Thanks Ganesh ji for this link This is the simple key I could build based on Hortus Third, Manual of Cultivated Plants this website and other sources. You may refine it if you like:
Key to the commonly cultivated species of Crocosmia 1a. Perianth tube twice or more as long as lobes..........................................................................(2) 1b. Perianth tube shorter or equalling lobes.................................................................................(4) 2a. Inflorescence many-flowered, unbranched, one-sided...............................................................C. masoniorum 2b. Inflorescence few-many flowered, branched.............................................................................(3) 3a. Inflorescence forking, 15-25 cm long; perianth bright orange-yellow, tinged ed..........................C. pottsii 3b. Inflorescence much-branched, with often brush-like clusters of flowers.....................................C. paniculata 4a. Flowers orange yellow...........................................................................................................C. aurea 4b. Flowers crimson to orange-crimson........................................................................................C. crocosmiiflora -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ lobes On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Ganesh M. Pradhan <geemprad...@gmail.com>wrote: > Definitely Crocosmia but difficult to say which hybrd. > Interesting link here:http://www.thecrocosmiagardens.net/ > > Ganesh M. Pradhan > > On Oct 27, 9:39 pm, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora (Lemoine) N. E. Br. > > > > -- > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > Retired Associate Professor > > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Ritesh ji > > > You may be right. I have lot of Freesia seen but the genus never came > to my > > > mind when photographing it. Freesia seemed closer when Pankaj ji > suggested > > > it. > > > > > Let us explore further > > > > > -- > > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > > Retired Associate Professor > > > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > > > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > > >http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Ritesh <ritesh....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >> Is it not Crocosmia? > > > > >> Regards, > > >> Ritesh. >
