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Re: Galtonia growing 30cm
« Reply #15 on: May 29, 2012, 05:50:59 PM »
Bit late now, unless you are going to Ponteract. However I can and will save some seeds of both for you with pleasure.

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Re: Galtonia growing 30cm
« Reply #16 on: May 29, 2012, 05:55:44 PM »
Eric, I would be grateful for some seed in due course, thank you.  :-*
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Re: Galtonia growing 30cm
« Reply #17 on: May 29, 2012, 09:52:57 PM »
I have the same experience as Eric. It also survived last 3 winters here with a minimum of -17C. And it does selfseed. Unfortunately it's not the right time now, but otherwise I would also be glad to offer Maggi seed or bulblets of G. candicans or G. princeps.
The mystery Galtonia of Kevin might be different. I hope you will have enough seedlings to test it outside. In my opinion it would be a more interesting garden plant if it could be kept outside.
good luck  ;)
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Re: Galtonia growing 30cm
« Reply #18 on: May 29, 2012, 11:20:48 PM »
I can send you some bulbs Maggie
from G candicans and G viridiflora

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Re: Galtonia growing 30cm
« Reply #19 on: May 30, 2012, 11:05:41 AM »
Roland, how kind... I will PM you.  :-*
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Re: Galtonia growing 30cm
« Reply #20 on: May 30, 2012, 12:47:43 PM »
Just been looking at the G. candicans which is growing in the gravel and they are a good 6 inches tall, so I think moving them would be a bit silly really. Do let us know later on in the year if you still need/want fresh seed. They can be had to flower in the 3rd season after sowing with a bit of hefty feeding.

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Re: Galtonia growing 30cm
« Reply #22 on: October 07, 2012, 09:02:15 AM »
Just an up date to the dwarf 30cm high green Galtonia I have been growing. I have three replies, the first was within a week from a South African nursery who was adamant Galtonia viridiflora is variable, and there are shorter growing species to be found growing wild. The second reply came for a dutch bulb nurseryman specialists who grows a large number of Galtonia, he was also quite clear that Galtonia viridiflora has a number of shorter growing forms. Finally and more recent, a reply from Australia who grows a similar variety to mine. He wanted to call it a selected variety (I'm not reprinting his unaccepted name suggestion here, unnecessary)  However, it seems I do not have a unique species or variety. I does also seem to be available in the wild and cultivation, if a nurseryman would like to select out the shorter forms. Never-the-less I like my dwarf 30cm green Galtonia and will enjoy exhibiting it next year at shows.
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