On S. hyacinthoides - invasive in Florida, Puerto Rico and elsewhere....

S. hyacinthoides

Very nice.

The S. philipsiae blooms smell candy sweet. I like that they're pink too.

Both beautiful plants! Great finds!

Are the leaves of your hyacinthoides thick, stiff and nearly unbendable? It's what they look like but I'm sure I'm wrong on this. Hyacinthoides leaves should be bendable and even floppy when they're dry.

Good score, the phillipsiae is especially hard to find.

Russ

I wondered about your hyacinthoides too. yours looks like other sans I have.

I guess it's the darker olive color and curled leaves that make it look different. Hyacinthoides I've seen are a lighter, regular green color and leaves are flatter.

However, this sans may have been grown hard (little water), or had other treatment that caused it to look like it does.

NextO, what is the phillipsiae planted in? Looks like rocks on top, but since you're in Calif I'm assuming it's pumice.

Russ

It was labelled thyrsiflora (or some misspelling of that) which has been superseded by hyacinthoides - but I've bought many a mislabeled plant....The leaves are stiff, not so bendable. I wondered if that other NOID (pic below) might be hyacinthoides, the leaves are duller, markings more hazy and the leaves are flexible. The philipsiae appears to be in a gritty mix, one of the tips already hooked on my clothes and toppled it over so I unceremoniously dumped what spilled back into the pot. I regret, there were offsets of masonianas for $8, just green not variegated, but still, it's a good price and they're not all that available here. I have one and therefore, it didn't peak my interest. There are 3 C&S shows coming up within a short distance and a couple others a few hours away that I don't know that I'll be moved to travel to. I'm curious to see what else (species) turns up in those shows.

I just went outside to bend the leaves and the NOID is like shoe soles - not so pliable - the "thyrsaflora/hyacinthoides" is much thicker and not at all bendable. Also, the red/ivory edges are more obvious (they both have them), a tad wider, especially visible at the tips and I see today a new leaf is pushing out from between 2 leaves (yay!). Whatever it is, I'm glad I didn't pass it by. Either one of them.

They are mighty fine specimen plants. They don't play around at your shows! I buy itty bitty cuttings and you get pots packed with plants! For a song no less! Lucky woman.

I'll take a picture of the plant and post it of what I bought as hyacinthoides. I questioned the grower because it looks like elliptica to me, but he swore Juan Chahinian IDd the plant for him as hyacinthoides. I'll show you in a minute.

This is what I bought as hyacinthoides:

Clearly we don't have the same species! I like yours.

Yes, I realize how close I am to the growers and plants are big, prices are relatively good here in Cali. Today I went to a distributor of house plants to buy fertilizer (DynaGro Foliage Pro) and the price was $7 less than the local Hydroponics store (I checked DynaGro for where I could buy this product, not too many choices for some reason even in LA). Then I picked up a Black Robusta, 8" pot, packed and already distorting the pot, for $14.50. I don't know why but I see very few of these around (Superbas, Robustas) maybe florists carry them and I don't frequent florists.

That's funny. It's just the opposite on the east coast. Lots of soft leaf sans and rarely the desert ones.

Great catch on the Black Robusta. Again. Lol

Btw, the plant you show on top, the very first post, reminds me of my rafillii. I'll post a pic if that if you'd like too.

Yes, please.

Rafillii

Maybe your leaves flare in the middle more. Mine is new so it might not have its perfect growth yet either.