Bulbs from South America 2014

[krisderaeymaeker]

In flower today :  Rhodophiala bakeri

[johnw]

Kris - Wondering how you distinguish R. montana from bakeri?  Is it the flower shape?

A leafless Rhodophiala advena in flower here today.  Colour is quite peely-wally.

johnw

[jshields]

Eustephia darwinii is native to Peru.  I had thought it was summer dormant and winter-growing, like the specimen shown here.  The first sign of its coming out of dormancy is blooming.



Now I have heard that it is summer growing and dormant in winter.  Perhaps, on the Andes near the Equator, there is not a lot of difference between the two.

Jim

[krisderaeymaeker]

Kris - Wondering how you distinguish R. montana from bakeri?  Is it the flower shape?
A leafless Rhodophiala advena in flower here today.  Colour is quite peely-wally.
johnw

Don't know John , this is what was written on the seedpacket ........

[johnw]

Jim  - I think I may need cardiac resuscitation after that Eustephia darwinii picture.  Wonderful.

johnw

[johnw]

Don't know John , this is what was written on the seedpacket ........

With Rhodophiala probably the best way to label them!

johnw

[jshields]

With Rhodophiala probably the best way to label them!

johnw

Same here -- I have great faith in Telos labels!

Jim

[johnw]

Years ago I received seed of a bulb from Harry Jans.  The original source was Goteborg and was labelled Hippeastrum elwesii. We eventually had to change that to Rhodophiala elwesii and then to R. araucana and now temporarily ( ) to R. montana.  In any event when the seedlings first flowered we had yellows and peaches.  Several years ago I selfed the yellows and the first seedling has flowered rosy-red with a greenish throat!  And the timing is suspicious as it is nearly in sync with a nearby R. advena and looks rather similar; I posted a photo of that advena recently.

What am I to make of it all?

johnw   

[johnw]

I have been repotting dormant Rhodophiala spp. this afternoon, some are from 2008 and others from 2011 seed.  The following ones were found almost at the very bottom of the very long toms.   The unsprouted seeds were still very much intact.

johnw

[johnw]

And these two species were only halfway down the very long toms and are fairly evergreen and rooty despite being dormant.  The Rhodophiala montana is not following the dormancy pattern of the montana mentioned 2 posts ago - time will tell.

Brilliant day here, 20c, sunny and 2" of very much needed rain yesterday.

johnw

[Maggi Young]

These lovely Worsleya pictures  were  shared  to the SRGC page from forumist Jose of the
Iturraran Botanical Garden, in the  Basque Country, Northern Coastal Spain

The colour is lovely- almost unique, do  you think?

[David Nicholson]

Lovely.

[fermi de Sousa]

That "blue hippeastrum" is stunning; we'd need a heated greenhouse to keep it happy here
A more humble offering is this Nothoscordum felipponei flowering in pots as well as in the garden,
cheers
fermi

[Maggi Young]

A more humble offering is this Nothoscordum felipponei flowering in pots as well as in the garden,
cheers
fermi

Love that yellow - another plant that has been chopped and changed , namewise, umpteen times - think Tristagma sellowianum (Kunth) Traub is showing a Kews' current fave!

Is it any wonder we can get confused?
Beauverdia felipponei (Beauverd) Herter    
Beauverdia sellowiana (Kunth) Herter    
Brodiaea felipponei (Beauverd) Herter    
Brodiaea sellowiana (Kunth) Baker    
Hookera sellowiana (Kunth) Kuntze    
Ipheion felipponei (Beauverd) Traub    
Ipheion sellowianum (Kunth) Traub    
Milla sellowiana (Kunth) Baker    
Nothoscordum felipponei Beauverd    
Nothoscordum ostenii P. Beauv.    
Tristagma felipponei (Beauverd) Traub    
Triteleia sellowiana Kunth 

      

[Mark Griffiths]

Now for something more common - but still a favourite for me, Oxalis lobata.