Bulbs from South America 2014

[jshields]

Griffinia espiritensis from Telos, blooming under lights in the basement:



and Rhodophiala auracana, also from Telos, blooming outdoors on the deck:



This is not a commercial for Telos, but Diana does ship nice plants.

Jim

[Maggi Young]

I know I've heard lots of good reports about Telos, :
http://www.telosrarebulbs.com/  and they do ship overseas from California to any country that does not restrict the importation of bulbs.
and they have a blog.....
http://www.thebulbmaven.typepad.com/           

[fermi de Sousa]

Alstroemeria pelegrina from AGS Seedex 2011, first flower just opening today,
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

A week later the flower of the Alstroemeria pelegrina ia still looking good in the shade-house.
And in the garden the clump of Sisyrinchium palmifolium is bulking up - you can see the stems from last year were much shorter than this year's,
cheers
fermi

[Robert]

Fermi,

The Sisyrinchium palmifolium looks quite lovely!

Is it xeric as some of our California species are? i.e. S. bellum, etc.

[fermi de Sousa]

Fermi,

The Sisyrinchium palmifolium looks quite lovely!

Is it xeric as some of our California species are? i.e. S. bellum, etc.

Hi Robert,
I don't think that it's xeric - at least this one is growing in a garden bed which gets watered regularly which is why I think it's growing so well! Maybe Anthony in Auckland can say if he grows it in a xeric bed?
Here's the first flowering on Alstroemeria hookeri for the year,
cheers
fermi

[Robert]

Thanks Fermi. Some of our native Sisyrinchiums are xeric, others are not. S. palmifolium looks like a worthy plant for the garden. I'll have to give it a try.

The Alstroemeria hookeri is beautiful! Very nice.

Cheers