Scilla paucei pics ? = L. socialis
dave s (Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:30:58 PDT)
Just an opinion...but having grown many of the "forms" of *L. socialis*, and
adding a few more this summer....I think many of them are hybrids.
With all due respect to Arid Lands, their knowledge of *Ledebouria* taxonomy
is terrible. Making the argument that *Ledebouria socialis* and *Scilla
violacea* are OBVIOUSLY two distinct species....ugh. It only takes a few
minutes of research to see that regardless of the identities of the two
plants mentioned in the catalogue, *Scilla violacea* is an invalid name.
I love their plants, have been a customer for years, but they are WAY off
base there.
- Dave
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 7:02 PM, Peter Taggart <petersirises@gmail.com>wrote:
How does L ovalifolia and L luteola tie in with this L pauciflora and with
L socialis?
Peter (UK)
http://aridlands.com/catalog/popup_image.php/…
There is certainly much confusion with this plant. I just made a quick
Google search and found a plant that has beautiful leaves and flowers
that
look exactly like what we have come to know as L. socialis *except*
that
it
lacks any purple coloring. Take a look at the link below and you can
perhaps see into the past where Baker studied a plant similar to this
one. So with
that, I think the synonomy of this particular plant and L. socialis is
pretty certain.
http://cactus-art.biz/schede/LEDEBOURIA/…
However, most of the plants out there, including Jude's plant do not
have
leaves that look like this at all. They are ovate and have faint minute
markings. However, all of this does not mean that
it can't just be another form of L. socialis.
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