Ixia Identification

Nathan Lange via pbs pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net
Mon, 17 May 2021 13:35:20 PDT

Ashley,

Your plant looks very similar to this one with a branched 
inflorescence, also growing in New Zealand, labeled here as Ixia 
polystachya 'Alba':
https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/…

Nathan


At 04:53 PM 5/16/2021, you wrote:
>Sir/Madam,
>
>Please could you help me to identify the plant in the attached photos. It
>was given to me as a white Ixia. I live in Motueka, at the top of the south
>island of New Zealand. I have [what I take to be] a selection of Ixias and
>I hope you can see them here
>https://1drv.ms/u/…. I imagine
>they  are mostly/all hybrids of one sort or another. Do Ixias hybridise
>readily with plants other than other Ixias?
>
>This particular white one flowers a good month after all the others. The
>blue "eye" is actually the particularly vivid blue stems to the stamens and
>stigmas. I would be very grateful for confirmation that this white one is
>an Ixia, with any possible further information.
>
>Kind regards,      Ashley
>__________________________
>Ashley Mooney
>t:- 021 0416930
>e:- ashleymooneynz@gmail.com
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>  are mostly/all hybrids of one sort or another. Do Ixias hybridise readily
>with plants other than other Ixias?
>
>The particular white one flowers a good month after all the others. The
>blue "eye" is actually the particularly vivid blue stems to the stamens and
>stigmas. I would be very grateful for confirmation that this white one is
>an Ixia, with any possible further information.
>
>Kind regards,      Ashley
>__________________________
>Ashley Mooney
>t:- 021 0416930
>e:- ashleymooneynz@gmail.com
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