Dear Nathan, Thank you for this. Yes, the stamen/stigma colour looks very similar. I have had another suggestion of I. flexuosa, but for that one I cannot find any references to the blue colour on the internet. Also mine was pretty upright and not at all flexuous. I'll check this year on the branched inflorescence. Also, good to know that Ixia polystachya 'Alba' is growing here in NZ. Many Tx, Ashley __________________________ Ashley Mooney t:- 021 0416930 e:- ashleymooneynz@gmail.com On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 8:35 AM Nathan Lange via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > 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 > >[image: P1160459 20 Dec 06.JPG] > >[image: P1160349 20 Nov 11.JPG] > > 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 > >-------------- next part -------------- > >A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > >Name: P1160459 20 Dec 06.JPG > >Type: image/jpeg > >Size: 4703149 bytes > >Desc: not available > >URL: > >< > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > >-------------- next part -------------- > >A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > >Name: P1160349 20 Nov 11.JPG > >Type: image/jpeg > >Size: 5841262 bytes > >Desc: not available > >URL: > >< > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > >_______________________________________________ > >pbs mailing list > >pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > >http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > >Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>