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Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: K-D Keller on February 07, 2014, 02:23:05 PM
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After watering in Oktober 2013 and a few sunny days in Feruary 2014 Tecophilaea cyanocrocus opens the first flowers.
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That is very early! Nice to see the blue!
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The first blooms of the season always take your breath away - fantastic blue! 8)
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A gracious gift of seeds from a friend in South America (thanks Alberto!) gives me great pleasure once a year when the mature bulbs thrust their magnificent blooms above soil level - Rhodophiala bifida forms:
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An almost white Tecophilaea cyanocrocus. I prefer the blue myself, but one is never happy.
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An almost white Tecophilaea cyanocrocus. I prefer the blue myself, but one is never happy.
Or so lucky. ;)
johnw
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The Tecophilaea are more or less at their peak now. I'm still trying to get a good photo of them. One day.
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Your tecophilea are really wonderful Mark! I still have a long way to go with mine...
Fortunately I'm invaded by Ipheion. They self seed everywhere in my containers.
Here are the first pictures
JP
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very nice Ipheion JP! Here are the last of the Tecophilaea varities I have
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Those potfuls of tecophilaeas are spectacular Mark :o 8)
How long have you been building them up?
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I think probably something like 20 years.
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My seedlings began flowering only in the last few years so have some way to go then ;)
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My seedlings began flowering only in the last few years so have some way to go then ;)
Growing well they will increase vegetatively and if you save the seed you will soon build them up, Ashley.
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Some ipheion again...
JP
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Leucocoryne purpurea
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lovely Arnold, it looks as if after years of trying to flower them I'll have my first Leucocoryne flowering in the next week or so - I didn't even notice the flower spike until I popped out to the greenhouse after lunch.
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Mark:
That describes my experience as well. It grew very quickly and amongst a forest of leaves I didn't notice it until it was 9 to 10 inches tall.
Color combination is really wonderful.
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I can't remember which one I have - but I know it's an "alba" so no colour combination for me. I do have a number of seedlings - now I got some suggestions re treatment from this community I'm hoping I can get them to start building up to flower.
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The only South American oxalis I can grow is Oxalis lobata (some call it O. perdicaria)
cheers
fermi
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lovely, it's one of my autumn favourites. I have it in pots in the greenhouse but I have an escape in a trough now.
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Leucocoryne purpurea forest
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A bigger Leucocoryne purpurea forest.
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My first Leucoryne is out. Came to me as ixiodies alba but I think ixiodies is whate anyway. Has a wonderful scent.
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lovely, it's one of my autumn favourites. I have it in pots in the greenhouse but I have an escape in a trough now.
Hi Mark,
I'm quite fond of it as well, but I do wish that some of the other South American oxalis were available in Australia :(
Just starting is another yellow South American bulb - Ipheion (Nothoscordum) hirtellum,
cheers
fermi
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Nice Ipeion.
O.lobata is mor eor less the only South American Oxalis I grow. I suspect that many of the others prefer cooler conditions but that don't seem to work too well in troughs outside either.
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Can anyone suggest how to get Oxalis flava to flower?
Having enjoyed the foliage for years I'm beginning to hanker for something more ::)
Sorry, wrong thread. Maggi, can you move me to the right continent please?
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Hello,
I'm very pleased to have a few Leucocoryne flowers this year.
These plants are difficult for me to grow. I've always failed in pots. The ones which have raised up have been planted in a container along with Ixia, Ipheion and Freesia ( hybrids ). I don't know whether they'll stand the next winter. The container will stay outside ( on my balcony ) and I'll try to keep it dry this summer.
Can anyone , please give advice on what I'm supposed to do?
Thanks in advance
JP
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Jean:
I grow my Leucocoryne in a cool greenhouse (45 F) during the winter. Summer months it goes to the basement where it stays dry and probably around 68 F. It's a cool basement.
Around September I give all my South American and South African a drink and wait for growth.
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Jean:
I grow my Leucocoryne in a cool greenhouse (45 F) during the winter. Summer months it goes to the basement where it stays dry and probably around 68 F. It's a cool basement.
Around September I give all my South American and South African a drink and wait for growth.
Thanks Arnold,
I'll try to do my best
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The lovely little (8cm tall) Tigridia chiapensis today. Looks like several others in the pot are about to flower also.
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Not sure whether this question should go here or in the Grow from Seed thread...
I have a Hippeastrum papilio seedling (from the SRGC seedex), sown in February 2013. It's doing well on an east-facing windowsill and in the past few weeks has now produced five offsets. So I'm interested to know if early offsetting is a feature of this species? I'm suprised that it can start to clump up at such a young age but perhaps it's just particular clones that do this? I should add that I've been feeding and watering the plant regularly.
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Steve:
My only comment would be it may be plants a bit too deep. I usually have mine at least 2/3 above soil level.
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Steve:
My only comment would be it may be plants a bit too deep. I usually have mine at least 2/3 above soil level.
Thanks, Arnold. I'll remove some of the surface compost to expose more of the bulb and set it higher the next time I repot.
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Having said that Oxalis lobata was more or less the only South American Oxalis I grow I've managed to recover some of my hybrids. This is Ione Hecker.
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Like clockwork they come....Rhodophiala montana.
johnw
+20c @ 09:37
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lovely plant John, but on the wrong thread?
edit by maggi - not now it isn't! ;)
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Thanks all. I'll blame the heat.
johnw
27c
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:) It's a nice plant here too. I can't remember if I have that or not - I grew one from John Watson seed - still have it although it doesn't look as nice as yours.
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Mark - This one took ages to settle in and get going. Once over the hump they seem to be relatively easy to grow. It really seems to have no defined dormant period though it sluffs off some leaves in late Spring and late autumn. We water it regularly, a little less in the winter.
johnw
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Just checked - mine is also montana. I've had it since 1993 as AJW 93/S73. I had two plants then down to one.
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Here's the Rhodophiala montana today.......
john
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very nice - mine is pure yellow. I think it may now be going into a decline - it's not flowered for some time - need to see if I can revitalise it and maybe get some seed off it.
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Andrew, a member of FCHS, brought this boxful to the Rock Garden Group meeting on Saturday,
Tecophilea cyanocrocus and T. violiflora,
cheers
fermi
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very nice - Fermi did you mean T.cyanocrocus var violacea?
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yes, Mark!
Have a look at the August in the Southern hemisphere thread for more pics,
cheers
fermi
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In flower today : Rhodophiala bakeri
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Kris - Wondering how you distinguish R. montana from bakeri? Is it the flower shape?
A leafless Rhodophiala advena in flower here today. Colour is quite peely-wally.
johnw
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Eustephia darwinii is native to Peru. I had thought it was summer dormant and winter-growing, like the specimen shown here. The first sign of its coming out of dormancy is blooming.
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Now I have heard that it is summer growing and dormant in winter. Perhaps, on the Andes near the Equator, there is not a lot of difference between the two.
Jim
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Kris - Wondering how you distinguish R. montana from bakeri? Is it the flower shape?
A leafless Rhodophiala advena in flower here today. Colour is quite peely-wally.
johnw
Don't know John , this is what was written on the seedpacket ........
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Jim - I think I may need cardiac resuscitation after that Eustephia darwinii picture. Wonderful.
johnw
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Don't know John , this is what was written on the seedpacket ........
With Rhodophiala probably the best way to label them! ;)
johnw
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With Rhodophiala probably the best way to label them! ;)
johnw
Same here -- I have great faith in Telos labels!
Jim
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Years ago I received seed of a bulb from Harry Jans. The original source was Goteborg and was labelled Hippeastrum elwesii. We eventually had to change that to Rhodophiala elwesii and then to R. araucana and now temporarily ( ???) to R. montana. In any event when the seedlings first flowered we had yellows and peaches. Several years ago I selfed the yellows and the first seedling has flowered rosy-red with a greenish throat! And the timing is suspicious as it is nearly in sync with a nearby R. advena and looks rather similar; I posted a photo of that advena recently.
What am I to make of it all?
johnw
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I have been repotting dormant Rhodophiala spp. this afternoon, some are from 2008 and others from 2011 seed. The following ones were found almost at the very bottom of the very long toms. The unsprouted seeds were still very much intact.
johnw
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And these two species were only halfway down the very long toms and are fairly evergreen and rooty despite being dormant. The Rhodophiala montana is not following the dormancy pattern of the montana mentioned 2 posts ago - time will tell.
Brilliant day here, 20c, sunny and 2" of very much needed rain yesterday.
johnw
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These lovely Worsleya pictures were shared to the SRGC page from forumist Jose of the
Iturraran Botanical Garden, in the Basque Country, Northern Coastal Spain
The colour is lovely- almost unique, do you think?
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Lovely.
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That "blue hippeastrum" is stunning; we'd need a heated greenhouse to keep it happy here :(
A more humble offering is this Nothoscordum felipponei flowering in pots as well as in the garden,
cheers
fermi
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A more humble offering is this Nothoscordum felipponei flowering in pots as well as in the garden,
cheers
fermi
Love that yellow - another plant that has been chopped and changed , namewise, umpteen times - think Tristagma sellowianum (Kunth) Traub is showing a Kews' current fave!
Is it any wonder we can get confused?
Beauverdia felipponei (Beauverd) Herter
Beauverdia sellowiana (Kunth) Herter
Brodiaea felipponei (Beauverd) Herter
Brodiaea sellowiana (Kunth) Baker
Hookera sellowiana (Kunth) Kuntze
Ipheion felipponei (Beauverd) Traub
Ipheion sellowianum (Kunth) Traub
Milla sellowiana (Kunth) Baker
Nothoscordum felipponei Beauverd
Nothoscordum ostenii P. Beauv.
Tristagma felipponei (Beauverd) Traub
Triteleia sellowiana Kunth
::) :-X
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Now for something more common - but still a favourite for me, Oxalis lobata.
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Griffinia espiritensis from Telos, blooming under lights in the basement:
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and Rhodophiala auracana, also from Telos, blooming outdoors on the deck:
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This is not a commercial for Telos, but Diana does ship nice plants.
Jim
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I know I've heard lots of good reports about Telos, :
http://www.telosrarebulbs.com/ (http://www.telosrarebulbs.com/) and they do ship overseas from California to any country that does not restrict the importation of bulbs.
and they have a blog.....
http://www.thebulbmaven.typepad.com/ (http://www.thebulbmaven.typepad.com/) :)
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Alstroemeria pelegrina from AGS Seedex 2011, first flower just opening today,
cheers
fermi
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A week later the flower of the Alstroemeria pelegrina ia still looking good in the shade-house.
And in the garden the clump of Sisyrinchium palmifolium is bulking up - you can see the stems from last year were much shorter than this year's,
cheers
fermi
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Fermi,
The Sisyrinchium palmifolium looks quite lovely!
Is it xeric as some of our California species are? i.e. S. bellum, etc.
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Fermi,
The Sisyrinchium palmifolium looks quite lovely!
Is it xeric as some of our California species are? i.e. S. bellum, etc.
Hi Robert,
I don't think that it's xeric - at least this one is growing in a garden bed which gets watered regularly which is why I think it's growing so well! Maybe Anthony in Auckland can say if he grows it in a xeric bed?
Here's the first flowering on Alstroemeria hookeri for the year,
cheers
fermi
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Thanks Fermi. Some of our native Sisyrinchiums are xeric, others are not. S. palmifolium looks like a worthy plant for the garden. I'll have to give it a try.
The Alstroemeria hookeri is beautiful! Very nice.
Cheers