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Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: Alessandro.marinello on July 19, 2009, 05:32:07 PM

Title: Bessera elegans
Post by: Alessandro.marinello on July 19, 2009, 05:32:07 PM

wonderful its color scarlet

Title: Re: Bessera elegans
Post by: Paul T on July 19, 2009, 10:07:59 PM

Alessandro,

One of my favourite flowers for colour and markings.... when they're fully open the arrangement looks so much like a little satellite dish.  Have you looked at the markings within the flower, and the fact that the anthers started out a lovely blue-purple to add to it all?

Title: Re: Bessera elegans
Post by: Alessandro.marinello on July 19, 2009, 10:43:41 PM

Paul
this year I have thought to leave the plant within the greenhouse, the long falling back leaves are a problem in the middle of the others pot, the slid year I have stepped on many times

Title: Re: Bessera elegans
Post by: Rogan on July 20, 2009, 01:22:56 PM

This plant grows and multiplies well in my climate - I just love it! Does anyone grow the purple form?

I also have seedlings of Petronymphe decora (a close relative with white flowers) coming along nicely as well, hopefully it won't be too long before the first flowers appear.

Title: Re: Bessera elegans
Post by: Alessandro.marinello on July 20, 2009, 05:06:36 PM

Rogan
they advance if you of seeds of P. decora ....., the form to flowers purple could buy, is mainly diffuse between the collectors Americans, but it cost too much

Title: Re: Bessera elegans
Post by: Paul T on July 20, 2009, 10:24:37 PM

Rogan,

I've coveted the purple form for years too, and there is apparently a red form (rather than the orangey red they usually are).  I think I recall some sort of pale coloured one as well from reports on a gardening list at some point.  I just love the idea of a purple one. :o

Title: Re: Bessera elegans
Post by: Hans J on August 22, 2009, 03:44:40 PM

Now here is flowering my Bessera elegans ( a gift from a nice friend  ;) )

enjoy  8)
Hans

Title: Re: Bessera elegans
Post by: Alberto on August 22, 2009, 04:51:56 PM

Astonishing blooming. It looks like that when you are not at  home, your bulbs flowers better!  ;) ;D 8)

Title: Re: Bessera elegans
Post by: Hans J on August 22, 2009, 07:18:14 PM

Alberto :

my plants have no problems with flowering if I'm home or not ......
we are not like the Italiens which eating flowers  :o :o :o

 :o can I remeber you : Fiori di Zucchini ripieni >:(

.....I have also seen in Italy flowers of Tropaeolum in salat .... :P

Title: Re: Bessera elegans
Post by: Alessandro.marinello on July 11, 2011, 09:46:29 PM

Bessera elegans purple form

Title: Re: Bessera elegans
Post by: angie on July 11, 2011, 09:49:20 PM

What a gorgeous flower  8)

Angie :)

Title: Re: Bessera elegans
Post by: Alessandro.marinello on July 11, 2011, 09:58:02 PM

thanks Angie
seem little  parasol suspended

Title: Re: Bessera elegans
Post by: orpheos on July 13, 2011, 05:06:27 PM

this is mine, it flowered a week or two ago
i love the blue hue in the petals :D

Title: Re: Bessera elegans
Post by: fleurbleue on July 13, 2011, 06:36:23 PM

What cute little things  ::)    ;D

Title: Re: Bessera elegans
Post by: Wim de Goede on July 13, 2011, 07:25:35 PM

Alessandro and Orpheos I love the purple form of Bessera, you see we grow a very good stok of the red form and there for we like to grow the purple one as wel, do you know where I can buy some or exchange with something,

Wim

Title: Re: Bessera elegans
Post by: Rogan on July 14, 2011, 07:35:16 AM

This is Petronymphe decora; a close relative of Bessera elegans. It flowered in January this year (southern hemisphere).

P.S. the flowers are not quite as green as this; my camera tends to exaggerate the colour green.

Title: Re: Bessera elegans
Post by: Alessandro.marinello on July 14, 2011, 09:04:55 PM

Rogan
you have obtained from seed? that dimension has bulbs