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Plants => Plant ID questions => Topic started by: Palustris on July 14, 2007, 06:58:39 PM

Title: Anon bulb
Post by: Palustris on July 14, 2007, 06:58:39 PM

Found this flowering the Alpine House. No label and I do not remember planting it. Certain it is a bulb, if only because of the strap like leaves. The flower is about 2 cms across.
Anyone any ideas?
 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v172/Berghill/July07/July07extra/minorbulbs1.jpg)
 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v172/Berghill/July07/July07extra/minorbulbs2.jpg)

Title: Re: Anon bulb
Post by: ideasguy on July 08, 2008, 12:11:17 AM

Did you ever find out what it was, Eric?
Sorry theres been no response here.

Title: Re: Anon bulb
Post by: Palustris on July 08, 2008, 09:58:55 AM

No, but we think it may be a Brodiaea minor. Got a Botanist friend visiting in a few weeks time so may ask him, as it is about to flower.

Title: Re: Anon bulb
Post by: ideasguy on July 08, 2008, 10:45:45 AM

It looks very like youve got a good starting point in identifying the correct genus. I can see the similarity in comparison to the images in the links below.

Interesting genus  8)
This web page has it as a Californian Native
http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=1181 

http://www.californianativebulbs.com/HTML/Quick_list.html   

and theres info here
http://www.sacsplash.org/plants/brospp.htm

Please let us know if you get an ID from your botanist friend. Its nice to get these things resolved.