South African Bulbs 2015

[ArnoldT]

Lachenalia bifolia  close-up

[Maggi Young]

Here is the Lachenalia  bifolia from the previous post with the picture re-sized  to the "forum preferred" size - looks pretty good, I think....

[Rimmer de Vries]

Gladiolus  trichomenifolius (G. tenellus) looks like G tristis but it has radial symmetry.  up to 8" tall in a pot on my cold windowsill

[Rimmer de Vries]

Albuca namaquensis, flowers began at 2" and extended up to 6 inches in seed.

leaf tips are curly

[Maggi Young]

Good things flowering for you , Rimmer.  Those photos are a fine size, by the way 

[Rimmer de Vries]

Veltheimia bracteata pink and yellow forms. these are large plants about 3 feet tall.



Veltheimia bracteata

[Rimmer de Vries]

I was collecting seed from Haemanthus albiflos and though it may be nice to see some South African fruit so here are some fruits that look ripe now

Haemanthus albiflos fruit

Clivia minuata hyb fruit

Clivia minuata yellow hyb fruit

Clivia caulescens fruit

[ArnoldT]

Gladiolus griseus

[fermi de Sousa]

Exquisite blooms, Arnold,
How tall is the spike?
How long from seed? Or do you have a source for this sort of bulbs in the USA?
cheers
fermi

[ArnoldT]

Fermi:

Spike is ten to twelve inches tall.

Came as a different Glad and when I asked the supplier sent the correct one  and I kept the G. griseus.

From Telos Rare Bulbs in California, Diana Chapman.

[ArnoldT]

Lachenalia reflexa

[fermi de Sousa]

Fermi:

Spike is ten to twelve inches tall.

Came as a different Glad and when I asked the supplier sent the correct one  and I kept the G. griseus.

Thanks, Arnold,
one to look out for on the lists,
cheers
fermi

[K-D Keller]

Few sun last two months, only two South African Bulbs with flowers.

Lachenalia bulbifera
Lachenalia viridiflora

[Paul Cumbleton]

One of my favourite South African bulbs, Lapeirousia oreogena, is flowering better than ever before this year. The flowering season lasts a fair time as it produces a succession of flowers over a long period. It has one of those colours that digital cameras seem to find hard to register properly so I have "doctored" the image below to try and get it closer to the actual colour. It still isn't quite right; the flowers are in reality a richer, darker violet.

Paul

Lapeirousia oreogena:

[Mark Griffiths]

very nice Paul, for some reason I'd got it into my head that it was a summer flowerer, that kind of colour would be particular welcome at this time of year