Greetings, I've seen large/long and brightly-marked sepals in various C. venustus populations. Attached is one from the Carrizo Plain with color-coordinated sepals. -|<ipp ________________________________ From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> on behalf of Jane McGary via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2020 11:20 AM To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Cc: Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> Subject: [pbs] Unusual Calochortus A Calochortus has opened in my bulb house which has me puzzled. It would seem to be one of the many forms of C. venustus, but it has very long sepals, much like C. macrocarpus; these sepals are pale green with central red markings. Does C. venustus produce forms like this? Usually its sepals are much shorter than the petals, and curl under somewhat. I can't find anything like this in Mary Gerritsen's book on the genus, or in the PBS wiki. I think the only species I've ever grown to flowering with these large sepals is C. eurycarpus, which I no longer have. I have young plants of C. macrocarpus but they haven't flowered yet. I do wonder if this odd plant (which is robust, with a branching scape) is a hybrid. The numerous C. venustus I grow have self-sown in the raised bed they grow in. I was pleased today to see a couple of the volunteers flowering for the first time in dark red. All my C. venustus arise from wild seed collections by Jim and Georgie Robinette and by Ron Ratko. Jane McGary Portland, Oregon, USA _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: KIMG1493.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 2312744 bytes Desc: KIMG1493.JPG URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…