South American bulbs 2018

[Steve Garvie]

Give them a good watering on 1st September, Steve.

Many thanks Maggi.
A deluge has been booked for 1st September.


I’m now a firm believer in the miracles a monsoon can bring.
I placed some Rhodophiala pots out in the rain last week, the response was swift.


Rhodophiala bifida


Rhodophiala bifida var. spathacea-??

[PaulFlowers]

Hard to
Spell but a pretty wee thing. the first flower came and went in one day.

ennealophus fimbriatus

[Maggi Young]

Hard to
Spell but a pretty wee thing. the first flower came and went in one day.

ennealophus fimbriatus

Great photos of the bud, too.

[fermi de Sousa]

Nearly 6 months ago Rimmer posted pics of his "Nothoscordum felipponei, syn. Ipheion sellowianum, syn. Tristagma sellowianum"  and ours are now in bloom
cheers
fermi

[Rimmer de Vries]

Big Yellow daffodil 
Paramongaia weberbaueri - winter, coastal form.
This plant seems to bloom every other year for me. And if it makes offsets it does not bloom that fall-winter. Luckily an offsets is on the opposiite bloom rotation.
Wife says it has a honeysuckel- jasmine smell.

[Gail]

Big Yellow daffodil

Very lovely Rimmer! What is the fragrance like?

[Maggi Young]

"Big yellow  daffodil"- this lovely plant is an Ismene, sometimes known as the "Peruvian daffodil"apologies, my mind was elsewhere!  ...... actually another  genus in the  Amaryllidaceae family - Paramongaia weberbaueri - now  beginners will be even more confused! 

[Karaba]

I've maybe not well understood Maggie but this is not an Ismene but still an other "Peruvian Daffodil" and still another genus in the Amaryllidaceae family...

Nice flower Rimmer, I'm a bit jalous    Does it set seeds ? (now that I have the big white peruvian Daffodil, thanks Hans, I'm looking for this one)

[Gail]

Big Yellow daffodil

Actually Paramongaia weberbaueri which was shown here; http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=15947.0
I suspect a lot of us have it on own 'most lusted after plants list'!

[Maggi Young]

Quite right, sorry for my silly mistake!  Correction made now!

[Gail]

Quite right, sorry for my silly mistake!  Correction made now!

Not a silly mistake at all - very easy to make, and actually the more I look at them the more I think I would like someone to take me through an 'idiot guide' to the differences between the genera...
https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Ismene

[Steve Garvie]

Here’s the big white daffodil.





Grown from seed sown in 2013. This is its first flowering. This year I put it outside in late May and brought it back indoors in late September -unfortunately the foliage was damaged somewhat by an autumn storm (strong winds and hail) but growing it “hard” seems to have encouraged flowering.
The late evening perfume from the flowers is glorious. -

[Karaba]

  I will have the same, I will soon have the same  (finger crossed)

[ArnoldT]

Phaedranassa dubia

First time flowering for me.

[Rimmer de Vries]

what do i do with this Clinanthus verigatus (apricot) that is 5-6 months early in my unheated garage.
It usually blooms in Late May for me. But missed blooming this past year, probably due to the early and proloned extreme heat from mid May to mid October.
 It is supposed to be going dormant now.

Bloom 30 Dec 2018