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could be, it look like mine, but mine don't have the yellow dot in the middle....
There seems to be some variation from the Durban form: darn that yellow spot in the center!!! Here is a form from South Africa that I cultivate:
Yours seems to be intermediate between this and the "so called "U. microcalyx" that is driving collectors bonkers all over the world:
and just for reference, here is U. arenaria:
and the "Durban" form:
and finally, the "typical" U. livida:
By comparison, your flower most resembles the "microcalyx" in my opinion. I remain convinced that the U. microcalyx we have been seeing is a form of U. livida, possibly a result of a natural or manmade hybrid between U. livida and something else: possibly U. sandersonii, but this is mere speculation since I do not yet have a copy of Taylor.
Look at the skirt of U. sandersonii "blue flower":
All these plants are obviously closely related! Both U. sandersonii and U. lidida have a yellow splotch. If you consider the leaf forms of U. sandersonii, U. livida "Durban" and U. livida "South Africa" all have a very different look from Typical U. arenaria or typical U. livida, the leaves are broader. The kicker is that the U. "Sp. 2" which I think most resembles the "microcalyx" in flower form also has these shaped leaves, and I would have expected that they would look more like the typical U. livida or U. "microcalyx" (as below)!!!
Both the U. "microcalyx" , U. arenaria and the typical U. livida have similar shaped "club like" leaves.
So you know as much as I do about it all now. Anyone care to venture an opinion?
Yours seems to be intermediate between this and the "so called "U. microcalyx" that is driving collectors bonkers all over the world:
and just for reference, here is U. arenaria:
and the "Durban" form:
and finally, the "typical" U. livida:
By comparison, your flower most resembles the "microcalyx" in my opinion. I remain convinced that the U. microcalyx we have been seeing is a form of U. livida, possibly a result of a natural or manmade hybrid between U. livida and something else: possibly U. sandersonii, but this is mere speculation since I do not yet have a copy of Taylor.
Look at the skirt of U. sandersonii "blue flower":
All these plants are obviously closely related! Both U. sandersonii and U. lidida have a yellow splotch. If you consider the leaf forms of U. sandersonii, U. livida "Durban" and U. livida "South Africa" all have a very different look from Typical U. arenaria or typical U. livida, the leaves are broader. The kicker is that the U. "Sp. 2" which I think most resembles the "microcalyx" in flower form also has these shaped leaves, and I would have expected that they would look more like the typical U. livida or U. "microcalyx" (as below)!!!
Both the U. "microcalyx" , U. arenaria and the typical U. livida have similar shaped "club like" leaves.
So you know as much as I do about it all now. Anyone care to venture an opinion?
It looks a lot like a U. livida that I received labelled as "U. sp. Brazil". Interesting, since I don't think that U. livida grows in Brazil.
Yep.
LOL> We all wish we knew what the "microcalyx" is. I suppose it will always be a matter of personal opinion.