Sulphur Queen
David Ehrlich (Sun, 04 Jul 2010 12:42:22 PDT)
Jim McKenney wrote
David, I think the ismene in your photo is not 'Sulfur Queen'.
You may be right -- the plant was sold to me as Sulphur Queen. I did notice the
5-fold symmetry, but these were its first flowers. I think its later flowers
had 6-fold symmetry. I have had other plants whose first flowering was
different from later flowers. (In particular a Homeria raised from seed, whose
first two flowers had 4- and 5-fold symmetry, but all of whose later flowers had
6-fold symmetry.) Anyway, its color argues against it being a clone of of I.
narcissifolia. A hybrid of, perhaps, but that's what Sulphur Queen is.
Currently I am growing a hybrid or clone of I. narcissifolia, and it is white
except for the green midstripe. I have collected and am growing its offspring,
and am anxious to see how like the parents the offspring are.
By the way -- which is the correct spelling: Sulphur of Sulfur?
David E.