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Michael

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Lachenalia
« on: February 17, 2010, 03:43:06 PM »
A few lachenalia blooming now:
(btw i'm not 100% sure of the ID, so if you think they are inaccurately labelled, please let me know)

L. aloides quadricolor




L. bulbifera




L. carnosa



L. mutabilis



L. viridiflora (this one is an early bloomer, and I was a bit late to photograph it...)




This one might be an orange aloides maybe?



And a daubenya aurea in bud ;)
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Re: Lachenalia
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2010, 06:49:08 PM »
Beautiful plants and photos (especially with the droplets  ;)).
L. aloides quadricolor is really spectacular!
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Re: Lachenalia
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2010, 07:41:13 PM »
Lovely pictures Michael and enjoying your climate. Are some fragrant?
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Re: Lachenalia
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2010, 07:47:24 PM »
Great photos-nice to see a Lachenalia thread! Here are a couple of nice plants at Wisley a little while ago....
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Re: Lachenalia
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2010, 08:50:17 PM »
Lesley, none of them are fragrant, as far as I know... Are there any fragrant Lachenalia? I still have a few (mathewsii, contaminata, pustulata, etc) to bloom in the coming weeks, maybe those are fragrant?
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Re: Lachenalia
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2010, 09:00:32 PM »
Some lachenalia are scented eg. L. pusilla, latifolia, arbuthnotiae.  I did have quite a few at one time but have lost most of them.  L. pustulata is fun with strange blisters on its leaves but I like viridiflora best - as seen in Michael's lovely pictures.
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Re: Lachenalia
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2010, 09:05:31 PM »
Lovely show Michael, well done.
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Re: Lachenalia
« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2010, 12:30:30 AM »
Michael,
nice stuff! That Orange one is intriguing - please post more pics as it develops a bit. Did you grow it from seed?
cheers
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Re: Lachenalia
« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2010, 01:43:38 AM »
I believe quite a lot of Lachenalias are scented, especially the blue species and especially mutabilis. So give every one a good sniff Michael, on the off chance. You may be pleasantly surprised. :)
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Lesley Cox - near Dunedin, lower east coast, South Island of New Zealand - Zone 9

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Re: Lachenalia
« Reply #9 on: February 18, 2010, 09:47:28 PM »
I didn't knew there were scented Lach's! I'll have a sniff around, tomorrow, Lesley ;)

Yes fermi, from seed. It's amazing in how the seedlings from the same pod are so variable: some come with mottled foliage, others plain green! But the flowers are the same!
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Re: Lachenalia
« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2010, 09:40:12 AM »
Some Lachenalia are very strongly scented indeed, a characteristic often exploited in hybridization programmes.

The orange Lachenalia in Michael's post is an orange form of L. bulbifera, I think - as has been mentioned above, natural populations are very variable. In certain districts L. bulbifera grows within sight of the surf - an amazing habitat (...often in company with bulbs such as Gladiolus cunonius and Ferraria spp.)

This is a common form that grows amongst coastal dunes along the southern Cape beaches. It is a most accomodating plant too and loves a 6" pot:
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