South African Bulbs 2016

[Gabriela]

I second Matt about the colour! Quite rare for other species as well.

[fermi de Sousa]

Thanks, everyone,
not that I can take any credit - all "bee-hybrids" as Alan McMurtrie calls them .
Most of the flowers have fallen now so I may not be able to differentiate between the different colours but I'll try to collect seed if anyone wants it (I did donate some to last year's Seedex but wasn't sure if anyone was interested) - just send me a PM,
cheers
fermi

[Rimmer de Vries]

Lachenalia viridiflora

[Gabriela]

Another turquoise beauty!

[Rimmer de Vries]

Clivia gardenii from Midlands, Natal.
A bit pale as i found in basement under dim lights.
3rd pic after a few days under brighter light.

[Maggi Young]

Great shot to show the shaping of the buds, Rimmer.

[ArnoldT]

This is Freesia caryophyllacea, I've had it labeled as Freesia Elimensis which doesn't seem to exist.

[ArnoldT]

Lachenalia punctata, pollinated by sunbirds.

[angie]

This is Freesia caryophyllacea, I've had it labeled as Freesia Elimensis which doesn't seem to exist.

Really beautiful Freesia.

Angie 

[YT]

Lachenalia ‘November Fantasia’

[Maggi Young]

Lachenalia ‘November Fantasia’

 Wow!

[Rimmer de Vries]

Wow!

Yes wow you still have green leaves on the trees.
Heading into the deep freeze here

[Maggi Young]

Brrrr!  Too cold, Rimmer! 

[johnw]

Could this possibly be a seedling of Romulea sabulosa?  As you can see I sowed the SRGC seed last February.  I kept the pot in a plastic bag under lights at 17c for a month or so then moved it to a very warm greenhouse which got to over 40c every day until October.  Occasionally the pot got watered but it was severely neglected as I had given up hope.  Today I noticed this sole germinated seedling.  What makes me very suspicious is that minute round green thing hiding in the gravel.

If it is sabulosa I expect it will be quite a challenge to grow on.

john

[fermi de Sousa]

Pelargonium curviandrum - in flower after the foliage has died down (no, I don;t keep it in a tray of water at this time of year - it was just a convenient place to take the pics!)
cheers
fermi