ABSTRACT
Triteleia laxa Benth is being grown commercially as a cut flower. The natural distribution of the plants of the brodiaea complex is restricted to western North America, T. laxa is native in northern and central California. This chapter presents data on the plant and flower morphology, flowering, dormancy, and culture of T. laxa. At the end of flowering, corms are dormant. Dormancy is naturally broken in the field during summer and fall, or in storage with a combination of first warm and then cold temperatures. Flowering was accelerated as temperatures were raised from 9 to 24°C, but best quality was obtained at 18°C. I. Walla reported that the date of flowering was hastened as the greenhouse forcing temperatures are increased from 12 to 24°C. Triteleia grows well, frequently becoming naturalized in the proper climate, in a wide variety of soils, except when in poorly drained soil or in heavy shade.
