South African Bulbs 2016

[François Lambert]

Francois:

Do the leaf margins have an fine serrations.

hello Arnold, the edges of the leaves are perfectly smooth.  There is however some variation in the flowers, some are a bit more green, and the density of the flowers also differs as can be seen on the group shot

[François Lambert]

hello Arnold, the edges of the leaves are perfectly smooth.  There is however some variation in the flowers, some are a bit more green, and the density of the flowers also differs as can be seen on the group shot

Arnold,

I check the leaves of my plants this morning and the borders seem to be not perfectly smooth.  Not sure is what I see is what you call fine serrations, but it's so small that untill now it had never cought my attention.

[todoplant]

Drimiopsis davidsoniae.

[todoplant]

Ledebouria galpinii

[todoplant]

Drimiopsis Campersrus.

[todoplant]

Ledebouria?

[todoplant]

Drimiopsis botryoides.

[ArnoldT]

Todo:

Looks like a match.

Ledebouria 'Huntsdrift'

[ArnoldT]

whole plant.

Ledebouria 'Huntsdrift'

[fermi de Sousa]

This pot of seed raised Hesperantha latifolia seems to have one which might be a hybrid!
Maybe crossed with H. humilis or H. pauciflora which we also have, though H.humilis is usually finished by the time H. latifolia comes into bloom,
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Gladiolus watermeyeri grown from NZAGS Seedex 2011; discovered that it's violet-scented but only during the day;
Gladiolus gracilis grown from seed from Gordon Summerfield;
Lachenalia concordiana from seed from Silverhill Seeds;
Babiana pygmaea;
Geissorhiza (maybe) aspera inequalis grown from seed as G.inflexa;
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

At the recent Leongatha 60th Daffodil and Floral Show http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=14607.msg363392#new there were some astounding displays of Lachenalia aloides
cheers
fermi

[todoplant]

whole plant.

Ledebouria 'Huntsdrift'

ARNOLDT Thanks for your help.

[todoplant]

Gladiolus watermeyeri grown from NZAGS Seedex 2011; discovered that it's violet-scented but only during the day;
Gladiolus gracilis grown from seed from Gordon Summerfield;
Lachenalia concordiana from seed from Silverhill Seeds;
Babiana pygmaea;
Geissorhiza (maybe) aspera grown from seed as G.inflexa;
cheers
fermi

Good night Fermi.
I have a question with growing gadiolus watermeyeri.
I tried last year but almost all cultivation died and failed to flourish.
I could give any advice crop.
Greetings.

[fermi de Sousa]

Good night Fermi.
I have a question with growing gadiolus watermeyeri.
I tried last year but almost all cultivation died and failed to flourish.
I could give any advice crop.
Greetings.

Hello John,
I can't say that I have done anything special for this Gladiolus. I sow all South African winter-growing species in late summer/autumn and leave the seed-pots outside to get rain on them. I store the germinated pots under cover during the summer to keep them dry while the bulbs are dormant.
When growth resumes in autumn the pots are soaked to make sure they have adequate moisture. A lot of these gladiolus are kept in trays of water while they are growing but I didn't do that with this one.
Good luck with yours,
cheers
fermi