Tritonia crocata vs. Tritonia deusta
Rimmer de Vries via pbs (Sat, 10 Apr 2021 15:30:39 PDT)

Beside the descriptions in the wiki, can pollen color be used to distinguish between these two species?

The first 3 wiki photo show T crocata with yellow pollen and the 4th photo shows it with purple pollen. I cannot tell the pollen color in Michael Maces photos.

Tritonia deusta show plants with purple pollen.

https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

I am growing Tritonia crocata-Kirstenbosch seed received as bulbs from the SABG. The batch resulted in a red version with yellow pollen and an orange version with purple pollen.

Tritonia crocata- Kirstenbosch seed SABG. Orange form.

Is the orange form Tritonia crocata or is it Tritonia deusta?

The Tritonia deusta BX 446- MSI has slightly larger flowers with yellow pollen but the plants are overall shorter than the Kirstenbosch plants.

Rimmer de Vries
Bowling Green, KY
Zone 6-8
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