[pbs] Sternbergia greuteriana
Lauw de Jager
dejager at bulbargence.com
Thu Oct 2 05:50:03 EDT 2003
Dear John,
May I chip here in a private conversation.
I grow large quanties of S lutea angustifolia. It looks to me as a hybrid
between S lutea and S sicula. The sterile flowers are just like S lutea
(rounded petals) The silvery line is is also present in the very narrow
leaves of S sicula but are narrower that S lutea. This plant is a common
'wild'garden plant in France and Italy. On the other hand S sicula of which
a large clumps has just finished flowering has typical pointed petals.
le 2/10/03 1:34, John Lonsdale à john at johnlonsdale.net a écrit :
> Apologies, this should have gone to Jane directly.
> Just a quick note with a question. The ex Mike Salmon Sternbergia lutea
> ssp. angustifolia you sent me looks and behaves remarkably like Sternbergia
> sicula here. Is this something you've noticed? It flowers at exactly the
> same time as sicula - approx. 2-3 weeks before lutea, but especially it has
> the tell-tale silver stripe down the center of the leaves which I have never
> seen on any luteas.
Lauw de Jager
Bulb'Argence
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