South African Bulbs 2014

[fermi de Sousa]

Very nice Poul!!!

Mine is also in flower. The flower gets even better with time.

Amazing thing - reminds me of a sea anemone or something out of Sci-Fi!
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

A very light and a mid-pink Amaryllis belladonna lily,
cheers
fermi

[K-D Keller]

After many sunny days Romulea leipoldtii, Romulea spec.
Gladiolus tristis and Gladiolus liliaceus are in flower now.

[pehe]

Very nice Poul!!!

Mine is also in flower. The flower gets even better

Thank you Steve, but yours are more beautiful. How old are your plant?

Poul

[Steve Garvie]

Thanks Poul!
I've had the bulb for two years -I bought it from a South African source when it was sold as "flowering sized". There was no flower last year though the leaves persisted from November until June. Last summer was very hot (for us) here and perhaps this is why it has flowered so well.

I bought "flowering sized" bulbs of the red form on Ebay almost 5 months ago (from a South African nursery) but they have produced no root or top growth as yet.

Cheers,
Steve

[Tony Willis]

I bought "flowering sized" bulbs of the red form on Ebay almost 5 months ago (from a South African nursery) but they have produced no root or top growth as yet.

Cheers,
Steve

Steve

a wonderful plant. I  can only say my experience of trying to grow them has been quite dismal-no root or top growth-death!

[ArnoldT]

Lachenalia namaquensis
Lachenalia pallida

[SJW]

Lachenalia namaquensis
Lachenalia pallida

Much earlier than mine, Arnold. Scapes on mine only just starting to come up...

[ArnoldT]

Steve:

Not entirely sure of the ID on L. namaquensis.  Had a look at Duncan's book but the images are weak. 

[SJW]

Not entirely sure of the ID on L. namaquensis.  Had a look at Duncan's book but the images are weak.

Arnold - here's a shot of mine flowering last year. How wide are the leaves on your plant? Mine are quite narrow and look quite distinctive.

[ArnoldT]

Steve:

On first look yours looks good. Stamen are included.

Send along a image when it reaching full flowering.

[SJW]

On first look yours looks good. Stamen are included.
Send along a image when it reaching full flowering.

Arnold - I'm pretty sure mine are L. namaquensis, they flower from April onwards for me. Here's what the leaves look like (please excuse the classy background!).

[SJW]

Freesia viridis...not one that appears in anyone's top ten favourites, but I have learnt a new word (phalaenophily).

[Yann]

Gladiolus watermeyeri just starting to bloom, sown in 2008

[Michael J Campbell]

Hesperantha vaginata