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Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: Rimmer de Vries on February 15, 2015, 06:23:03 PM
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Nothoscordum ostenii (from Uruguay) opened today in a sunny window.
This has a very small flower.
it is cold here, today's high temp was -17ºC
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That's kinda chilly outside, Rimmer :o
That tiny yellow "sun" is a charm though.
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very nice, what a great colour!
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Two creations of our beloved despot....
Tecophilaea cyanocrocus 'Craigton Cloud' and Tecophilaea cyanocrocus 'Craigton Snowdrift' (the last one with an unwanted visitor >:( ). Bought them last year and they already are rewarding me with a flower each (and more to follow)....
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From the greenhouse today:-
Tristagma (Ipheion) sellowianum
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Tecophilaea near or at it's peak.
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Superb potful, Mark - aren't these just a wonderful blue?
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From the greenhouse today:-
Tristagma (Ipheion) sellowianum
Very nice David.
Are These are the ones with 8 tepals?
How do you get these to all bloom at once and all pointing upward?
My plants have been blooming sporadically since January and after the first day the flower stems tend to twist about mostly becoming prostrate.
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Amazingly well grown Mark. Ours flop but then again they flower in the cold greenhouse here perhaps due to the stronger sun in late January.
john
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Here is my first flower on tecophilia. Been growing for 5 years in the garden in Kansas zone 6.
Always put up leaves in spring but didn't bloom until now. BEAUTUFUL!!! YIPPEEE
John B
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Leucocoryene purpurea have been blooming in my basement for the past few weeks
Thank you Arnold
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very nice Rimmer, how tall are they?
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very nice Rimmer, how tall are they?
about 16-18" tall, if they don't get top light they squiggle.
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Very nice David.
Are These are the ones with 8 tepals?
How do you get these to all bloom at once and all pointing upward?
My plants have been blooming sporadically since January and after the first day the flower stems tend to twist about mostly becoming prostrate.
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 ;D
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a few more pics of the tecophilea. The normal blue form seems to be catching up with the paler variety after probably 20 years. The violet form is still only about half that of the other two.
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Really enjoying seeing your Tecos, Mark. Something about them really appeals to me- sometimes think the show pots we see are too leaf-heavy.
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Phaedranassa
tunguraguae aff glaucifolia
less than 2 yrs from seed to flower bud.
so nice to have something work so well.
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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 ;D
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
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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/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/32952654@N06/sets/72157649493945903/)
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Eithea blumenavia - nice little 6" tall relative to Griffinia - blooming now from 0.75 inch (2cm) diameter bulb
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Does this have another name? Mr Google can't find it.
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Eithea blumenavia is the currently accepted name; used to be Hippeastrum blumenavia.
Jim
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Somebody needs to put it on the PBS wiki!
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please look here :
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Eithea (http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Eithea)
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please look here :
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Eithea (http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Eithea)
:D 8) 8)
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I probably entered a wrong spelling when I did a search...Eithia rather than Eithea!
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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
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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.
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Very nice, indeed, Paul. Never seen that L. thing :)
Too bad it can't grow out in the garden.
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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
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thanks Paul, that's the basic treatment I've been giving them.
maybe the seedlings will put on weight with age - I certainly have.
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Tristagma Ex 'Alberto Castillo' from AGS seed two years ago.
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The first Rhodophiala of the year, a cheery little thing. The label says araucana/elwesii but I think it was crossed with advena. Thoughts?
johnw
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Rhodophiala araucana/elwesii in hot pursuit for #2 spot, 7-8 more stalks on the rise.
johnw
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And those Rhodophialas today.............
johnw
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I'm really delighted by these wonderful Irids 8) And they match the picture on E-bay where I purchased the seeds last year in January (I immediately had a crush for these when I saw them). Sown in spring 2014 they did not really grow a lot untill fall when they suddenly started to grow new bigger leaves. I thought this was because the seeds originated from Australia and the plants still were in some way on a Southern hemisphere seasonal pattern 8) Anyway, they spend the winter in the green on a windowsill and were moved outside this spring. I just hope that this winter they will go for a rest because that windowsill is no longer available to them.
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A beautiful blue Francois.
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I'm thinking the same thing - a really striking blue. And not long for them to flower from seed.
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One of my favourite South Americans, Herbertia pulchella - aren't they all our favourites when in bloom? :D
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...and another: Calydorea xiphioides.
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One of my favourite South Americans, Herbertia pulchella - aren't they all our favourites when in bloom? :D
Yes. that's exactly it, isn't it? As each plant comes into flower we fall in love again! :)
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Conanthera campanulata
cheers
fermi
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Phaedranassa dubia ex Ecuador: Imbabura, R. Ornduff 9674
i was a bit dubious it was dubia at first but as the flowers grew the red came in.
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Rimmer - Did you have any trouble sprouting the original seed? I ask as I got seed last year from the AGCBC and nothing sprouted. Was hoping it would appear again there or on the SRGC seedex but none.
Smashing!
johnw
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Hi John.
This one came from Dylan Hannon as a small bulb in August 2014.
But I have germinated quite a few phaedranassa in a germ box on blotter paper. Either they germinate very quickly or they rot. Now I am doing these in water with a baggie on top of a small cup and refresh the water weekly until they have roots, then plant out.
Last spring I bloomed a Phaedranassa that came as P. tunguraguae but was later identified as P. aff glaucifolia in less than 2 yrs From seed.
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=12809.msg329112#msg329112 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=12809.msg329112#msg329112)
The current AGS seed ex has P. dubia listed.
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Rimmer
Thanks for the AGS tip, I'm onto it!
john
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open flowers on Phaedranassa dubia ex Ecuador: Imbabura, R. Ornduff 9674
The flower stem or scape is over 2 feet long.
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some more close ups with flash
last pic taken 17 Dec of faded blooms
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Phaedranassa cinerea flower bud on 6 Dec
- seed started 3 October 2013- in germ box on blotter paper.
some follow up pics taken 17 Dec
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Phaedranassa cinerea seedling, now with open flower.
is this plant identified correctly?
many of these Phaedranassa seem to look the same.
this one is about 14 inches tall in bloom, the P dubia above was about 3 feet tall in bloom.