seeds. I also have dozens of bulbils of another unidentified species that I posted last year.

Some 'cormous' or 'pseudobulbous' plants seen in the wild yesterday

Biarum dispar


Himantoglossum robertianum 



Orchis olbiensis (mascula subsp. olbiensis for some)



And March is over.

Muscari atlanticum, Eastern Spain. POWO accepts it!

Quote from: Too Many Plants! on March 28, 2024, 10:52:49 AMHere's another March flower'er...(lost my tag) 

HI, it is Oncostema (was Scilla) peruviana, not from Peru but from the Western Mediterraneand and adjacent Atlantic coast.

Hi.

What I can tell is that I was about to place an order of over $300 a month ago and she never confirmed.

Speaking of Hippeastrum, I've been told that some of the bulbs she offers as botanical species turn out to be hybrids. 

Regarding the rest, people seem to be very happy.

Carlos

Narcissus bulbocodium subsp quintanilhae, A lot was written on it by Dr. Abílio Fernandes, but I still don't understand what it is.

Asphodelus ayardii. I finally found a good stand only a 10 min drive and 10 min walk from home, and we got rain, so they will set good seed.

Also fistulosus and cerasiferus in the area, they don't seem to hybridize. The flowers of ayardii stay open a little longer than those of fistulosus, it was about 17:20 and all fistulosus were closed.

The Oncostema peruviana 'ifniensis' is already in bloom



And Moraea mediterranea

More N. hedraeanthus





And a tiny endemic, Tractema (Scilla) paui

Hi, Robin, many thanks!

Some wild daffodils in NE Andalusia

Narcissus coronatus (= pallidulus)





Narcissus longispathus









Narcissus hedraeanthus

Hi, Uli. I don't know and I don't know (or remember). I just bought it from rareplants before Brexit, I am focused on other things. But I wouldn't be surprised if there were no substantial differences.I know very little about Albucas, but I think the brown-red bracts, greenish pendant flowers, and scabrid/hairy straight leaves are a strange combination.I wonder if anyone else took the seeds, I did not write down the reference and though I keep all 'invoices', I could not find this one.

The Narcissus was EX03_238, so I keep thinking that the Albuca is earlier.

Carlos

Albuca 'spiralis' ex Château Pérouse, from EX02 I think. It obviously is not spiralis...




And Narcissus obesus, also from CH-P, again it is not the right thing, it is the 'false Portuguese obesus'..




Oncostema peruviana 'ifniensis' preparing to bloom



And a wild Iris pseudacorus seen today. I had never taken a photo of it...



Carlos

Hi, I think that you mean Narcissus triandrus var. loiseleurii.

It is not accepted by official floras, but the plants are different from normal triandrus.

It is protected in the Habitats Directive but I obtained a permit to collect some bulbs with the help of a local amateur. My climate is not good for them, so I gave them to two friends when I had done my tests and the seeds were ripe.

I think I donated some last year.

I can ask my friends if they expect to get seeds.

Carlos

Ps. I had not read Jane's answer, I guess her solution is better.