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Terry Murfreesboro, TN(Zone 7a) Jun 16, 2003

Last night I was reading (yet another) gardening book, and it referenced two species of Belmancanda - chinensis and flabellata. From some preliminary searching, it appears B. flabellata produces yellow flowers, while B. chinensis produces the spotted "Leopard Lily" flowers. - is that accurate?

If so, can someone help me go through the B. chinensis images herehttp://plantsdatabase.com/go/41/ and decide if any should be moved to a separate entry? Thanks in advance...

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Jun 16, 2003

The scholars disagree as usual:

http://www.hillkeep.ca/bulbs%20belamcanda.htm
http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/mss/volume24/IRIDACEAE.published.pdf
http://www.ipni.org/ipni/IpniServlet?whole_name=&family=&infrafamily=&genus=belamcanda&infragenus=&is_apni_record=on&species=&infraspecies=&is_gci_record=on&author_abbrev=&publication_title=&is_ik_record=on&show_rank=all&include_authors=on&include_basionym_authors=on&query_type=by_query

Looks like B. flabbelata is of japanese origin; and quite unusual in cultivation...

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tiG Newnan, GA(Zone 8a) Jun 16, 2003

where's John? this is his specialty.

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Terry Murfreesboro, TN(Zone 7a) Jun 16, 2003

Thanks, arsenic! Yes, of course they disagree - it keeps them gainfully employed *grin* (No cynicism here, lolol...) I'll check the links.

tiG, I thought the same thing - I'm hoping John will see this and lend his knowledge to the discussion...

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Pardancanda "down the Shore", NJ(Zone 7a) Jun 17, 2003

John's here!

B. chinensis is the typical orange form (red spotted)
B. flabellata is equivalent to B. flava, and is the yellow form.

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Pardancanda "down the Shore", NJ(Zone 7a) Jun 17, 2003

Azalea's photo is of B. flabellata/flava.

Jody's description is of X Pardancanda, not B.

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Pardancanda "down the Shore", NJ(Zone 7a) Jun 17, 2003

Also, I must disagree with the scholars quoted. There are two species of B.

There have been numerous name changes over the years, as per the Brugmansia/Datura situation.

Before we cast anything in stone, it appears that Belamcanda is soon to be reclassified as an Iris.

Also up for renaming (again) is Pardanthopsis.

This means that X Pardancanda norrisii, now known as a bigeneric hybrid (Pardanthopsis x Belamcanda), will become Iris norrisii.

And no, I am not changing my name to Iris.

John

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tiG Newnan, GA(Zone 8a) Jun 17, 2003

hehehe!!

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