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Michael J Campbell

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Bulbs flowering April 2008
« on: April 05, 2008, 08:36:44 PM »
Not sure where to post these. Maggi, move them if they are out of place.

Romulea citrina.
Romulea bulbocodium.
Moraea aristata.
Sparaxis
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Re: Bulbs flowering April 2008
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2008, 08:53:37 PM »
Super pix, Michael, and good right here!
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Re: Bulbs flowering April 2008
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2008, 11:27:48 PM »
Michael,
super romuleas. :o
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Re: Bulbs flowering April 2008
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2008, 03:58:30 PM »
Michael
I continue to be amazed and delighted at the number of genus you grow - and grow so well.  How do you do it - assume your garden is several acres and you have numerous greenhouses.   ;D ;) ;D
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Re: Bulbs flowering April 2008
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2008, 04:18:05 PM »
That Moraea is stunning!
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Re: Bulbs flowering April 2008
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2008, 06:02:45 PM »
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assume your garden is several acres and you have numerous greenhouses.
Arthur, would you believe I live in town and have a small garden 25m x 18m and I have two 12 x 8ft greenhouses,but I make the best use of all the space available.
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Re: Bulbs flowering April 2008
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2008, 06:07:02 PM »
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assume your garden is several acres and you have numerous greenhouses.
Arthur, ....but I make the best use of all the space available.

Michael

You most certainly do.  Something for me to aspire to.
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Re: Bulbs flowering April 2008
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2008, 06:12:48 PM »
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I make the best use of all the space available.
Good grief, Michael, that must be the understatement of the century! You make AMAZING use of the space available. Hats off to you!!  8)
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Re: Bulbs flowering April 2008
« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2008, 07:15:07 PM »
Beautiful romuleas Micheal.  Your bulbocodium look very happy outside; I must release some of mine too.  That citrina is particularly nice.

These began flowering today, 15 months from SRGC seed  8)   Although they came as requienii, flower size is only 8-10 mm, tepals pointed and colour wrong.  Leaves are reddish at the base and the flower stem is about 10 cm - are they columnae perhaps?
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Re: Bulbs flowering April 2008
« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2008, 08:06:58 PM »
Ashley, I think you your romulea could be this one.
Romulea cruciata var. australis
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Re: Bulbs flowering April 2008
« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2008, 11:19:45 AM »
Thanks Michael; yes it matches your picture all right.  But I don't know about cruciata (http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/SouthAfricanRomuleas#cruciata), and the columnae shown (http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/EuropeanAndMediterraneanRomuleas#columnae) has little or no stem, unlike mine (or yours?).
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Re: Bulbs flowering April 2008
« Reply #11 on: April 11, 2008, 07:36:45 PM »
Veltheimia bracteata flowering in the alpine house.
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Re: Bulbs flowering April 2008
« Reply #12 on: April 11, 2008, 11:27:32 PM »
Michael,

Great to see the Velts.  Our strange summer has started them off very early out of their summer dormancy (in fact the mature seedlings in my shadehouse didn't even go dormant this year).  I have buds way down in the middle on one of my seedlings from a yellow flowered variety.  This was seed a few years ago from the US and they are supposed to be true.  i am so looking forward to seeing a yellow one in the flesh!!  There are 11 surviving seedlings so I figure there is a good chance that at least one of them will be yellow!!  ;D I also have other mixed colour and bicolour seedlings so hopefully there will be other flowerings this year of "non-pink" varieties!!  Your pic reminded me of what is to come.  8)
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Re: Bulbs flowering April 2008
« Reply #13 on: April 12, 2008, 07:54:27 PM »
A few in bloom today.

Allium Zebdanense.
Anomatheca salmon pink= Freesia laxa
Anomatheca red hyb=  Freesia laxa
Anomatheca= Freesia laxa subsp. azurea
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Re: Bulbs flowering April 2008
« Reply #14 on: April 12, 2008, 09:04:53 PM »
Michael,
your Freesia have beautiful colors 8)

This week my Hippeastrum is in flower.
Total 11 flower stems.
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