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Re: South American bulbs 2018
« Reply #15 on: April 23, 2018, 04:27:10 PM »
Pasithea caerulea first bloom from seed started in feb 2016. In a pot.
Hi Rimmer,
ours is just coming out of its summer dormancy!
Oxalis lobata (syn O. perdicaria) has been flowering for over 2 months - here's a pic from February
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Re: South American bulbs 2018
« Reply #16 on: May 10, 2018, 02:45:58 AM »
Urceolina peruviana aka Stenomesson miniatum a few weeks ago.
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Re: South American bulbs 2018
« Reply #17 on: May 10, 2018, 02:50:51 AM »
Caliphruria korsakoffii blooms reliably from a small bulb.

The Caliphuria subedentata i have just makes offsets
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Re: South American bulbs 2018
« Reply #18 on: May 10, 2018, 02:59:01 AM »
Rimmer, very nice Tecophilaea but I think that is perhaps a hybrid - I don't think the true violacea has such a large white eye. Equally Tecophilaea cyanocrocus var. leichtlinii is sky blue - yours looks more violet so that may be a hybrid also. Hopefully I'll post some pictures in a few weeks.

We have very strong sun here in Kentucky compared to Michigan perhaps that has some impact on colouration.
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Re: South American bulbs 2018
« Reply #19 on: May 10, 2018, 05:30:01 PM »
Griffinia espiritensis and Caliphruria koraskoffii
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Re: South American bulbs 2018
« Reply #20 on: June 17, 2018, 02:40:09 AM »
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Re: South American bulbs 2018
« Reply #21 on: June 17, 2018, 02:41:51 AM »
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Re: South American bulbs 2018
« Reply #22 on: June 29, 2018, 01:02:34 AM »
Habranthus brachyandrus Cherry Pink.

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Re: South American bulbs 2018
« Reply #23 on: June 30, 2018, 12:37:02 PM »
A drawing by Gloria Rojas of Alstroemeria piperata - one of the new species described by John M. Watson, Ana R. Flores and Gloria Rojas  in this month's International Rock Gardener e-magazine  - download the issue -for free -  here:   http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2018Jun291530285795IRG_102_June_2018.pdf

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Re: South American bulbs 2018
« Reply #24 on: July 02, 2018, 12:04:37 PM »
Caliphruria korsakoffii blooms reliably from a small bulb.

The Caliphuria subedentata i have just makes offsets

Very nice plant Rimmer.
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Re: South American bulbs 2018
« Reply #25 on: July 28, 2018, 05:04:58 PM »
As the rain returns to Scotland - my tigridia vanhouteii has flowered!

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Re: South American bulbs 2018
« Reply #26 on: August 18, 2018, 06:27:00 PM »
Just re-potted a Tropaeolum azureum that I haven't done for a few years and was surprised at the size - I wasn't aware the tubers got this large. This one is 12 years old. Does anyone know if they get even larger with greater age?

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Re: South American bulbs 2018
« Reply #27 on: August 18, 2018, 10:15:16 PM »
That's about as large as the biggest we have, Paul. Magnificent, isn't it?  Ours have not gone beyond around 20 years before  fading, leaving  small tubers behind. We get regular seed  - not bigger tubers than that though.
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Re: South American bulbs 2018
« Reply #28 on: August 18, 2018, 11:18:20 PM »
Any advice on how to get azureum, hookerianum and others to break dormancy each year?

I often struggle to get my potted Tropaeolum to spring back into growth in the autumn but find that a few small tubers that have escaped into the sand plunge grow more reliably.
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Re: South American bulbs 2018
« Reply #29 on: August 19, 2018, 12:07:59 PM »
Give them a good watering on 1st September, Steve.
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