South African Bulbs/Geophytes 2019

[Rimmer de Vries]

Not in the correct topoc but i dont know of many plants from Eritrea so i post it here with other geophytic pelargoniums

Prlargonium quinquelobatum from Eritrea. A summer bloomer that prefers the cooler spring here   
Flowers takes on several colours depending on sun -temp now a mauve colour though the photo shows pink

[YT]

Lovely pelargonium, Rimmer

[YT]

Romulea subfistulosa from Silverhill Seeds

[Gail]

Lovely to see the backs of the petals - really interesting markings.

[ArnoldT]

Couldn't find a recent Clivia thread and this qualifies as South African.

Clivia "Vico Yellow" with history by good friend Jim Shields.

http://www.shieldsgardens.com/amaryllids/CliviaVicoYellow.html

[jshields]

I'll follow up the Clivia theme:  This is the late David Conway's 'Eduardo del Carmen' which was named after one of his female ancestors.  It is not always this nice when (and if) it blooms in my greenhouse.  This year it is exceptional.

Jim

[Maggi Young]

South African flower  growers -  can you suggest  a book that will help "grenadier" in a search for a book with great  Zantedeschia information?
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=17050.0

[Rimmer de Vries]

Albuca sp. Plettenberg Bay

[Rimmer de Vries]

Albuca polyphylla-Uniondale

[Rimmer de Vries]

Nicipe (ornithogalum) juncifolium

[ArnoldT]

Maggi:

I'm not aware of a book just on Callas.

Here's a list from the Aroid group.

http://www.aroid.org/literature/

[Maggi Young]

Thanks, Arnold!

[Rob-Rah]

Moreaea villosa (but the flowers never seem to open flat for me this year - maybe the lack of sunshine: we have sun finally forecast for a few days so will re-photo if they do better)!



And this Geissorhiza inflexa - the colour is better in real life. Such a deep blood-red:

[PaulFlowers]

From seed to flower within one season; it’s tiny but lovely-freesia verrucosa

[ArnoldT]

Lachenalia lilliflora and an unknown