[pbs] Sternbergia candida
Jane McGary
janemcgary at earthlink.net
Wed Jan 14 18:03:54 EST 2004
I have posted a photo of Sternbergia candida on the wiki:
http://www.ibiblio.org/pbs/pbswiki/files/Sternbergia_candida_1.jpg
The flowers are not yet open, but I photographed them today (Jan. 14)
because I'm going out of town and didn't know what shape they'd be in when
I return. More later if they still look good on Monday.
I have often complained about this very rare Turkish species not flowering,
but apparently this bulb simply took this long to bloom here in gloomy
Oregon. I planted the seeds in 1997 after buying them from the Archibalds.
The flowering bulb was quite large when I repotted it last summer and
appeared to be about to split, and as you can see it has two flowering
stems. There is a smaller bulb in the pot that is not flowering yet, but at
least I can hope now!
Jane McGary
Northwestern Oregon, USA
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