Scilla lochiae

Scilla lochiae, known as Loch's glory-of-the-snow, is a bulbous perennial from Cyprus flowering in early spring. After flowering, it goes into dormancy until the next spring. It was named after Lady Loch who collected it. It belongs to a group of "Scilla" species that were formerly put in a separate genus, "Chionodoxa", which may now be treated as "Scilla" sect. "Chionodoxa".
Like all former "Chionodoxa" species, the bases of the stamens are flattened and closely clustered in the middle of the flower. In other species of "Scilla", the stamens are not flattened or clustered together.
"S. lochiae" is an endemic of the Toodos Mountains of Cyprus, where it flowers during March and April in moist organic soils in pine forests at higher elevations. Found only in a small area, it is strictly protected under the Berne Convention.
It has relatively few flowers in a raceme, each about 2.5 cm in diameter. The flowers are bright blue, without white at the base of the tepals, as most other former "Chionodoxa" species have, although the stamen bases are white. Photographs taken in the wild show the flowers nodding rather than upright.