Sternbergia greuteriana
Lauw de Jager (Thu, 02 Oct 2003 02:50:03 PDT)
Dear John,
May I chip here in a private conversation.
I grow large quanties of S lutea angustifolia. It looks to me as a hybrid
between S lutea and S sicula. The sterile flowers are just like S lutea
(rounded petals) The silvery line is is also present in the very narrow
leaves of S sicula but are narrower that S lutea. This plant is a common
'wild'garden plant in France and Italy. On the other hand S sicula of which
a large clumps has just finished flowering has typical pointed petals.
le 2/10/03 1:34, John Lonsdale à john@johnlonsdale.net a écrit :
Apologies, this should have gone to Jane directly.
Just a quick note with a question. The ex Mike Salmon Sternbergia lutea
ssp. angustifolia you sent me looks and behaves remarkably like Sternbergia
sicula here. Is this something you've noticed? It flowers at exactly the
same time as sicula - approx. 2-3 weeks before lutea, but especially it has
the tell-tale silver stripe down the center of the leaves which I have never
seen on any luteas.
Lauw de Jager
Bulb'Argence