Posted by Janet on October 4, 2011, 10:11 am
This is something I acquired in a plant swap, can anyone identify it
please?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67010419@N05/
It's about 70 cms high and the little blue fowers with 6 petals, are 15
mm across , in a spray on a tall airy stem.
Leaves are narrow , like a small iris. It has only just started
flowering (October).
Janet
Posted by Jeff Layman on October 4, 2011, 10:42 am
On 04/10/2011 15:11, Janet wrote:
> This is something I acquired in a plant swap, can anyone identify it
> please?
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/67010419@N05/
> It's about 70 cms high and the little blue fowers with 6 petals, are 15
> mm across , in a spray on a tall airy stem.
> Leaves are narrow , like a small iris. It has only just started
> flowering (October).
Could be an Aristea. See here for examples:
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/aristea
--
Jeff
Posted by Janet on October 4, 2011, 5:43 pm
says...
>
> On 04/10/2011 15:11, Janet wrote:
> >
> > This is something I acquired in a plant swap, can anyone identify it
> > please?
> >
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/67010419@N05/
> >
> > It's about 70 cms high and the little blue fowers with 6 petals, are 15
> > mm across , in a spray on a tall airy stem.
> > Leaves are narrow , like a small iris. It has only just started
> > flowering (October).
>
> Could be an Aristea. See here for examples:
> http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/aristea
Flower is close, but too short according to
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id 5720
Janet
Posted by Jeff Layman on October 5, 2011, 2:54 am
On 04/10/2011 22:43, Janet wrote:
> says...
>>
>> On 04/10/2011 15:11, Janet wrote:
>>>
>>> This is something I acquired in a plant swap, can anyone identify it
>>> please?
>>>
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/67010419@N05/
>>>
>>> It's about 70 cms high and the little blue fowers with 6 petals, are 15
>>> mm across , in a spray on a tall airy stem.
>>> Leaves are narrow , like a small iris. It has only just started
>>> flowering (October).
>>
>> Could be an Aristea. See here for examples:
>> http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/aristea
> Flower is close, but too short according to
> http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id 5720
Those zimbabweflora pages only state the capsule size AFAICT, not the
tepal length. Try A. ecklonii rather than abyssinica. A. ecklonii is
one of the more common species grown.
--
Jeff
Posted by Stewart Robert Hinsley on October 4, 2011, 10:49 am
> This is something I acquired in a plant swap, can anyone identify it
>please?
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/67010419@N05/
> It's about 70 cms high and the little blue fowers with 6 petals, are 15
>mm across , in a spray on a tall airy stem.
> Leaves are narrow , like a small iris. It has only just started
>flowering (October).
> Janet
I don't recognise the plant, but Sisyrinchium would be in the right ball
park.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley
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> please?
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/67010419@N05/
> It's about 70 cms high and the little blue fowers with 6 petals, are 15
> mm across , in a spray on a tall airy stem.
> Leaves are narrow , like a small iris. It has only just started
> flowering (October).