looking for Ferraria species

[Rafa]

Hello I am looking for Ferraria species rarely seen in culture like F. densepunctulata, F. ovata, F. macrochlamys...
Let me know if you grow Ferraria species,

All the best,

Rafa.

[Giles]

The only place I could think of was Silverhill Seeds who have: crispa,ferrariola and uncinata.
http://www.silverhillseeds.co.za/ByFamily.asp
Maybe you have these already!


ps   B and T World Seeds have divaricata and foliosa.

[Rafa]

Hello Giles,

hank you very much for the link,

Yes you are right, I grow all of them and I usually check Silverhill for updates, but It seems F. densepunctulata is not usually collected.

[Lesley Cox]

Ask them Rafa. Professional collectors will usually look for something a client specifically requests.

[Lesley Cox]

I hope you'll post pictures of the species you already have. Please?

[Rafa]

Thank Lesley, I will request.

Except Ferraria crispa subsp. nortieri, the rest still growing, just little corms.
 
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=249.msg6404#msg6404

I grow this species:

F. crispa
F. crispa subsp. nortieri
F. divaricata
F. brevifolia
F. foliosa
F. schaeferi
F. ferrariola
F. sp# 1
F. sp# 2
F. sp# 3
F. variegata
F. kamiesbergensis

Germinating seeds of F. uncinata!!!

Any species apart this list are very interesting to me and even any other planst from different sources, to be able to get seeds.

All the best,

Rafa.

[arillady]

Rafa
I did not know there were so many Ferraria species. I found my Ferraria crispa where they must have been dumped many years ago down a country road under some gums in sandy soil.
Will be interesting to see the different species when they flower

[Paul T]

Pat,

And make sure you take a pic of what your F. crispa looks like as well (if you haven't already) because there are a lot of different colour forms to it.  Some browner, some greener, some more intricately coloured.  Mine from a couple of different sources are so close to each other that there isn't much difference, but I have seen other pics of this species and there is quite a bit of variability out there.

[maggiepie]

Rafa
I did not know there were so many Ferraria species. I found my Ferraria crispa where they must have been dumped many years ago down a country road under some gums in sandy soil.
Will be interesting to see the different species when they flower

Pat, went looking to see what Ferraria Crispa looks like and found it listed as a weed

http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weedident.cgi?tpl=plant.tpl&ibra=all&card=E05

Is this the same plant?

[arillady]

Helen it looks very similar but I wouldn't be surprised if all the species might be on a weedlist. I have a feeling that those in charge of these weed lists would not know the difference.
Liliums species(?) are a weed near Sydney - I can't grow them here. Nearly any plant could be a weed somewhere if the powers to be looked far enough.
I will have to look for a photo that I might have taken in the past.

[Paul T]

Helen,

Ferraria crispa is a weed in various parts of Aus, particularly in the sandy soils of Western Aus from memory, which mirror it's natural environment I think.  It certainly does multiply well, that is for sure.

[maggiepie]

Helen it looks very similar but I wouldn't be surprised if all the species might be on a weedlist. I have a feeling that those in charge of these weed lists would not know the difference.
Liliums species(?) are a weed near Sydney - I can't grow them here. Nearly any plant could be a weed somewhere if the powers to be looked far enough.
I will have to look for a photo that I might have taken in the past.

Pat, I agree with you there, you should see the russell lupins that grow along the roads here in New Brunswick in late Spring. I couldn't grow them to save my life when I was in Oz.
Iris Versicolor is another that comes to mind, you see vast stretches of blue in ditches and fields when they are in bloom.

[Lori S.]

Helen, Iris versicolor is a native plant for you there (as opposed to an introduced weed, I mean).  (Must look wonderful!)

[maggiepie]

  (Must look wonderful!)

Yes they do Lori
You're an early bird.