South American Bulbs 2019

[Maggi Young]

Eucrosia aurantiaca (>1meter tall) and Eucrosia mirabilis (small).

My word, now there's a  contrast!

[PaulFlowers]

Ive grown this from seed as tigridia dugesii but it doesn’t match the internet pics. It’s quite different from T.Vanhoutii which is also flowering and even smells differently (thankfully!)

Does anyone recognise it?

[PaulFlowers]

After a lot of help from a lot of people- I have the right I.D.= Tigridia hallbergii subsp. lloydii

Another pot of species tigridia has bloomed; red pavona(!).....three years to grow them too. I think there’s something so against the odds about the one that isn’t.

I know Mexico isn’t South America but couldn’t find a better place.

[PaulFlowers]

Tigridia orthantha- a cloud forest tigridia. I think it loves the endless rain.

[PaulFlowers]

another iridacae - Ennealophus fimbriatus - from Argentina ......

[PaulFlowers]

This has taken years from seed; I think it’s supposed to be a winter grower too.

Herbertia puchella.

[fermi de Sousa]

Well done,Paul,
I'm waiting on some seedlings I've grown from Seedex seed to see if they are Herbertia pulchella or just H. lahue which has turned up previously!
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Thanks to Jon B (Mini-bulb lover) I've once again got Tecophilea cyanocrocus in flower!
I once grew it from seed from Diane Clement and got it to flower and set seed before it died (2 seedlings appear to still be alive).
I got a flowering sized bulb from Jon recently - he said it would have 3 flowers and it has!
cheers
fermi

[PaulFlowers]

Trimezia steyermarkii

[fermi de Sousa]

Leucocoryne ixioides from seed from NARGS Seedex 2009 (collected in Chile) - first flowered a few years ago.
The first two pics were taken a few days before the last 3
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Zoellnerallium andinum grown from seed from SRGC Seedex 2015 sown 21-05-16; first seedling 30-07-2016
cheers
fermi

[Diane Whitehead]

I just received seeds from Rareplants.eu, in the Canary Islands - four Leucocorynes, and two Alstroemerias, including the gorgeous one I saw on the beach in Chile - A pelegrina.

One of the Leucocorynes, L alliacea, is a hardy one that I want to cross with some of the tender ones.  I've tried to order it from Chileflora for a number of years, but they are always out of it.

Well, the reason they are out of a number of species I want seems to be that they sell their seeds wholesale to other seed companies. Too bad I didn't find this out a few years ago.

Diane

[Rimmer de Vries]

Clinanthus variegatus, the apricot form from Telos.  blooming in November- December.  this used to bloom in May in Michigan - 500 miles to the north but here it blooms in late fall after it is brought inside garage for the winter (2 years running now).