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Re: South African Bulbs 2015
« Reply #255 on: November 03, 2015, 03:09:22 PM »
A lovely potful at this time of year Michael 8)
How long do moraeas from seed normally take you to flower?
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Re: South African Bulbs 2015
« Reply #256 on: November 03, 2015, 05:20:40 PM »
Some of them flower quicker that other. Lurida can flower three years from seed, most of the others about four.
 

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Re: South African Bulbs 2015
« Reply #257 on: November 04, 2015, 03:53:04 AM »
This one is usually late.

Eucomis vandermerwei
« Last Edit: November 04, 2015, 11:36:10 AM by Maggi Young »
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Re: South African Bulbs 2015
« Reply #258 on: November 04, 2015, 09:41:06 AM »
How long do moraeas from seed normally take you to flower?
Some of them flower quicker that other. Lurida can flower three years from seed, most of the others about four.
This Moraea polyanthos is right on cue then - it is from NZAGS Seedex 2011 (but actually sown in July 2012)
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Re: South African Bulbs 2015
« Reply #259 on: November 06, 2015, 02:03:03 PM »
Strumaria truncata -pink and green yellow forms
« Last Edit: November 06, 2015, 02:09:45 PM by Rimmer de Vries »
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Re: South African Bulbs 2015
« Reply #260 on: November 06, 2015, 02:11:02 PM »
Strumaria watermeyeri
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Re: South African Bulbs 2015
« Reply #261 on: November 11, 2015, 06:22:07 AM »
Polyxena corymbosa :)
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Re: South African Bulbs 2015
« Reply #262 on: November 15, 2015, 12:02:48 PM »
Lachenalia pusilla Didn't expect these to flower so soon, sown Jan 2012, so didn't pot them on this year. Hope when they are better spaced the leaves will prostrate themselves, or is this affected by light levels?

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Re: South African Bulbs 2015
« Reply #263 on: November 17, 2015, 05:05:00 AM »
Lachenalia rubida, purple leaf :)
« Last Edit: November 17, 2015, 07:03:03 AM by YT »
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Re: South African Bulbs 2015
« Reply #264 on: November 17, 2015, 07:46:50 AM »
I am enjoying the flowers of two late-season bulbs at the moment: Tritonia deusta, carpeting the ground in places and T. flabellifolia with more modest flowers, peeking out here and there:

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Re: South African Bulbs 2015
« Reply #265 on: November 17, 2015, 10:07:00 AM »
very nice YT

Rogan, lovely to see them in the wild, more please!
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Re: South African Bulbs 2015
« Reply #266 on: November 19, 2015, 02:15:46 PM »
Thanks, Mark!

Polyxena ensifolia (Syn. P. pygmaea)
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Re: South African Bulbs 2015
« Reply #267 on: November 19, 2015, 02:39:56 PM »
Beautifull display YT.

Wished I could grow such beauties here.
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Re: South African Bulbs 2015
« Reply #268 on: November 20, 2015, 06:40:51 AM »
I got this Ixia polystachya from Greg Boldiston at Longinomus Plants - he wasn't sure that it's correctly named, but the entry on the PBS site says it can be variable - though it doesn't match any of the pics there!
Any comments or suggestions?
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Re: South African Bulbs 2015
« Reply #269 on: November 20, 2015, 12:05:34 PM »
I got this Ixia polystachya from Greg Boldiston at Longinomus Plants - he wasn't sure that it's correctly named, but the entry on the PBS site says it can be variable - though it doesn't match any of the pics there!
Any comments or suggestions?
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I think it's within the accepted variation, isn't it?    Paul T. mentioned   some which sound very like it here : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=4639.msg119518#msg119518
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