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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: johnralphcarpenter on June 28, 2014, 12:47:53 PM

Title: Mystery corms
Post by: johnralphcarpenter on June 28, 2014, 12:47:53 PM

Found these in an unlabelled pot. Small, the largest is 20mm across. Can anyone suggest what they might be?

Title: Re: Mystery corms
Post by: Ezeiza on June 28, 2014, 01:51:54 PM

Ferrarias. The side with the "navel" is the bottom one, even if buds are not visible.

Title: Re: Mystery corms
Post by: johnralphcarpenter on June 28, 2014, 02:56:41 PM

Thanks Alberto!

Title: Re: Mystery corms
Post by: Ezeiza on June 28, 2014, 10:21:46 PM

My pleasure. Note that as they grow older the corms will grow one on top of the other and these must not be separated. The longer the "rosary" the bigger the plant and the better the flower production. Unless most others Ferraria corms are perennial and not renewed each year.