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Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: ArnoldT on January 03, 2020, 05:47:02 PM
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A gift from a friend in Kentucky.
Massonia depressa Kamiesburg
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Massonia depressa - Nuy
A gift from a friend in Massachusetts
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Massonia depressa - Middelpos
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Massonia depressa various places
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First Lachenalia of the season.
Lachenalia bifolia.
Right on schedule as compared to previous years.
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Massonia depressa 'Kamiesburg'
Flower fully open with anther and stigma visible.
Liquid at the base of flower may be a attractant for pollinators
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Liquid at the base of flower may be a attractant for pollinators
Lovely pictures of Massonia pollination here;
http://www.indefenseofplants.com/blog/2016/1/13/a-curious-case-of-gerbil-pollination (http://www.indefenseofplants.com/blog/2016/1/13/a-curious-case-of-gerbil-pollination)
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Gail:
Thanks that's just great.
The liquid is rather thick and more like a syrup.
Gelato for the gerblls
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Massonia pustulata -Napier
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Lachenalia reflexa.
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A tiny little moraea growing out of a pot. Flowers only open for a few hours too
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Geissorhiza tulbaghensis At the top (massive flowers) and splendidissima with blue flowers a third of the size at the bottom
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Freesia verrucosa - I love this, it’s so small and so floriferous. Fingers crossed seeds to come
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Androcymbium sp., ex. Silverhill Seeds 8)
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Androcymbium sp., ex. Silverhill Seeds 8)
A real gem - I see Rogan Roth has asked on PBS site about this species - no name as yet?
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A real gem - I see Rogan Roth has asked on PBS site about this species - no name as yet?
Thank you for the information, Maggi :)
I only know this spotted androcymbium was raised from seeds at a cactus nursery in JP via Silverhill Seeds. Unfortunately the nursery didn't have its original seed number and collected site info. It seems both Mr. Roth's and mine are from same stock of seeds. Looking forward to updating the PBS info.
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Laperousia orogena first bloom from 2016 sowing
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Lachenalia callista
Lachenalia quadricolor
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Laperousia orogena first bloom from 2016 sowing
Super plant - where were your seeds from? I tried this but only 1 or two seeds came up weakly and the plants didn't' pull through the first dormancy.
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Tag says AGS 2016 SX.
only one plant made it.
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One of my Twitter followers reported “Seed Chipping” increases germinating rate of Laperousia orogena. I'll try this treatment next time.
Hoping Google Translate works well ::)
https://nyanyanyanyanko.com/experiments/141 (https://nyanyanyanyanko.com/experiments/141)
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Gladiolus venustrus
Slightly rose scented
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Lovely colours Arnold.
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Thank you David.
Such a wonderful scent walking into the greenhouse this morning.
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Massonia echinata from Oorlogskloof, Northern Cape, SA. Sown autumn 2016, first flowers.
This is the true "echinata" species as published and clarified in 2015 by M.Martinez-Azorin, and adopted by Manning in his 2018 paper.
Hope those pictures will clarify the current misnaming of many Massonia sold under this name in the trade. This true echinata is very rare and hardly being grown.
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A beautifully scented escapee hesparantha
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This moraea vegeta is such a little charmer. Very well behaved. I have another in the green house that produces huge leaves
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Lachenalia orchiodes- I love the blue on this. More flowers to come so hopefully some seeds
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Bulbinella nutans
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49461588202_cbec381048_o_d.jpg)
Massonia sp. from Uniondale
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49461588792_74dec95c22_o_d.jpg)
Daubenya aurea Yellow Form
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49461230021_5072910620_o_d.jpg)
Daubenya aurea Red Form. This species will tolerate frost but not winter wet.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49465096948_96f14a629b_o_d.jpg)
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Steve, your photos are just fabulous- as always!
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Lachenalia canaliculata.
A very small plant. Seeds from a fellow forumist.
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Moraea elegans
Larger bloom of most Moraeas
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The SOuth Africans are just getting going, and there look to be lots of buds waiting for the right time shortly. Anyway, Moraea tricolor is open today - you have to be quick to catch these open!
They smell divine as well.
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Veltheimia bracteata
Ferraria ferrariola--orange pollen grains visible just under the frilled central part of the flower.
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Lovely ferraria Arnold - what is the scent like on that one?
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Gail:
Manning states "Aniseed or almond"
Not scented to my nose.
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Good news from my Massonia latebrosa :)
I have today collect first fresh seeds ...please read here :
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=17650.msg409702#msg409702 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=17650.msg409702#msg409702)
A picture from today from my self sowing seeds
Best regards
Hans
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Moraea Lurida- smells not so good. I wish we could get a wider range of colours.
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Lachenalia carnosa
Only after taking a close-up did I notice some guests.
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Geissorhiza corrugata - first year flowering from sowing 2 years ago. The leaves aren't doing their spiral thing: probably not enough sunlight over winter, or maybe just a youth thing.
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Hesperantha vaginata
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Lachenalia hybrid (I think this is probably 'Romaud') - has a lovely strong scent that fills the greenhouse.
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Crossyne flava - just noticed it today, I'm sure it wasn't there the last time I looked!!
cheers
fermi
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Gladiolus splendens
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49565465246_fec4a7bc00_c_d.jpg)
Daubenya aurea Red form fully open.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49564949648_02ffdcdbfd_c_d.jpg)
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Wow, Steve,
a red-letter day! or should that be red-petal? ;D
Both stunning but the daubenya is special,
cheers
fermi
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That Duabenya is stunning. I gave up trying to grow Duabenya so it’s great seeing it in perfection.
Angie :)
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Cyanella orchidiformis
first time bloom from 2014 seed.
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Babiana vanzijiliae blooming 9Feb.
Reportedly smells like vanilla
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Lachenalia garden in garage under lights.
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Geissorhiza sp. (probably G. aspera with the white pollen)
this is in a fish box of sand and 12 plunged small mesh pots of seeds (now bulbs after 4 years) of different species. This pale purple one comes up all over in the various mesh pots. It must run underground
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Eucomis vandermerwei, one of the few summer growing species of South African plants that we grow
cheers
fermi
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Gladiolus uysiae, 2 years from seed :)
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One of my favourites.
How do you grow it?
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One of my favourites.
How do you grow it?
Identically to the other Cape ZAs! Soil is a mix of about equal parts John Innes #3, sand and grit, with a bit of fibrous peat added. Bone dry summers after the plants die back: they don't seem to mind being rather baked. Bring the plants into growth with first watering around the turn of Nov/Dec, don't overdo water during early winter. As much sun as possible. Weak feed every watering. Cold winter nights, kept a couple degrees above freezing.
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I'll have to add the regular weak feed to my pots. Thank you.
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Lachenalia pallida -Gilletti. From McMaster seed started fall 2017
An especially nice looking L pallida.
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Haemanthus barkerae grown from seed from Silverhills 2003;
Brunsvigia marginata
A second Crossyne flava
cheers
fermi
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Moraea teipetala
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Romulea tabularis
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Super photos of that Romulea tabularis, Rimmer!
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Sparaxis elegans (white form) and a slightly-closing Moraea flaccida (two years from seed, which has given a good display though the flowers seem to only be open for a short time each - I'll try and catch a few open at their best if they perform in today's sun):
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And this unknown Lachenalia, which I think may be L. bachmanii:
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Gladiolus tristis.
Wonderfully scented of carnation and clove especially in early evening.
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Your unknown Lachenalia looks just like one I have blooming now, in a pot without a label. Mine is scented - is yours?
I did sow seed of L bachmanii way back in 1998. If this is it, it sure has taken a long time to flower.
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Your unknown Lachenalia looks just like one I have blooming now, in a pot without a label. Mine is scented - is yours?
I did sow seed of L bachmanii way back in 1998. If this is it, it sure has taken a long time to flower.
It might have the very vaguest of muscari type scent, but it's not anything very much.
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Spilloxene capensis. This only opens on warm sunny days - like a lot of other Cape species. The weather has been so overcast in the UK this spring that a number of species have formed buds which never really got a chance to open!
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And the Sparaxis elegans (white form) again looking quite stunning at the moment.
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No, I think my plant is Muscari muscarimi (synonymous with M. ambrosiacum & M. moschatum), rather than Lachenalia bachmanii.
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The first Moraea polystachya of the year, flowering in the garden
cheers
fermi
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We might be due a few days of reasonable sunshine this week, and this is Geissorhiza ovata which has opened a bud today. This is a tiiiiiiny plant!
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Rob. I see a lot of moss in your pots. Do you grow your Geissorhiza in a humid damp organic mix?
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It's a mix of about 2/1/1 sand and John Innes 2 or 3 and fibrous peaty stuff. It stays moderately moist in growth and the moss does seem to like it for some reason, and I get that in all the seedling pots. I removed all the moss over summer and re-dressed with fresh soil. Once plants have flowered the first time they'll get moved into a new pot with the same soil (maybe a bit more coarse sand for older plants) but a grit-top-dressing to suppress it.
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Thanks Rob
I have my Geissors in sand and grit under moderate but cool lights and they are floppy. So far this season only pale and dark purple Geissorhizas are blooming. The dark purple ones are in a mesh pot of seed from McMaster as Geissorhiza splendidissma. The pale ones come up all over.
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By the way..... Daubenya hate my conditions with that soil and they have rotted away twice. I think I'll acquire some new bulbs this year and try them in a FAR more gritty and dry mix. Romulea sabulosa has also been complaining about rot a bit this year - odd as this comes from seasonally rather wet places! Maybe just the lack of sunshine this year.
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For many Daubenya try 80:20 limestone chips (or coarse grit) and a clay based mix. I use local red clay and limestone. Seeds bloom in 3-4 years
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Moraea villosa with a huge flower:
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And this plant, labelled as Gladiolus venustus... but I'm not sure that is right? Or is this just a rather drab example?
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Geissorhiza splendidissma, not looking all that splendid this year for some reason. It's half its normal stature!
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And this, which was acquired as Geissorhiza radians but which I think is a yellowish G. tulbaghensis?
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And this, which was acquired as Geissorhiza radians but which I think is a yellowish G. tulbaghensis?
Looks like it (G. tulbaghensis) to me, Rob
cheers
fermi
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Thanks!
And this opened today. Purchased as Romulea hallii, but nothing like it. I'm a bit annoyed at one particular major seller in the UK who I regularly get incorrect bulbs or substandard bulbs from! It's not too bad a flower, but it's really not what I wanted. Any guesses what this might be... just R. flava(?) (and can *anyone* supply R. hallii??)
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Could it be a form of R. bulbocodium var. leichtlinii?
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Romulea flava?
cheers
fermi
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Empodium flexile.
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Oxalis palmifrons.
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Oxalis palmifrons.
Are these planted in mesh pots?
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Thog hispidum. About 2 yrs from seed.
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Lachenalia zeyheri
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Here is my Lachenalia zeyheri from Silverhill Seed.
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I'll get a image of the entire plant.
I have some supplemental light which may account for the compact growth.
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Romulae salanhensis (SW Cape)
Winter hardy here
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A Babiana villosa has opened:
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And here it is again, along with Geissorhiza splendidissima and the Romulea which is probably R. flava:
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Tritonia deusta. Some have yellow base and some have a black base
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A fuzzy stemmed purple Babiana
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Lachenalia multifolia
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First something doing nicely..... Gladiolus venustus:
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Then a few questions!
1) Does anyone know why a Moraea ochroleuca would produce plenty of buds which then just sit there sulking like this?
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2) Does anyone know why a Moraea gigandra would open flowers but have them fail to open out flat properly, like this (this it's second day "open")?
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Thog ( Ornithogalum) from Ceres
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Last of the season.
Lachenalia nervosa.
Sweetly scented as well.
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I do like my Freesias, but they are such leggy things, with leaves getting on for 90cm long which flop all over the place.
(Mine are just about finished now. See photo of a late one taken earlier this week.)
I am aware that dwarf varieties exist, but have failed to get hold of any. (See Leaflet)
Imagine my surprise yesterday, whilst queuing for bread at Lidl, when I spotted this little thing! Leaves about 30cm.. Sadly they had almost sold out so there was very little choice left.
I’m hoping that this is a genetically dwarf freesia rather than one that has been treated with chemicals!!!
Tim DH
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Lachenalia orchioides var. glaucina
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49769273432_8388a1820b_o_d.jpg)
Geissorhiza monanthos
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49768415468_cde3b6bcc5_o_d.jpg)
Geissorhiza aspera
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49769272177_8faa3ff076_o_d.jpg)
Veltheimia bracteata -the pot was too heavy to drag out of the greenhouse for an image.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49768959221_87df56d18c_o_d.jpg)
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Really cracking images Steve.
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After a search through the Forum I think this is Moraea aristata but would welcome confirmation. The thing is I have never bought one and here it is in the garden? Maybe I used old seed compost as top dressing?
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A welcome visitor I hope.
Looks to be right.
https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/MoraeaSpeciesOne#aristata (https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/MoraeaSpeciesOne#aristata)
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Lachenalia nervosa fully open.[attachimg=1]
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Merwilla plumbea.
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A welcome visitor I hope.
Looks to be right.
https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/MoraeaSpeciesOne#aristata (https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/MoraeaSpeciesOne#aristata)
Thanks Arnold, a very welcome visitor.
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Babiana ?
This small red flowering plant came as Babiana rubrocyaea in a seed exchange.
It does not appear to be such.
https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Babiana (https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Babiana)
It has smooth non fuzzy leaves that all come out from the base together, not alternating like my other 8 Babianas
Does anyone know what this could be?
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Babiana ?
This small red flowering plant came as Babiana rubrocyaea in a seed exchange.
It does not appear to be such.
https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Babiana (https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Babiana)
It has smooth non fuzzy leaves that all come out from the base together, not alternating like my other 8 Babianas
Does anyone know what this could be?
Freesia laxa (Anomatheca laxa)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freesia_laxa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freesia_laxa)
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Freesia laxa (Anomatheca laxa)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freesia_laxa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freesia_laxa)
Yep! thanks
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Freesia laxa (Anomatheca laxa)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freesia_laxa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freesia_laxa)
A frequent imposter!
cheers
fermi
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Cyanella hyacinthoides from seed started in Nov 2013
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Gladiolus floribundus
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This is supposedly Gladiolus floribundus miniatus, from a 2006 seed exchange, but not from a collector in South Africa, so I am doubtful about its identity. I would appreciate a proper ID.
It is currently in bloom in my garden.
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A G. maculatus x G. tristis cross?
cheers
fermi
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A hybrid, Fermi? That will explain why I couldn't see it in any of my books.
I should go out at night to see if it is scented then.
It is early flowering. Tristis, growing nearby, doesn't flower till June.
I will self it and see what variations the next generation shows.
Yes, it is nicely scented at night.
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The last of the Lachenalias here:
Lachenalia nervosa
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49866326042_53eaa61dfd_o_d.jpg)
Lachenalia pallida/pustulata
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49865480183_40fe70a045_o_d.jpg)
Lachenalia purpureo-caerulea
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49886418586_b085318f3f_o_d.jpg)
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Ledebouria ovalifolia
Much more color to the stems and flowers with the addition of a LED light.
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This came to me as Ledebouria sp. Huntsdrift.
Can't find Huntsdrift on a map.
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Maybe Hunts Drift (http://za.geoview.info/hunts_drift,5841348w) near Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape.
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Ornithogalum hispidum. A dainty small form with fuzzy leaves. Been blooming for a few weeks as the leaves become dry.
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I sowed the seed of this Gladiolus watsonius in July 2015. This is its first flower, but in Auckland it is flowering in Autumn!
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resnova megaphylla
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I sowed the seed of this Gladiolus watsonius in July 2015. This is its first flower, but in Auckland it is flowering in Autumn!
Wow, a great success! Growing Gladiolus from seeds needs a lot of patience.
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resnova megaphylla
Beautiful plant & photo Rimmer. From seed?
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Yes and leaf cuttings
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Gladiolus flanaganii in the rockery.
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A Summer-growing form of Boophone disticha from the Eastern Cape.
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Steve:
WOW
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Ashley
Thanks, "Drift" translates as "operation" in Afrikaans.
Looks like it's a small road.
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Just heard from Toolie. His Gladiolus flanaganii bloomed on 20th January. I had a pot (first pic) in full sun flowered at the end of Feb. These in the rockery, which gets sun from early afternoon, are flowering now! Why the differences?
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Steve and Anthony: Simply beautiful - Thank you for showing
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This one went into summer storage in the basement. Upon checking it was throwing up a flower spike with leaves.
Haemanthus humilis ssp. hirsutus
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Lachenalia pusilla flowering for the first time from seed from NARGS Seedex 2016
cheers
fermi
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Haemanthus humilis ssp. hirsutus.
in full flower.
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Arnold - look what I found recently!
http://www.nasl.com/news/2015/05/07/throwback-thursday--arnold-trachtenberg-trainer-to-the-stars (http://www.nasl.com/news/2015/05/07/throwback-thursday--arnold-trachtenberg-trainer-to-the-stars)
Doesn't have that great photo of you with Pele that I butchered for your profile pic though!
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Arnold, I remember Eddie Firmani well. In the 1950's he played for the English team Charlton Athletic and I remember him scoring five times against one of my-boyhood favourite teams, Aston Villa. Ah! those were the days.
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I believe Eddie was born in South Africa and emigrated to UK.
He was a coach with the Cosmos on 2 or 3 occasions.
We were owned by an entertainment company and they liked to keep things interesting.
Eddie was also the coach of a team in Kuwait during the Iraqi invasion.
The picture displayed is me taping Franz Beckenbauer's ankle during an All-star game with a Canadian Bruce Wilson to the left side of the picture.
David:
Here's a fellow you should recognize from your days as a fan.
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A beautiful flowering example of Cyrtanthus obliquus.
A gift from an old friend.
Found near Knysna to the SE Cape coast.
Spends it's summer time outside on the ledge of the greenhouse. Evergreen and replaces leaves one or two per season.
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A superb C. obliquus Arnold. Somewhat of a rarity, seeds rarely offered on the seedex and I never see plants for sale.
johnw
hfx, ns
67F & sunny, suddenly summer though below 50F at night
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Lovely obliquus! Not an easy bulb to grow.
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Of course I'd like to take all the credit as a knowledgeable grower.
Truth is it sat on the greenhouse knee wall outside during our NE USA summers and watered when I remembered. It came inside the greenhouse when weather turned cold here in the NE USA
No special care at all. More like benign neglect. ( which may be a hint for all of us)
Potted in a coarse mix of perlite, granite chips and traditional potting mix.
Fed once a month with a hydroponic solution used by cannabis growers.
A gift from Jim Shields, a master Hippeastrum grower many of you know whom I met years back when we both served on the old IBS
If I do get seeds Steve and John your first on the list.
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Many thanks Arnold.
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Well thanks so much Arnold. Steve & I would be delighted to receive but a few!
Thanks
johnw
27c today
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Drimia nana suddenly appeared a few weeks ago.
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Summer growing Eucomis zambesiaca.
Has multiplied in a nice pot full.
Give it much water in our 95 degrees days.
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Babiana odorata has managed to avoid the frosts and are in flower in the garden.
These are seedlings which have turned up in various places and may have a bit of Babiana pygmaea blood in their make-up
cheers
fermi
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Babiana odorata has managed to avoid the frosts and are in flower in the garden.
These are seedlings which have turned up in various places and may have a bit of Babiana pygmaea blood in their make-up
cheers
fermi
Loving those cute bendy, fuzzy stems!
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Loving those cute bendy, fuzzy stems!
Aren't they great, Maggi?
Here are a few others:
Lapeirousia oreogena
Romulea tetragona
A group shot of Lapeirousia
cheers
fermi
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A few more from the last week or so:
Babiana pygmaea
Romulea sabulosa
Geissorhiza inequalis
Hesperantha pauciflora magenta
Moraea tripetala
cheers
fermi
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Hesperantha latifolia - these were grown from seed from NZAGS around 2011.
I presume that the taller ones are hybrids but it may just be variation
cheers
fermi
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Hesperantha pauciflora and H. latifolia in the same pot
cheers
fermi
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Romulea flava - originally grown from seed as "white form" but some yellow ones have turned up as well!
cheers
fermi
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Babiana odorata x pygmaea
cheers
fermi
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Moraea bipartita - originally grown from seed from NZAGS Seedex
cheers
fermi
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Hesperantha vaginata grown from seed and producing the almost pure yellow variant which I presume is H.v. var stanfordiae
cheers
fermi
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Bulbinella eburniflora
cheers
fermi
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Bulbinella latifolia v. doleritica
cheers
fermi
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Bulbinella robusta
cheers
fermi
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Bulbinella floribunda - which appears to be more robust than B. robusta! Or have I got them mixed up? ???
cheers
fermi
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Very nice Fermi.
Can these Bulbinella handle some frost?
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Can these Bulbinella handle some frost?
Hi Steve,
We've been down to -7oC and they seem to have handled that okay.
The exception is B. latifolia which can lose the flowers if hit by frost, even just a few degrees below 0oC
chers
fermi
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Thanks Fermi!
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This is Moraea polystachya from the Karoo, from seed Fermi donated to NARGS in 2015.
It is the first time it has bloomed for me. It has been in a pot in my unheated greenhouse but I am going to plant it outside, as I remember how cold the Karoo can get.
Diane
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Hi Diane,
so glad that it is flowering for you.
We had the last flower on ours last week! Now I'm harvesting seed!
Here's the pure yellow Hesperantha vaginata var stanfordiae
cheers
fermi
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Babiana cedarbergensis which we got a couple of years ago from Ferny Creek Hort Soc.
It has a sweet scent,
cheers
fermi
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A very large summer grower.
Think it is Eucomis pallidiflora ssp. pole-evansii
Spends winters in a bag of potting soil under the greenhouse bench at no colder than 42 F.
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I received seeds of Nerine hirsuta of hort from last year's SRGC seed exchange.
What could this be? It must be hairy, and there are a number of species that have hairy pedicels ( angustifolia, appendiculata, masoniorum , platypetala), and some with both hairy stems and hairy pedicels: ( filamentosa, filifolia, gibsonii).
It would be good to know so the seedlings can be treated correctly.
Diane
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I've sent your question to the Bainbridges, Diane - I hope they may be able to help.
It seems that rareplants are selling a plant under this description (https://www.rareplants.co.uk/product/nerine-hirsuta/#:~:text=A%20small%20plant%20with%20small,same%20time%20as%20the%20flowers.&text=We%20are%20selling%20the%20plant,a%20form%20of%20Nerine%20angustifolia.) which they say is likely to be a form of N. angustifolia
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Moraea versicolor is diminutive but makes up for it by shouting very loudly!
Grown from seed from Gordon Summerfield, RSA, 2010,
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fermi
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Hi folks, especially Diane.
We don't know who submitted this seed,- it's too much of a job to record donors for over 7000 donations in the time we have, but our spreadsheet says we checked the name on Google as it does not appear as a taxon in Plants of the World Online.
Google takes us to the Rare Plants Co. website - link here: https://www.rareplants.co.uk/product/nerine-hirsuta/ and they give some information as they sell Nerine hirsuta of hort, and say they think it is a form of angustifolia.
Hope that helps, that's the best we can do! We do try to check names as seed is submitted to us, but again cannot finally verify them of course.
Ian & Carole B
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Thank you. I'll label it N. angustifolia? then.
I can never access the rareplants website. I always get this message: Access from your area has been temporarily limited for security reasons.
I have bought seeds from rareplants.eu Is it the same company?
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Completely different companies, Diane. rareplants.co.uk is run by Paul Christian from Wales while rareplants.eu seems to have several incarnations online, in Germany, Spain etc.
No idea why you cannot access the UK version from Canada - unless perhaps because he can't send to Canada. He is advertising being able to send to USA now. :-\
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Well, a kind member from the U.S. was able to copy a photo from Paul Christian's website and send it to me. It obviously isn't forbidden to all North Americans.
All this info gathering for nothing. I wondered why I didn't have a pot of seedlings, given how quickly Nerine germinates, and I had received ten seeds. I just dumped the pot out and searched carefully. No seeds. Completely disappeared.
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Bulbinella triquetra
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Hesperantha bachmannii & Hesperantha cucullata
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Cyanella alba - yellow form
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Babiana patersoniae grown from seed from Silverhill Seeds
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This has gone around our group as "Spiloxene sp orange" I think it could be Pauridia gracilipes ssp. speciosa
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Bulbinella cauda-felis
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Moraea 'Karen Howard' was a recent purchase from Garry Reid at "Obscure Bulbs". it was bred by a friend of his from M. loubseri x M. atropunctata
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A couple of Boophone that flowered at the end of Summer.
Boophone haemanthoides
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50110620373_16e012479a_c_d.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50111426742_a8d3787b78_c_d.jpg)
Boophone sp. Port Elizabeth
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50245618962_ce64bf60aa_c_d.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50244770408_61baeeb82f_c_d.jpg)
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Gladiolus virescens ssp virescens
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Babiana scariosa
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Some babiana cultivars - most likely forms of B. stricta
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Babiana villosa red
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Ixias are starting - in our garden the first are usually the yellow and orange ones - a mix of hybrids and including Ixia maculata in their parentage
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here is starting my Empodium with flowers ( and a wonderful fragrance )
Have fun 😎
Hans
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Oh, lovely, I accidentally left mine behind when I moved. Must replace.
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here is starting my Empodium with flowers ( and a wonderful fragrance )
Have fun 😎
Hans
Hans love the colour pity I couldn’t smell the fragrance. Starting to enjoy my South African bulbs.
Angie :)
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Hesse stellaris.
Finally blooming after 5 years.
I think the sand plunge helps and the 2 x T-5 lights.
Grew them outside in sun in prior autumns.
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Strumaria unguiculata. From seed started in 2013. I think this is the first bloom. Tall scape.
Also like the 6400k artificial light and sand plunge.
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First flowers this week of Tritonia deusta - from seed from Silverhill Seeds sown in March 2018. They are in a community box because the tray of freshly sown seed-pots was tipped over! I swept up the debris and put it on top of a foam-box of potting-mix and some seedlings germinated right on cue! I just need to see them flower to identify what they are!
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South African bulb-bed in full flower now: Ixias, Moraea, sparaxis and lachenalia
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What a lovely sight Fermi. I wish we could grow these plants outside like this here. They are not the same in pots.
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Hi John,
These South African geophytes are well suited to our climate - sometimes too successfully!
Below are a few pics taken today of a drift of a sparaxis with purple exterior which we saw on the side of the road not far from our place. Possibly a form of Sparaxis grandiflora. There must've been hundreds and they were spreading. Well there are 3 less there now ;)
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Empodium plicatum
In bloom now with tulbaghi violacea ssp macmasterii and Bessera elegans (all red).
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Rimmer:
Is the Tulbaghia scented?
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Veltheimia capensis
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Close up of Strumaria truncata
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Good picture Arnold, it really draws your attention to that shimmer on the petals.
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Thanks Gail
The shimmer on the petals was not so apparent until I used a flash.
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Ixia polystachya doing well in a pot - I really must try some in the garden!
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Some more of the Ixia 'Teal' seedlings including one that looks a bit like its "grandparent", Ixia viridiflora. These are seedlings of some 'Teal' seedlings given to me by Garry Reid from "Obscure Bulbs"
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These 'Teal' seedlings arose here and are quite varied
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My ZA bulbs have just started to show themselves here in London! Can't wait..... those and the orchids are the joy of winter and early spring.
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Freesia fucata
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Lachenalia calcicola
Lachenalia pgymgaea corymbosa
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Moraea polystachya
Not 100% sure of the ID.
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Sorry - haven't posted anything for ages! So here are a few images taken over the past few weeks
Paul
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....and a few more.
Paul
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Lovely plants everyone.
That Strumaria is gorgeous Paul, the foliage looks good as well as the flower.
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Paul, your Oxalis Massoniana is stunning
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In 2018 I sowed a tray of pots with bulb seed which tipped over! I scraped up the potting mix and added it to the top of a foam box. Some of the seeds actually germinated over the next few months, but I couldn't be sure what was what.
These all flowered today and though I sowed 3 different types of Ixia I'm pretty sure they are all Ixia odorata and different to a form I already had (pic posted on 11-10-2020 https://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=18129.0 (https://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=18129.0) )
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Daubenya zeyheri.
A song bird pollinated member of the species.
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A bit closer.
Clearly visible are the stamens and anthers.
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When re-potting the Babiana cedarbergensis I found a curiosity - some stems had little clusters of small cormlets developed below the surface of the potting mix
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When re-potting the Babiana cedarbergensis I found a curiosity - some stems had little clusters of small cormlets developed below the surface of the potting mix
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I do love it when plants "show willing" like this to increase their number !
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Reported to make many small bulbs.
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Oxalis, Strumaria, Daubenya .... all these plants are absolutely amazing
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I was lucky to receive 6 seeds of his Cyrthanis obliquus from Arnold.
Here is a progression of germination
11 Sept - start in water
28 Sept -bulbs forming in water
15 Oct. - 6 seedlings planted in perlite/ peat mix
18 Dec - 4 seedlings still alive
A beautiful flowering example of Cyrtanthus obliquus.
A gift from an old friend.
Found near Knysna to the SE Cape coast.
Spends it's summer time outside on the ledge of the greenhouse. Evergreen and replaces leaves one or two per season.
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Rimmer
Great going.
Hopefully you can keep them going.
I've found the Cyrtanthus a tough plant.
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Veltheimia bracteata, yellow form