Unknown Ixia

Started by Mike Lowitz, April 24, 2022, 08:20:59 PM

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Mike Lowitz

Received in a BX from last year,  unknown Ixia ( most likely)

 Hope all have had a great weekend.[attach id=678] Unkown Ixia
ML

Martin Bohnet

hi Mike,

are you sure about that ID? Hesperantha baurii
should flower in mid Summer and look more like this:
Martin (pronouns: he/his/him)

Mike Lowitz

Hey Martin,

sorry I just saw this. I am not sure about the name other then  that's what the tag said frim the bulbs  in one of the BX exchanges a couple years ago  :)

It certainly is not what you have pictured in your post.  Thanks for letting me know, I do wonder what it is as I really liked the flower?

Mike
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Diane Whitehead

Did you keep track of which BX it was?
Diane Whitehead        Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
cool mediterranean climate  warm dry summers, mild wet winters  70 cm rain,   sandy soil

Mike Lowitz

Diane,

That makes total sense to do, and logical. No I didn't it sure is a beautiful flower too.  :)



Mike
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Fermi

It could an ixia such as Ixia pumilo. The blurry flower spike in the background looks a bit like an ixia. I know from experience that their seedlings can pop up in surrounding pots so could have been inadvertently been sent in as a Hesperantha
cheers
fermi
Central Victoria, Australia 

Mike Lowitz

Hey Fermi,

thanks for sharing that idea? I can say that the flower that is up front came from one of those flower spikes. Its hard to tell in the  angle of the photo but that flower is attached to a similar spike..... I do have ixia that I had never bloomed prior to this season, maybe they did get mixed up somehow? ( me).

Just looking at the wiki, and I think you have figured out the mystery here, thanks very much. 
ML

Martin Bohnet

Moved it into Mystery Bulbs, maybe here someone will give us better insight.
Martin (pronouns: he/his/him)