Muscari and relatives

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Fermi

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Re: Muscari and relatives
« Reply #30 on: October 26, 2014, 12:54:42 PM »
In order to give an answer there is a need to see the pedicles at fruiting time.
The length and angle of these are an important feature to destingwish similar species.
Oron,
here's a couple of pics which may help,
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« Reply #31 on: October 26, 2014, 09:03:27 PM »
Fermi,

 The two species I take in consideration are B. ciliata and B. longistyla, but as your plants are still juvenile, meaning less leaves and flowers and ciliate or smooth leaf margins.
I'm afraid that i can not give a definitive answer but i'm inclined towrds B. longistyla.
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« Reply #32 on: October 27, 2014, 07:53:47 AM »
Thanks, Oron,
I'll wait to see if they flower again next year and if there is any difference,
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« Reply #33 on: August 09, 2015, 02:40:30 PM »
Muscari commutatum neglectum from seed from Goteborg 2010
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« Last Edit: September 02, 2019, 02:24:32 PM by Fermi »
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« Reply #34 on: July 05, 2016, 05:50:18 AM »
The Muscari inconstrictum I showed in 2014 is still going strong and flowering better this year,
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« Reply #35 on: July 05, 2016, 12:27:53 PM »
Fermi what a colour!!
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« Reply #36 on: August 12, 2016, 01:16:06 PM »
I think I got this as seed as Muscari azureum but it looks more like Pseudomuscari chalusicum
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« Reply #37 on: August 14, 2016, 01:36:29 PM »
The Muscari commutatum neglectum shown last year is doing even better this year
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« Last Edit: September 02, 2019, 02:23:07 PM by Fermi »
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« Reply #38 on: September 11, 2018, 11:13:30 AM »
I've previously posted pics of this muscari as M. commutatum but I was corrected that it is in fact a form of Muscari neglectum - which explains why it is doing so well!
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« Reply #39 on: September 16, 2018, 12:05:32 PM »
Bellevalia paradoxa from seed from SRGC Seedex 2012
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« Reply #40 on: September 30, 2018, 12:33:37 PM »
I can't find the label for two muscari relatives in flower now (mid-spring).
Here is the first which I think is a bellevalia.
The little black bugs are red-legged earth-mites
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« Reply #41 on: September 30, 2018, 12:40:07 PM »
This one could be a leopoldia.
It is quite tall - over 20 cm
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« Last Edit: September 30, 2018, 12:42:32 PM by Fermi »
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« Reply #42 on: October 01, 2018, 10:26:16 AM »
Hi Fermi,
A bit difficult to decide from these photos but looks to me that you have two species from Crete, first, a recently described Bellevalia juliana and the other Muscari (Leopoldia) spreizenhoferi, tall form. 
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« Reply #43 on: October 01, 2018, 02:33:29 PM »
Hi Oron,
thanks so much for the IDs.

Here's one which not everyone loves, the double 'Fantasy Creation'
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« Reply #44 on: October 13, 2018, 01:46:00 PM »
Hi Fermi,
A bit difficult to decide from these photos but looks to me that you have two species from Crete, first, a recently described Bellevalia juliana and the other Muscari (Leopoldia) spreizenhoferi, tall form.
The Leopoldia (Muscari) has lengthened and the "top knot" is now evident!
I have grown this species from seed before but I don't remember having planted a flowering sized one in this area! The stem is now over 60 cm in length (I can't say "tall" because it flops over!),
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