Bellevalia

[Oron Peri]

The first two bellevalia are in flower at the moment, both are common,B. desertorum often has a nice azure color and spotted leaves.
 

Bellevalia eigii
B. desertorum

[Hristo]

The desertorum is a little gem Oron, framed so well by the naturalistic planting, great start to the Bellevalia season!

[Sinchets]

 
I hadn't even heard of those before and certainly not seen pics of them!
Now can they take cold?  

[Lesley Cox]

The desertorum is a little gem Oron, framed so well by the naturalistic planting, great start to the Bellevalia season!

And just look at that lovely seed forming at the left of the last picture.

These pictures and Oron's others of the Hyacinthella, have made me realize how bereft we have been of late, of even the most basic of winter flowers from the northern hemisphere. So much that would normally be in flower must be covered in snow or feeling the cold so badly as to be hunkering down until warmer times. When it all thaws out we should have a fantastic spring flower display.

[Armin]

Oron,
very impressive Bellevallias! The force of nature is simply wunderful.

[Miriam]

Bellevalia flexuosa, a pretty common plant here.

[Hristo]

Nice form Miriam, what sort of density is this species growing at within the sward?

[Janis Ruksans]

The first two bellevalia are in flower at the moment, both are common,B. desertorum often has a nice azure color and spotted leaves.
 

Bellevalia eigii
B. desertorum

Very beautiful. My favourite would be B. eigii but B. desertorum isn't less beautiful and even in seeds. Afraid that they wouldn't be growable here even under cover.
Janis

[Miriam]

Hristo,
it does not grow at dense vegetation as it seems in the picture.
What you see in the background is Bulbine frutescens.

[fermi de Sousa]

Oron and Miriam,
those are little beauties!
I'd not heard of Bellevalia eigii before and sadly it isn't on ICON (i.e. not allowed into Australia) but the other two are and they look like they would be worth getting.
After 3 days of above 40^oC here I'm beginning to think that the more plants from Israel we get the better!
cheers
fermi

[Oron Peri]

The tiny B. pierides is in bloom actually,
it is endemic and a common plant in Cyprus.

[ashley]

That's another lovely one Oron.  Is the blue-tinted stem usual?

[Oron Peri]

That's another lovely one Oron.  Is the blue-tinted stem usual?

Yes Ashley,

Often the stem, flowers and above all the buds are blue or pink tinted.