Haylockia & Africas Central America South Americas

[Hassan]

Hello

My name 's Hassan                 
Looking for Haylockia           
Also looking for worlds rarest bulbs from Africas  Central America & South Americas :     

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi Hassan,
whereabouts do you garden and under what conditions? Would you need a glass house for some of the African /Central American bulbs?
cheers
fermi

[Hassan]

Hi  Fermi

I am from Brunei and the climate is  Ultra-Tropical

A glasshouse may be needed for Cool growing bulbs

 

[Diane Whitehead]

Well, I'd call it pleasantly tropical.  There is that refreshing sea breeze.
And I saw roses growing in Sabah, so non-tropicals are certainly possible.

[Ezeiza]

And the best production of Zephyranthes hybrids is in Indonesia

[Hassan]

Hi  All

Can anyone advise me how to raise Lilium formosanum & philippinense seeds in the Tropics?

I guess in the Tropics must have a special trick to treat them

A few years back  I grow several seeds of Lilium under normal condition but with no success  

Probably the seed is expired and needs to be fresh or Lilium itself is fussy when it comes

to growing condition?

[Diane Whitehead]

Hassan,

I saw Lilium phillippinense growing on steep hillsides when I was
travelling by bus in the mountains of Luzon.  I imagine it needs a well-drained
place.

According to Ed McRae, who hybridized lilies in Oregon, U.S.A.,
 it grows very quickly and will flower in less than a year in a greenhouse.

[Maggi Young]

Hello Hassan,
 welcome to the forum.

 I just checked the plantfinder and  while it shoes one record for Calochortus purpureus, a  the next page shows that the plant was last listed in 2004 so not a lot of chance of finding a supplier, I'm afraid.

[Diane Whitehead]

Calochortus purpureus grows in mountains in Mexico.

Telos Rare Bulbs in California supplies a lot of calochortus
species, but not purpureus.

You may like to look at the list of calochortus they do have:
 
http://www.telosrarebulbs.com/calochortus.html