We hope you have enjoyed the SRGC Forum. You can make a Paypal donation to the SRGC by clicking the above button

Author Topic: ID please ? Springbok South Africa September 05  (Read 5090 times)

Jo Bogaerts

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 34
  • Country: be
ID please ? Springbok South Africa September 05
« on: July 06, 2024, 08:52:57 PM »
ID please ? Springbok South Africa September 05
I had 33 years a Perennial Plant nursery for wholesale and private custumors. Now on pensoin and enjoying plant and wildlife around here in Belgium  , in different Europaen countries and a fan of Southern African wildlife. With focus also on botanical findings and loving to photografe Wildlife.

Paul Cumbleton

  • Pleione Wizard
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 609
  • Country: gb
    • The Pleione Website
Re: ID please ? Springbok South Africa September 05
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2024, 09:47:19 PM »
Possibly Babiana hirsuta

Paul Cumbleton
Paul Cumbleton, Somerton, Somerset, U.K. Zone 8b (U.S. system plant hardiness zone)

I occasionally sell spare plants on ebay -
see http://ebay.eu/1n3uCgm

http://www.pleione.info/

MarcR

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 521
  • Country: us
Re: ID please ? Springbok South Africa September 05
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2024, 10:59:23 PM »
I agree with Paul.  It is indeed Babiana hirsuta.
Marc Rosenblum

Falls City, OR USA

I am in USDA zone 8b where temperatures almost never fall below 15F -9.4C.  Rainfall 50" 110 cm + but none  June-September.  We seldom get snow; but when it comes we get 30" overnight. Soil is sandy loam with a lot of humus. 
Oregon- where Dallas is NNW of Phoenix

 


Scottish Rock Garden Club is a Charity registered with Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR): SC000942
SimplePortal 2.3.5 © 2008-2012, SimplePortal