Recent additions to the wiki--Muscari, Onixotis, Romulea
Mary Sue Ittner (Fri, 16 Apr 2004 07:42:07 PDT)

Dear All,

My Onixotis stricta bloomed really well this year even though it has not
been as rainy as usual. I remembered to keep it moist since it is usually
found in wet places.

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This week I have two Muscaris in bloom. One is the very lovely white one I
got from Jane McGary, Muscari pallens and the other is a first time from
seed and I hope rightly named, short with blue flowers, Muscari aucheri.

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Another South African Romulea blooming for the first time for me from seed
this year is Romulea leipoldtii. It is two toned, cream to white with a
yellow center. My first pictures all made it look cream colored, but when I
took pictures later the edges of the tepals looked white. I don't know if
it changed colors on me or if the light was just different on subsequent
days so that it appeared cream at certain times and white at others. I
added both pictures for the contrast. These are the same flowers. We often
look at each others pictures to help identify a plant. Here is an example
of the color being different with the same camera and the same background.
I've experimented with different solid backgrounds and the color of the
flower changes say with green versus white. And we all know that with
regular cameras the kind of film you use makes a difference. In many slide
shows the pictures of plants look better than they would have at the time.
Each of us have our computers adjusted differently so we all see the posted
images a little different. I recently took a class where the teacher said
the flat screens did not give the richness of color that the old screens
did and anyone really interested in photography should use the crt screens.
I find my flat screen much easier on my eyes so am not likely to go back.

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Mary Sue

Mary Sue Ittner
California's North Coast
Wet mild winters with occasional frost
Dry mild summers