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Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: Rimmer de Vries on January 14, 2017, 05:08:07 PM
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Nothoscordum (Ipheion) dialystemon with the 8 tepals, and prostrate leaves up to 2mm wide
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That's a nice one, Rimmer . "winter sun" is always good!
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Yes the flowers opened a little when we had our 40 seconds of sun this week.
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:) ;D You have to be quick with the camera in this weather!
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Nothoscordum ostenii from Argentina with hesperantha falcata from South Africa (1 year from seed to flower)
First sunny day in weeks
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Leucocoryne sp? palest lavender colour from Chile in bloom now.
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Hi Rimmer,
that Leucocoryne is quite interesting, it looks like Leucocoryne ixioides but the pics on the PBS site don't have those blue tips to the anthers, though the description says that they can,
cheers
fermi
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I think the flowers grown in less than ideal light can have alterations in pigments. The PBS images have more profound petal markings.
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This pale lavender leucoryene came from Telos as sp. 2.
Seed came from Osmani Baullosa who doesn't sell seed any more..
I found the flower up in the T-5 lights hence the slight burnt petals.
i posted more photos a few days later showing more flowers.
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Tecophilaea 'Stormcloud'
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Lovely Matt.
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I should be able to have my first flowering of Tecophilaea this year.
I am delighted to feel the perfume which, it seems, is suave and well present.
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I think it's time I changed my label on this one. I've always had it as Tristagma sellowianum but I see in the first post in this thread that Rimmer has it as Nothoscordum dialystemon (8 tepals and prostrate leaves up to 2mm wide) and I think he's spot on.
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Nothoscordum ostenii still blooming after almost 1 month
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phaedranassa cinerea seedlings in 4" pots, some blooming for second year.
3rd picture is one week later with some open phaedranassa blooms and
Nothoscordum ostenii
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leucocoryne vittata Blooming in basement
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Tropaeolum tricolor starting in the greenhouse.
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This seems to be quite a rarity. Tiny but incredibly beautiful, intricate, orchid-like flowers. The last picture has a finger-tip to give scale.
Gilliesia montana
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Yep, I know they are Tristagma now, but I prefer Ipheion ;D
I. 'Alberto Castillo
I. 'Froyle Mill'
I. uniflorum
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Ipheion uniflorum
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Ipheion uniflorum
A beautiful clump, David - have you not had the heavy rain we've had to flatten the poor things - or are these especially sturdy?
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Yep, I know they are Tristagma now, but I prefer Ipheion ;D
I. 'Alberto Castillo
I. 'Froyle Mill'
I. uniflorum
They are great, aren't they David. I wonder if the blue one isn't 'Froye Mill', but perhaps one of the blue clones like 'Jessie' or so. Froye Mill is a bit more purple. I'll post a picture later. I have a small pot which has been flowering since mid January! In contrast, 'Alberto Castillo' in the greenhouse is only just showing buds..
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A beautiful clump, David - have you not had the heavy rain we've had to flatten the poor things - or are these especially sturdy?
They are sturdy Maggi, heavy rain, and we gets our share, doesn't seem to bother them. I shifted the whole clump to this position after they had flowered last year and quite frankly I wasn't expecting much this year.
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They are great, aren't they David. I wonder if the blue one isn't 'Froye Mill', but perhaps one of the blue clones like 'Jessie' or so. Froye Mill is a bit more purple. I'll post a picture later. I have a small pot which has been flowering since mid January! In contrast, 'Alberto Castillo' in the greenhouse is only just showing buds..
Cameras usually have a problem with the blue end of the spectrum but I think my picture is a good representation and it strikes me as being a purple-blue rather than a natural blue. So, I would back Froyle Mill. But thanks for your comments. See this:- http://plantlust.com/plants/6589/ipheion-uniflorum-froyle-mill/ (http://plantlust.com/plants/6589/ipheion-uniflorum-froyle-mill/)
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You are right David, I made a pic of mine and they come out even more blue if anything. I don't grow any of the blue ones, do you? It would be interesting to see the difference in hue if photographed with the same camera.
I.'Froye Mill' :
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Bart, I don't have any of the proper blues, I must get some.
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Blooming now under fluorescent lights in the basement: The lovely little Griffinia liboniana from Brazil.
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In years past, I killed these by trying to grow them in a greenhouse, even under the bench. Unfortunately, no offsets on this yet, but otherwise apparently quite happy.
Jim
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Super colour on it, Jim .
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... I don't grow any of the blue ones, do you?
Turns out I do still have a surviving Ipheion 'Rolf Fiedler'. Here a picture for colour comparison:
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Ipheion 'Rolf Fiedler' (blue) and I.'Froye Mill'
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The pinky one showing at the top corner is 'Charlotte Bishop'
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Bart, I'm replying on my iPad at the moment. I have a problem with my desk-top and can't access my pictures (or bu***r all else for that matter!). A man who knows about these things (I hope) will be with me tomorrow.
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Griffinia liboniana is blooming again, under fluorescent lights in my basement. Right next to it, a scape is growing on
Stenomesson ecuadorense.
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Jim
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Griffinia liboniana is blooming again
Jim
My Griffinia liboniana bought in 2012 flowered the first year but not since (and hasn't increased either). How do you look after yours?
Looking forward to seeing your Stenomesson open...
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Gail,
This is the second round of blooms for liboniana. The bulb seems to have split into two, as well.
It is under fluorescent lights, in a basement room. The temperature varies between ca 20 C and ca 26 C. The higher temps are while the lights are on. There is not much difference between summer and winter as far as temperatures are concerned in this basement room. I feed it lightly when watering, and it gets less water when it sheds its leaves.
I don't know what the secret of getting flowers is, but my guess would be the drier dormant bit of rest.
Jim
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Thanks Jim, mine is on a windowsill. Not sure if it is getting too cold during the winter, I may try bringing it into the room when I shut the curtains.
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Wonderfully we have 3 types of Rhodophiala bifida in bloom at the same time ;D
The first is a dark pink from seed from Forumist Santiago in Argentina;
second is a blood-red form from a friend, Josie, in Leongatha;
third is the orange-red form in the trade;
cross-pollination is in hand ;D
cheers
fermi
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I apparently dumped some used potting soil outdoors against the greenhouse wall. This Ipheion or Tristagma must have been in that pot. Could this be 'Rolf Fiedler'?
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Jim
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I would say so Jim.
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Leucocoryne purpurea
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Griffinia liboniana in bloom. Split to 3 bulbs since 2014.
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Oxalis lobata (syn. O. perdicaria)
cheers
fermi
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Eucrosia aurantica starting to bloom.
Stem is 3' tall
Inflourescense is almost 12" across filaments.
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Rimmer:
Great looking plant.
Leaves after flowers?
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Hymenocallis traubii
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Urceolina pervuviana.
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Nothoscordum montevidense ssp. Miniarum
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Rhodophilia chilensis in bloom - summer flowering
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Rhodophilia chilensis in bloom - summer flowering
Grown from seed Rimmer? If so, how long from seed to bloom?
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Neomarcia candida found in Brazil
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Griffinia liboniana
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4238/35665900882_429fdf8be1_o_d.jpg)
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Splendid!
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Excellent images of Griffinia Steve.
Below a few images of bulbs from our recent trips to Peru:
First, two dryland plants from 3000m, Arequipa Province, southern Peru - a small irid with a single leaf, Mastigostyla hoppii, and Oziroe acaulis (Asparagaceae).
The final two irids are from the same elevation further north around Cusco - Hesperoxiphium herrerae and Hesperoxiphiumn peruvianum.
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Last year this Leucocoryne ixioides produced its first flowers and this year there are 2 stems and the flowers are slightly different
cheers
fermi