Romulea from Libya

janemcgary · January 02, 2023, 11:30:12 AM

A query came via the PBS website from a botanist working on a flora of Libya, to identify a Romulea sp. found there. He has now sent me a set of excellent photos, but I can't seem to copy and paste them individually even within my system, so I can't post one here. There is one Romulea reported from Libya, R. cyrenaica. These photos show a member of the R. bulbocodium group, but with very striking dark purple and bright yellow stripes on the reverse of the tepals. If someone can comment, I will forward the whole message to you, with the 6 .jpg attachments.

Arnold · January 02, 2023, 02:18:07 PM

Jane

Send the photos to me and I'll try to post them here.

Arnold · January 03, 2023, 05:03:34 PM

Here are the images of Jane's mystery Romulea.

Carlos · January 09, 2023, 05:15:26 AM

Hi, I told the guy that I would ask. Oron Peri says it seems bulbocodium to him, I have not yet seen bulbocodium but the photos of Spanish plants are different...

Carlos

Virgile Noble · March 02, 2023, 11:46:45 AM

Quote from: janemcgary on January 02, 2023, 11:30:12 AMA query came via the PBS website from a botanist working on a flora of Libya, to identify a Romulea sp. found there. He has now sent me a set of excellent photos, but I can't seem to copy and paste them individually even within my system, so I can't post one here. There is one Romulea reported from Libya, R. cyrenaica. These photos show a member of the R. bulbocodium group, but with very striking dark purple and bright yellow stripes on the reverse of the tepals. If someone can comment, I will forward the whole message to you, with the 6 .jpg attachments.

Hi,
I found your conversation looking for information on Libyan Romulea.
This Romulea doesn't correspond for me to R. bulbocodium s.s. As i contribute to a research project with objective to study Romulea species in the Mediterranean, I would be interestdd to contact the photograph. Do you think it is possible ?
Thanks

janemcgary · March 02, 2023, 06:34:04 PM

The inquiry was sent to PBS by naser hasy <hasynaser@gmail.com>.

Virgile Noble · March 04, 2023, 06:08:40 AM

Many thanks !

Carlos · March 04, 2023, 01:29:19 PM

Hi, Virgile.

I have a few Romulea with field data in case you want material. Variicolor from Malta, clusiana from Gibraltar, assumptionis from Mallorca. I am expecting more clusiana from Galicia.

Carlos