Bulbs from South America 2013

[ArnoldT]

I was given a large box of various S. American  bulbs. I've potted them up and most grew very well.  This one is  flowering without leaves.  Although there are leaves in the pot but I think not from this one.

[ArnoldT]

Looks like this one:

http://www.bulbsociety.org/GALLERY_OF_THE_WORLDS_BULBS/GRAPHICS/Stenomesson/Stenomesson_aurantiacum/Stenoaurantiacum.html

[jshields]

Looks like this one:

http://www.bulbsociety.org/GALLERY_OF_THE_WORLDS_BULBS/GRAPHICS/Stenomesson/Stenomesson_aurantiacum/Stenoaurantiacum.html

To me, Dennis's flowers look like yours but Alan's don't.  Maybe you should go with Stenomesson cf. aurantiacum for now.  I'd still appreciate seeing the leaves when they appear.

My Phaedranassa (cinerea, dubia, tunguraguae, viridiflora) are all leafing out vigorously now.  Not all of them have bloomed.

Jim

[ArnoldT]

Jim:

I'm thinking Stenomesson aurantiacum as well.

Most of the others have a green edge to the petals.

[jshields]

I'm pretty Stenomesson-naive.  Have your flowers opened up any more?  I'm curious about the different flower forms that seem to be labelled aurantiacum -- i.e., closed vs. flared.

Jim

[ArnoldT]

Jim:

I checked a little bit ago and the flowers haven't opened any more than the image I sent.  It may be the temperature or low light levels here.

[fermi de Sousa]

I got seeds of Conanthera trimaculata in 2008 but was warned that as it was open pollinated it could've crossed with C. campanulata.
Last week when the first flower opened the donor happened to be in the country on his way to some islands east of us and confirmed that what I had was mostly C. campanulata with a little C. trimaculata! There is a bit of variation between the seedlings now and this is one of the clearer ones - maybe a bit more trimaculata than the first
cheers
fermi

[ArnoldT]

Jim:

As a follow up the flowers never fully opened or displayed any flaring.

[Maggi Young]

I got seeds of Conanthera trimaculata in 2008 but was warned that as it was open pollinated it could've crossed with C. campanulata.
Last week when the first flower opened the donor happened to be in the country on his way to some islands east of us and confirmed that what I had was mostly C. campanulata with a little C. trimaculata! There is a bit of variation between the seedlings now and this is one of the clearer ones - maybe a bit more trimaculata than the first
cheers
fermi

What a charming flower. Is the scape around 12inches? /30cms?

[fermi de Sousa]

What a charming flower. Is the scape around 12inches? /30cms?

Hi Maggi,
sorry for the delay in replying (I was waiting for someone to ask about the donor and the "islands" );
The flower stems vary between 6"/15 cm and 14"/35cm. There's a bit of variation in the pattern of the flowers as well.

We got this one years ago as Urceolina peruviana but it's now Stenomesson miniatum

cheers
fermi

[Maggi Young]

No hurry needed, fermi!  It's pretty variable, then -  which is always good to know - no need to get too hung up on "absolutes" !

[Mark Griffiths]

catching up a little late, lovely plant Fermi, would those islands be NZ?

[fermi de Sousa]

Did you guess or go to "Google earth"?
Of course, you're right, Mark.
cheers
fermi

[Mark Griffiths]

No, I remember it as one of the pink bits of the map of the world from when I was at school 

[Ezeiza]

Fermi and Arnold, most  of the "urceolina" stock in the trade is heavily virused. The pattern is the obvious mosaic well known.