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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #30 on: February 02, 2014, 06:36:43 AM »
Nice one, Arnold!

Lachenalia viridiflora, spotted leaf, from Shilverhill Seeds. Today.
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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #31 on: February 02, 2014, 12:01:48 PM »
that's nice, lovely colour
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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #32 on: February 02, 2014, 03:24:28 PM »
Romulea tetragona

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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #33 on: February 02, 2014, 03:44:35 PM »
that's a lovely colour too!
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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #34 on: February 02, 2014, 06:06:05 PM »
Tatsuo:

I have to wonder how your plants grow so compact. Do you use supplemental light?

If not your weather and latitude must be much better than mine.
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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #35 on: February 04, 2014, 01:57:30 PM »
that's nice, lovely colour

Thank you, Mark :) I'm bewitched by that living jade.

Tatsuo:
I have to wonder how your plants grow so compact. Do you use supplemental light?
If not your weather and latitude must be much better than mine.

Arnold, I don't use any supplemental light and I have sunny and reratively dry winter at here, as you mentioned. Fortunately, I grow that L. viridiflora pot outside without any protection except its flowering time.
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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #36 on: February 04, 2014, 02:06:42 PM »
Tatsuo:

Thanks,

Arnold Trachtenberg
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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #37 on: February 05, 2014, 09:09:20 AM »
Wow, Tatsuo.
Love that blue!
I remember I tried some Lachenalia before, but I never got past the tiny seedlings stage.
I think I was too inexperienced :(
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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #38 on: February 07, 2014, 01:47:27 PM »
The first Romuleas open their flowers. Romulea exima, Romulea cruciata and Romulea diversiformis.
Two Lachenalias: Lachenalia mutabilis and Lachenalia viridiflora (not so fine this year).

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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #39 on: February 09, 2014, 01:07:38 PM »
Massonia depressa is quite variable and this form from Uniondale stands out for its maroon coloured flowers. I shared seed of this form with both the SRGC and AGS seed exchanges this year, so if you ordered it, this is what to expect once up to flowering size - though the intensity of the maroon colour varies somewhat from seedling to seedling.

Paul....with the floods now just a few centimetres below our floorboards....!!

Image: Massonia depressa from Uniondale with maroon flowers
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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #40 on: February 09, 2014, 05:34:00 PM »
Paul, I have just gone green with envy. Really lovely.

Hope the water keeps under the floorboards, such a worrying time. I feel for everyone that has been dealing with these floods.

Angie  :)
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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #41 on: February 09, 2014, 06:33:41 PM »
Massonia depressa is quite variable and this form from Uniondale stands out for its maroon coloured flowers. I shared seed of this form with both the SRGC and AGS seed exchanges this year, so if you ordered it, this is what to expect once up to flowering size - though the intensity of the maroon colour varies somewhat from seedling to seedling.

Paul....with the floods now just a few centimetres below our floorboards....!!

Image: Massonia depressa from Uniondale with maroon flowers

Having seen the picture I'm overjoyed at being one of the seed recipients ;D  What a stunning plant.

I share Angie's sentiments about the flood waters Paul and really hope things improve very soon.

Darren Sleep. Nr Lancaster UK.

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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #42 on: February 09, 2014, 07:38:41 PM »
Massonia depressa is quite variable and this form from Uniondale stands out for its maroon coloured flowers. I shared seed of this form with both the SRGC and AGS seed exchanges this year, so if you ordered it, this is what to expect once up to flowering size - though the intensity of the maroon colour varies somewhat from seedling to seedling.

Paul....with the floods now just a few centimetres below our floorboards....!!

Image: Massonia depressa from Uniondale with maroon flowers
I have some seed from the AGS as well. Good luck with the water - we are dry so far!
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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #43 on: February 15, 2014, 10:38:06 AM »
All my Lachenalias are just babes from seed at the moment, so I'm rather jealous of you all!

In this company I'm almost embarrassed to show off one of my favourites - Ledebouria socialis....................




I think that it's a gem of a plant that will bloom all year round. It sits outdoors all summer as a table ornament where it continues to bloom strongly and multiply rapidly.
I know it ain't posh, but I love it!
West Oxon where it gets cold!

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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #44 on: February 15, 2014, 09:58:16 PM »
these Lachenalia are beginning to flower now in the basement in SE Michigan while it is still very cold outside.

1. orange- came a L quadricolor (or Lachenalia aloides var. quadricolor)
2. purple with prostrate leaves came as L. unicolor but Arnold questioned this name, the newer Duncan book on Lachenalia says L. unicolor is synonymous with L. pallida. (page 200)
see http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/LachenaliaSpeciesSeven
3. purple with upright leaves came as Lachenalia mutabilis

any help on the naming please.

these were potted last October in a sand grit mix with low humus in 4 inch pots on a sand bed under a bank of 8  T-5 lights with a fan, all on a timer for 12 hrs with increasing light as the season progressed, temps down to 54F nights up to 73F days, just now they are sending up stems. i occasionally put fresh snow on them to water and keep them damp, is this method ok?

How much water should i give these while in growth? what sort of potting media do others use for lachenalia?
« Last Edit: February 16, 2014, 02:30:52 PM by Rimmer de Vries »
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