Aristea ecklonii v Libertia caerulea

Aristea ecklonii v Libertia caerulea
Jamie (Mon, 20 Oct 2003 02:07:41 PDT)

Paul,

to add to Arnold's bit, there is a Libertia coerulescens: clump-forming,
rhizomatous, linear, rigid and leathery leaves (30-45cm). Spring flowering,
one-two leaves on stem, flowers in umbels on short branched terminus. Pale
blue. Chile, takes -5°C

From the descriptions of A. ecklonii, the flowers are carried up the stem in
a spike-like (panicle) manner. The flowers appear to be a much deeper blue
and are born in Summer. The plants seem to be similar in stature. Only
listed as frost hardy! South Africa

Hope this helps,

Jamie V.
Cologne

----- Original Message -----
From: "Arnold Trachtenberg" <arnold@nj.rr.com>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 4:33 AM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Aristea ecklonii v Libertia caerulea

Paul:

Here goes:

From Kuitzki "Libertia spreng.

" Small to medium evergreen rhizomatous perennials; leaves several,
lanceolate to linear; flowering stems several branched, branches long or
very short and sometimes clustered; inflorescence spathes short,
pedicels exposed; flowers white or blue; tepals free, subequal or the
outer whorl much smaller; filaments united in a short tube, anthers
erect; style short, dividing above the filament tube into 3 slender
branches extending between the stamens; capsules sometimes indehiscent;
seeds brown and shed immediately or colored and exposed in the open
capsule; x =19. About 10 ssp., Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand and
S. America."

Aristea Aiton

Found in Sub Saharan Africa including Madagascar.

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