Calochortus minimus/nudus/hybrid/

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From: Kipp McMichael <kimcmich@hotmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2017 9:28 PM
To: Pacific Bulb Society
Subject: Re: [pbs] Calochortus minimus/nudus/hybrid/

Greetings,

These beauties are wild but not native. Years ago, someone planted Sparaxis elegans (a native of South Africa) on the mountain. Note sure if they planted bulbs widely or the Sparaxis has spread but you see it sprinkled along the trails. They are well-suited to the local climate but not a natural part of the plat community.

The habitat conservationists on the mountain pull them when they see them. If you like them, by all means, dig them up and take them home!

-|<ipp

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From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> on behalf of Michael Drake <drakee52@gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2017 5:59 PM
To: Pacific Bulb Society
Subject: Re: [pbs] Calochortus minimus/nudus/hybrid/

Kipp,

One more flower for you. This was seen in mi-April of this year at San
Bruno Mountain Park up at the top on the ridge trail. Are they wild - I
cannot find anything that comes close.

Michael Drake

On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 9:19 PM, Michael Drake <drakee52@gmail.com> wrote:

Thank you!

On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 9:07 PM, Kipp McMichael <kimcmich@hotmail.com>
wrote:

Greetings,

Flower size is a very plastic character - and this year's flowering
season has gotten a later-than-usual start so that character may not be
particularly informative for this season's bloom. A hybrid would be
possible considering he ranges of the 2 taxa overlap at Lassen... but the
flower itself looks like a somewhat pale C. nudus.

Calochortus always show a broad variation within species when it comes
to flower color and size and form. In the case of flower color, the age of
the flower as well as temperatures when the flower is open can determine
coloration. I mention this because finding an atypical flower is often
expected for a species rather then necessarily being evidence for
hybridization. That said, hybrids are common too.

I would wager Lassen hosts both C. minimus and C. nudus (and given the
similarity of the taxa, observations may have already been made but
mis-identified - this is very common for Calochortus).

-|<ipp

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From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> on behalf of
Michael Drake <drakee52@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2017 5:51 PM
To: Pacific Bulb Society
Subject: Re: [pbs] Calochortus minimus/nudus/hybrid/

Kipp,

I live on the East Coast so I have no prior experience of either species.
These plants appear more consistent with C minimus in size - very small -
and colour based on pictures and plant descriptions I have seen.

The park biologist at Lassen suggested the possibility of a hybrid as he
indicated these two species are known to hybridise.

Michael Drake

On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 8:05 PM, Kipp McMichael <kimcmich@hotmail.com>
wrote:

Greetings,

These look to be C. nudus to me. C. minimus is usually pale white. The
ranges of both are certainly close to Lassen. What makes you think they

may

be C. minimus or a hybrid?

-|<ipp

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From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> on behalf of

Michael

Drake <drakee52@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2017 3:07 PM
To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net
Subject: [pbs] Calochortus minimus/nudus/hybrid/

Hello,

We recently had the good fortune to spend a few days at Mt Lassen

National

Park in northern CA.

On August 20th, on the trail from Cold Boiling Lake to Crumbaugh Lake, I
saw the attached Mariposa Lilies.

They were growing along a wooded, partially sunny trail a little below
7000'.

As far as I can tell, they are C minimus, Sierra Mariposa Lily.

However the plant list for the park only lists C. nudus, Naked Mariposa
Lily.

The park naturalist indicates that without a specimen, it is impossible

tell whether this is a new species for the park (C minimus),
or a hybrid of C minmus and C nudus.

Do any of you have any thoughts on this? I could not find anything
published online about hybrids of these species and how to identify

them.

Any help would be appreciated.

Michael Drake
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