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Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: ArnoldT on January 10, 2021, 08:27:35 PM
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Ferraria ferrariola
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Massonia pustulata Napier started in jan 2016
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Should Ferraria crispa be flowering at this time? i wonder if my bulbs are big enough to flower .. they stink less than 1 cm ..
and my Massonia: I wait for them to germinate. :D
there are so many happy surprises with African bulbs..
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Ferraria crispa should flower a full month to two after Ferraria ferrariola.
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Lachenalia reflexa
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Gladiolus venustus
Rose scented
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Lachenalia quadricolor
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Lapeirousia oreogena blooming now.
Pic 1 from 2016 AGS seed.
Pic 2 from 2018 SABG seed from Paul Cumbleton. More violet red colour.
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:oa magnificent plant!
is it easy to raise from seed?
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:oa magnificent plant!
is it easy to raise from seed?
Sometimes it is easy , sometimes it is not. Probably depends on the seed viability. Needs very very well drained conditions. Mine are in 80-90% pumice
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Gladiolus venustus scent of roses.
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Lachenalia duo.
On the left is L. quadricolor
On the right could be L. luteola, or L. callista
Confirmation would be appreciated
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Lachenalia bifolia
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I was given this as Massonia pustulata but the flowers don’t look right. Massonia longipes looks more likely. Your thoughts.
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seed capsules of Daubenya zeyheri
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My Daubenya aurea bulbs are now in full flower and below are pictures of the three colour forms - red, orange and yellow. These bulbs are ones planted out in the plunge with a free root run, and it is noticeable how much larger they get than ones restricted in pots. Also in flower now is Massonia citrina. This can get quite large even in a pot, though the one pictured is plunged in sand so probably has its roots out into the sand anyway.
Steve, you are right that your plant is not Massonia pustulata. It could be longipes but may possibly be a hybrid.
Paul
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Beautiful plants Paul, and so well grown 8)
I struggle with daubenyas but continue to live in hope.
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Moraea elegans flower appear to get larger each year.
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Moraea elegans flower appear to get larger each year.
What are the dimensions of this one, Arnold?
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I had a feeling someone would ask.
3 inches flower tip to tip.
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I had a feeling someone would ask.
3 inches flower tip to tip.
::) ;D ;D
Well, that's bigger than I thought.
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Lachenalia carnosa.
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Looks like there will be a succession of blooms on the Moraea elegans.
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Looks like there will be a succession of blooms on the Moraea elegans.
I love that combo of acid yellow and green!
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This came from Silver Hill Seeds as Babiana blanda ex Hort. Brackenfell. Seed was Started 2018-12-17 But it does not look like the PBS wiki pics of a pink flower. Sword leaves are smooth, not fuzzy like my other babianas.
Perhaps it is a sparaxis? Sparaxis maculosa?
https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Sparaxis
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Very nice Rimmer.
Here's Lachenalia namaquensis
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Lachenalia namaquensis
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A green Lachenalia, unlabelled
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Crossyne flava emerges one day and two days later is in full bloom!
There are 4 in bloom this year which indicates chances of a good seed set
cheers
fermi
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Sparaxis elegans-orange from PBS SX 11 seed from Angelo P.
Seed Started Nov 2019
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Cyrtanthus Falcatus flowering for the first time for me. I have had this bulb for at least half a dozen years, purchased as a small offset.
Baked to perfection in the greenhouse last summer, and with our rather mild winter until end of January I noticed the developing flower stalk about a month ago. Since then i have kept the plant on the windowsill, not the perfect location, but I don't have anything better for this kind unexpected events.
Does anybody know if these are self-fertile ?
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Francoise:
I had Cyrtanthus obliquus flower last year and it set seed well. I pollinated by hand.
Seeds have germinated by some I have shared with. Flowering period seems correct.
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4 seedlings from Arnold’s Cyrtanthus obliquus seeds -now
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Here's what I believe is Ferraria filiosa.
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Here's what I believe is Ferraria filiosa.
Bizarre in a beautiful way Arnold; it looks more like a creature, a sort of octopus with brown arms :)
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Gabriela
I agree completely.
The pollen pouches sit just below part of the inner part of the flower so an insect gets a pat on the back when looking for nectar.
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Cyanella lutea -Robertson Silverhill seed started Feb 2017
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Cyanella orchidiformis from PBS BX 368
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Pauridia (Spiloxene) gracilipes ssp. gracilipes photographed 28 Feb.
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Silverhill's new website is now operational. Each plant will have several photos. There are already quite a few done, but they are continuing to add more.
https://silverhillseeds.co.za/2021/02/10/newsletter-4-february-2021/?v=79cba1185463
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Babiana tubulosa
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Geissorhiza tulbaghensis Seeds from Silverhill
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Interesting article on Lachenalia at page 9 of the following link - https://www.cactusandsucculentreview.org.uk/assets/downloads/2020/csr-march-2020.pdf (https://www.cactusandsucculentreview.org.uk/assets/downloads/2020/csr-march-2020.pdf)
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Getting near the end of Lachenalia season. Lachenalia zeyheri and Lachenalia liliiflora.
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Hesperantha vaginata
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Oxalis massoniana, a highlight of autumn
cheers
fermi
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Moraea aristata. The flowers had been open for 3 days when I photographed them yesterday and they are still open today if a bit curled up. The weather has been so cold and dull.
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Drimiopsis maculata
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Ledebouria ovatifolia
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Some strange looking creatures have reached the surface. Massonia wittbergensis
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Someone's got it wrong.
I have this as Lebedouria ovalifolia.
Flowering now outside in a pot.
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Cyrtanthus obliquus
Flowered two weeks earlier last year. Spends the winters in the cool greenhouse.
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Albuca fastigiata v. floribunda originates from The Sentinel in the
Drakensberge of Lesotho and is since more than 8 years in cultivation
with us.
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I'm not sure if I should be posting this here or in "Cultivation Problems"!
Massonia citrina (thank you, Paul & Colin) - I think they were smaller last year so I opted to plant 4 to a pot - must re-pot into individual pots next year!
cheers
fermi
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I'm not sure if I should be posting this here or in "Cultivation Problems"!
Massonia citrina (thank you, Paul & Colin) - I think they were smaller last year so I opted to plant 4 to a pot - must re-pot into individual pots next year!
cheers
fermi
Oh ye of little faith! They're super - and well deserving on their own pots!
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Yes, Maggi,
one of my summer-time jobs will be re-potting these.
Here's another "volunteer" a lone Hesperantha humilis,
cheers
fermi
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One of my favourite little bulbs at this time of year is Lapeirousia oreogena.
My camera doesn't quite capture the colour (first 2 pics) but the phone-camera's image (third pic) is closer
cheers
fermi
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Massonia citrina is looking better (but still crowded)
cheers
fermi
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Dipcadi DMC12218 - 13 years from Haworthia Society (!) seed - a rather unimpressive flower but the perfume is quite nice. Actually very nice in the evening, like Hyacinth, almost filling my greenhouse which is quite an achievement at 300 squ ft!
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I have some spare South African bulbs for sale (plus one or two non-South African). This year I don't have the time to bother with eBay, so have done a simple list. If you are interested please send me a private message requesting the list and the ordering details. Be sure to include your email address in your message so I can send you the files).
Unfortunately due to Brexit I can only send to the UK
Goodies on the list are:
Daubenya aurea – colour unspecified
Daubenya aurea – orange form
Daubenya aurea – yellow form
Drimia nana (from Kamiesberg, Namaqualand)
Empodium flexile
Empodium plicatum
Eriospermum dregei
Eucomis regia (ex Silverhill seed))
Eucomis regia (from Nieuwouldtville)
Gethyllis barkerae (from Nardousberg)
Gethyllis linearis (from Clanwilliam)
Gethyllis roggeveldensis X G. villosa (hybrid)
Gethyllis roggeveldensis X G. villosa (hybrid)
Gethyllis verticillata (from Vanrhyns Pass)
Gethyllis villosa (from Ceres Karoo)
Gladilous carneus
Lachenalia corymbosa (formerly Polyxena)
Lapeirousia oreogena
Moraea polystacha
Moraea polystacha
Oxalis gracilis
Oxalis massoniana
Oxalis versicolor
Sparaxis elegans white form
Spiloxene serrata (from Saldanha)
Strumaria karooica (from Komsberg)
Strumaria karooica (from Meintjiesplaas)
Strumaria phonolithica (formerly S. gigantea)
Strumaria truncata subsp. rubella (from Garies)
Strumaria watermeyeri subsp. botterkloofensis
Wurmbea recurva (from Somerset West)
Non-South African
Galanthus peshmenii
Placea arzae
Tropaeolum tricolor
Zephyra elegans F&W 9511
Paul
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Romulea sabulosa doing its best to pretend to be a bunch of tulips,
cheers
fermi
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Eucomis bicolor surprised me with so many flowers
like never before, I don't know why, but enjoy it.
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Rudi:
What is your winter treatment for the Eucomis bicolor. Mine always emerge late and barely flower.
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We are approaching peak season for South African geophytes I think!
Here's Hesperantha latifolia
cheers
fermi
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Bulbinella eburniflora
cheers
fermi
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Some seedlings of Babiana odorata popping up around the garden.
The first looks to be the straight species or close to it, the rest have been hybridized with B. pygmaea,
cheers
fermi
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Romulea flava
cheers
fermi
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Looking forward to the on-line launch of the "Saunders' Field Guide to Gladioli of South Africa" next week though it will be 3am here!
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__ZcyPCwgR3yzuMLM82zfcw (https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__ZcyPCwgR3yzuMLM82zfcw)
cheers
fermi
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Looking forward to the on-line launch of the "Saunders' Field Guide to Gladioli of South Africa" next week though it will be 3am here!
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__ZcyPCwgR3yzuMLM82zfcw (https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__ZcyPCwgR3yzuMLM82zfcw)
cheers
fermi
That will be 5pm, 1700 hours here, I think.
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In appreciation of the new book here is Gladiolus gracilis, just open this morning,
cheers
fermi
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Brunsvigia grandiflora, grown from seeds from SilverHill Seeds
After ~10 years, going bock from holidays, i had the good surprise to find two stalk push up from the ground.
From my three bulbs growing in a raised bed, one (left) has only leaves, the second (center) has only one stalk, and the last (right) has a stalk emerging with the leaves : this is diversity ;D
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Geissorhiza inequalis just beginning to open,
cheers
fermi
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Brunsvigia elandsmontana on 07 Sep., a hand-pollinated seedling with its first flowers 8)
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Congratulations Tatsuo 8)
Did you have a long wait, from germination to flowering?
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Thanks, Ashley!
I obtained a 2-year seedling in 2015 so it took 8 years from seed to flower.
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Excellent! I have only another few years to wait then, although you are probably a better grower than me :D
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Winter here is sunnier and drier than yours ;)
Excellent! I have only another few years to wait then, although you are probably a better grower than me :D
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Strumaria salteri :)
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Graham Duncan suggests flowering in year 4 or 5 for B. elandsmontana under ideal conditions, which would presumably mean a string of average-good years in habitat., just north of Cape Town (very similar latitude to Tokyo N and S).
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Lachenalia ensifolia or was Polyxena ensifolia
Most often the first to show a flower.
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It’s really beautiful Arnold. Looked up some more pictures, but I like yours best. Thanks, I like these kind of surprise.
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Akke
Thank you.
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Daubenya marginata Massonia hybrid? in flower lasts a very long time with the very cool/cold temps in the greenhouse. In desperate need of separating, Hot on its heels are Lachenalia ensiifolia & Lackenalia rubida. johnw
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I am a bit confused. This looks like Lachenalia ensifolia, not Dauneya marginata which should be yellow.
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I'm pretty certain John's plant is a Massonia, but there is not enough information in the photo to be certain which one - there are several that have flowers similar to this. And there is always the chance it could be a hybrid.
Paul
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Do not all Massonia and Daubenya have two leaves that lie on or very close to the ground?
Not much like L. ensifolia either?
That said, hunting the www, there is a reasonable likeness to D. alba and D. stylosa.
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I'm pretty certain John's plant is a Massonia, but there is not enough information in the photo to be certain which one - there are several that have flowers similar to this. And there is always the chance it could be a hybrid. Paul
Paul - Seed came from The SABG not Silverwells (with apologies) and didn't think to compare it with your definitve shot. Now I know why I ordered it in the forst place so quite disappointed. None of the Lachenalia seed from them last year germinated which is very odd.
Good you chimed in as I was supposed to remind you about Placea azrae, I am likely far too late. Will put a reminder in next July's calendar.
john
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Do not all Massonia and Daubenya have two leaves that lie on or very close to the ground?
Not much like L. ensifolia either?
That said, hunting the www, there is a reasonable likeness to D. alba and D. stylosa.
Whatever it is I believe crowding is the problem with those upright leaves.
johnw