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Posted on Friday, May 02, 2008 - 11:52 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

It seems this plant thinks so, at least for early morning suits!
Would you recognize it at this stage?

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Posted on Saturday, May 03, 2008 - 03:09 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I don't know what it is but I like it!

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Posted on Saturday, May 03, 2008 - 06:57 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Is it a Nothoscordum...don't know which one...and the flowers don't fully open till noon?

It looks lovely, I wouldn't mind having it in my garden.

Dee_b - West Midlands, Zone "7"
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Posted on Saturday, May 03, 2008 - 07:01 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Do tell, it is very handsome.

Terryk - NY, Zone "6"
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Posted on Saturday, May 03, 2008 - 07:46 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

No, it's not a Nothoscordum, Dee...(I didn't even know Nothoscordum existed, lol...)
It's a relative of the better known Brodiaea 'Queen Fabiola' (alias Triteleia 'Queen Fabiola').
Its name is Brodiaea ixioides 'Starlight' (or Triteleia ixioides 'Starlight', name under which I found it).
It seems fairly easy to grow, and I'm particularly fond of light yellow flowers...
Here is what the flowers look like when they open:
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They are just beginning to bloom these days, and from what I remember from last year, they should last fairly long (several weeks).
The stems are not really stiff, but I find that it gives them all the more charm, if you place them close to a lower plant over which they bend gently...

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Posted on Saturday, May 03, 2008 - 07:03 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

It looks like there will be plenty of blossoms for you to enjoy.

Valia - UT (winter) WA (summer), Zone "8 and 5"
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Posted on Saturday, May 03, 2008 - 10:27 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Well, I only have 2 bulbs so far, but each of them produces a large inflorescence, yes, Ann!
I would really love them to multiply now!

Zephirine - Rhone-Alpes, Zone "7B"
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Posted on Sunday, May 04, 2008 - 04:37 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Wow. I've googled these plants and they look fantastic ( not that yours don't Anne-Marie), the plants I found were 25 blooms to a stem; so yours should look amazing when they're all open.

It said that they are Californian natives; does this mean you grow them in pots...or have you got them in the garden?

I found a site in UK that supply them, I might give them a try. My favourite colour in the garden is yellow too.
Zephirine wrote on Saturday, May 03, 2008 - 07:46 am:

No, it's not a Nothoscordum, Dee...(I didn't even know Nothoscordum existed, lol...)


I think these plants were formally known as Ipheion sellowianum ( how do they expect us to keep up with these changes? I think it's a ploy to get us to buy more plants ..lol).
The flower itself, looks very similar to the flower on your plant..they have a dark stripe on the outer petal....They are very nice too, though they have finished flowering now, which should've given me a clue that I'd not guessed the correct name!

Dee_b - West Midlands, Zone "7"
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Posted on Sunday, May 04, 2008 - 06:00 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Interesting. Before it opened, your flower looked just like a yellow and purple-striped Tulipa tarda (dasystemon) that I saw at HD yesterday. Very pretty.

Heirloomgardens - Massachusetts, Zone "5b"
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Posted on Sunday, May 04, 2008 - 05:24 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Those are very unusual and lovely. I like stripes!

Seil - Michigan, Zone "6"
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Posted on Sunday, May 04, 2008 - 06:46 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Zephirine, last week I started a thread with a message for you in the daylily forum.

Anne

Valia - UT (winter) WA (summer), Zone "8 and 5"

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