South American Bulbs 2015

[Maggi Young]

Really enjoying seeing your Tecos, Mark. Something about them really appeals to me- sometimes think the show pots we see are too leaf-heavy.

[Rimmer de Vries]

Phaedranassa tunguraguae aff glaucifolia
 less than 2 yrs from seed to flower bud.

so nice to have something work so well.

[Rimmer de Vries]

Rimmer, sorry not to have replied before. My Tristagma sellowianum have 6 tepals. I thought you might be interested in some comments Alberto Castillo made on The Forum on April 5th 2009, Reply 379.

"Concerning the difference between "I" sellowianum and dialystemon,

sellowianum always has 6 tepals
dialystemon always has 8 tepals, seedlings invariably having 8 tepals"

As to how I get them to flower at once and all pointing upwards well, maybe it's pure chance and neglect

Thanks David
i ask because almost all the  sellowianum i see offered for sale have photos with 8 tepals.
i grow dialystemon with 8 tepals and the flower stems go prostrate after the first day of flowering.
I would live to find some of these with 6 tepals.

Rimmer

[Rimmer de Vries]

The phaedranassa seedling is blooming and the filaments are pink so it cannot be P. tunguraguae.  It is now believed to be Phaedranassa glaucifolia or aff. to glaucifolia due to the glaucous foliage reverse, stem and flowers.

Any thoughts?

 photos of the growth and life of these plants can be  seen on flicker:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/32952654@N06/sets/72157649493945903/

[Rimmer de Vries]

Eithea blumenavia - nice little 6" tall relative to Griffinia - blooming now from 0.75 inch (2cm) diameter bulb

[johnralphcarpenter]

Does this have another name? Mr Google can't find it.

[jshields]

Eithea blumenavia is the currently accepted name; used to be Hippeastrum blumenavia.

Jim

[johnralphcarpenter]

Somebody needs to put it on the PBS wiki!

[Hans J]

please look here :

http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Eithea

[Maggi Young]

please look here :

http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Eithea

       

[johnralphcarpenter]

I probably entered a wrong spelling when I did a search...Eithia rather than Eithea!

[Paul Cumbleton]

Leucocoryne and Tropaeolum tricolor making a fine show in the glasshouse just now.

Paul

Leucocoryne en masse
Leucocoryne 'Blue Ocean'
Leucocoryne cocquimbensis
Leucocoryne vittata
Tropaeolum tricolor

[Mark Griffiths]

Paul, very nice.

How tall are the Leucocoryne? I have a number of seedlings (purpurea etc) which after years are still very small. I also have L. ixioides which seems a much smaller plant.

[fixpix]

Very nice, indeed, Paul. Never seen that L. thing
Too bad it can't grow out in the garden.

[Paul Cumbleton]

Mark, the flowering stems can reach anything from 30 to 60 cm (1 to 2 feet) - mine are probably a bit taller than average due to being a bit stretched in a glasshouse that gets less than the ideal amount of sunlight. The flowers are long-lived, including when cut and as a result this genus is being developed for the cut flower trade. They are winter growers and like a cool (but not freezing) moist winter followed by a warm, dry summer when they are dormant. They enjoy deep planting - you always find them at the very bottom of the pot, even if in deep long tom pots. The leaves are grassy and often are already withering as the flowers emerge at the end of their growing season.

Paul