Unknown Ixia

[Mike Lowitz]

Received in a BX from last year,  unknown Ixia ( most likely)

 Hope all have had a great weekend.[attach id=678] Unkown Ixia

[Martin Bohnet]

hi Mike,

are you sure about that ID? Hesperantha baurii

should flower in mid Summer and look more like this:

[Mike Lowitz]

Hey Martin,

sorry I just saw this. I am not sure about the name other then  that's what the tag said frim the bulbs  in one of the BX exchanges a couple years ago 

It certainly is not what you have pictured in your post.  Thanks for letting me know, I do wonder what it is as I really liked the flower?

Mike

[Diane Whitehead]

Did you keep track of which BX it was?

[Mike Lowitz]

Diane,

That makes total sense to do, and logical. No I didn't it sure is a beautiful flower too. 



Mike

[Fermi]

It could an ixia such as Ixia pumilo. The blurry flower spike in the background looks a bit like an ixia. I know from experience that their seedlings can pop up in surrounding pots so could have been inadvertently been sent in as a Hesperantha
cheers
fermi
Central Victoria, Australia 

[Mike Lowitz]

Hey Fermi,

thanks for sharing that idea? I can say that the flower that is up front came from one of those flower spikes. Its hard to tell in the  angle of the photo but that flower is attached to a similar spike..... I do have ixia that I had never bloomed prior to this season, maybe they did get mixed up somehow? ( me).

Just looking at the wiki, and I think you have figured out the mystery here, thanks very much. 

[Martin Bohnet]

Moved it into Mystery Bulbs, maybe here someone will give us better insight.