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Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: t00lie on July 07, 2016, 09:50:52 AM

Title: North American Bulbs
Post by: t00lie on July 07, 2016, 09:50:52 AM

Yesterday I tipped out the contents of a potful of Tigridia vanhouteii ssp. vanhouttei. It's been an excellent increase since last season when there were 7 ,(?), flowering size bulbs,....(damn ! can't read my own label ). :-[

Close up of contents as well as a large bulb that has multiplied and is ready to be split.
Had a clean up and removed the decaying roots and managed to pot up 8 bulbs for sale later in the year and repotted the rest all together .
 
Did the same to a potful of Stenanthium occidentale although I suspect this should have been completed back in autumn ..... :-\  .Hopefully the 10 flowering sized bulbs will be okay for sale in the spring . Again the left overs were potted up all in one pot...

Cheers Dave.

Title: Re: North American Bulbs
Post by: Maggi Young on July 07, 2016, 11:38:46 AM

Please share a photo of the Stenanthium occidentale  when it flowers, Dave - the only time we've seen photos in the forum have been shot in the wild. Would be nice to see how it looks in a pot.

Title: Re: North American Bulbs
Post by: bulborum on July 07, 2016, 12:41:35 PM

Is Stenanthium occidentale growing in Canada  BC near the rockies ?
I think I remember seeing it there but the pictures are in my crashed computer
Have to find a program to save the pictures from the harddisk

Roland

Title: Re: North American Bulbs
Post by: Gabriela on July 08, 2016, 02:56:30 AM

I didn't catch it in flower when I was there, but yes it does grow in Alberta and BC Canada, also 'slides' down into US.
Here's a link to E-flora BC - images taken in the wild, distribution map & other info.
http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Stenanthium%20occidentale (http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Stenanthium%20occidentale)

Title: Re: North American Bulbs
Post by: t00lie on July 08, 2016, 05:58:30 AM

Quote from: Maggi Young on July 07, 2016, 11:38:46 AM

Please share a photo of the Stenanthium occidentale  when it flowers, Dave - the only time we've seen photos in the forum have been shot in the wild. Would be nice to see how it looks in a pot.

Here you go Maggi

Raised from seed sown 2006 it flowered for the first time December 2013 . Possibly the 7 years it took to bloom was a result of my inattention to repotting ..... :-[

Cheers Dave.

Title: Re: North American Bulbs
Post by: bulborum on July 08, 2016, 08:40:58 AM

Thanks Gabriela
Nice link

Roland

Title: Re: North American Bulbs
Post by: Maggi Young on July 08, 2016, 10:46:41 AM

Thanks t00lie - it's a pretty little thing. Yours seems a darker form than the ones we've been shown  in habitat shots - rather nice!
The pix from Gabriela's link seem to be darker too.