South African Bulbs/Geophytes 2017

[Paul Cumbleton]

Graeme, Yes there is a yellow form - it is often still seen under its old name of Oxalis lobata.

Daubenya zeyheri has been opening this week. It varies a little in the colour of its reproductive parts as can be seen in the picture below where I have put two different ones side by side. Also I really like the bold, if unusual, combination of colours with Lachenalia viridiflora backed with Oxalis versicolor shown in the other photo.

Paul

[ArnoldT]

Here's
Strumaria punctata
Lachenalia punctata
Lachenalia paucifolia ( formerly Polyxena)
Lachenalia 'Silver Hill' ( formerly Polyxena)

[angie]

Like the Strumaria punctata. Looks so pretty.

Angie 

[Rimmer de Vries]

Strumaria salteri

[David Nicholson]

Strumaria salteri

Lovely colour Rimmer

[Diane Whitehead]

Oh, that's pretty.

I'll have to grow that one.  My daughter-in-law's maiden name is Salter, so I'm trying to
grow namesake bulbs.  So far, I have only Lachenalia salteri.

[Paul Cumbleton]

Diane, You've probably done this already, but in case not I searched an online database for all plants (not just bulbs) that have the species name salteri and this is what it came up with:

Hammeria salteri, Lampranthus salteri, Mesembryanthemum salteri, Ruschia salteri, Bokkeveldia salteri, Strumaria salteri, Anthericum salteri, Corymbium salteri, Stoebe salteri, Heliophila salteri, Cyphia salteri, Anomalanthus salteri, Erica salteri, Drimia salteri, Lachenalia , alteri, Ornithogalum salteri, Urginea salteri, Babiana salteri, Gladiolus salteri, Aspalathus salteri, Urgineopsis salteri, Amphigena salteri, Dactylorhiza × salteri, Disa salteri, Orchis × salteri, Oxalis salteri, Muraltia salteri, Phylica salteri, Rubus salteri, Struthiola salteri

Cheers
Paul

[Rimmer de Vries]

Lachenalia viridiflora- always the first Lach to bloom here.  Some leaves are mottled, some are not.

[Rimmer de Vries]

Strumaria watermeyeri

[Diane Whitehead]

Amazing! So many plants named after Salter, whoever he was. I didn't do a thorough search - I just search for salteri whenever I order seeds from Silverhill.

I wonder who have had the most plants named for them?

[YT]

Lachenalia rubida ‘Red Leaf’ x self, a bunch of seedlings

[ashley]

Those are very striking Tatsuo
How long do they take from seed to flower under your conditions?

[YT]

Those are very striking Tatsuo
How long do they take from seed to flower under your conditions?

Thanks, Ashley
The seeds were sown in 2013 and some of the seedlings started to bloom in 2016.

[ashley]

Amazing! So many plants named after Salter, whoever he was.

Diane, in the Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists including plant collectors and botanical artists by R Desmond (Taylor & Francis, 1997; ISBN 9780850660890) I found this:



His botanical publications included The genus Oxalis in South Africa (1944) & the Flora of the Cape Peninsula (1950).

Other Salters listed are John William (1820-1869), Samuel James Augustus (1825-1897) & Thomas Bell (1814-1858), any/all of whom may have had plants named after them.

[Rimmer de Vries]

Daubenya stylosa from McMaster seed. First Daubenya to bloom for me this season