South African Bulbs/Geophytes 2019

[Rob-Rah]

Hesperantha coccinea grows outdoors in the garden here in the UK and flowers well in late summer and autumn here. We have two colour variants, but the pink is marginally less vigorous.

[fermi de Sousa]

Not sure why this has taken so long to flower, though I may have missed it before this!
Galaxia (now Moraea) versicolor from Gordon Summerfield's seeds in 2010!
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

I think that this is Galaxia (Moraea) fugacissima. We saw it flowering on the roadside on the way to Bendigo recently.
We got some years ago from a native plant nursery! Actually the owner knew they were "interlopers" and allowed us to dig some up from the pathways. This one came up in another pot!
cheers
fermi

[PaulFlowers]

Lachenalia pygmea and pusilla

 

 

 

[Menai]

Fermi I hate to correct an expert like yourself but it is Bulbinella eburniflora. It really used to upset Pauline Perry with whom I worked at the end of her life. Eburnifolia doesn't make sense. The error started in somebody's seed list and keeps recurring.
Apologies

Erle in Anglesey

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi Erle,
no problems! I'm relying on my unreliable memory
I'll correct the entry
cheers
fermi

[Maggi Young]

The  Pacific Bulb Society  has  a  newly  updated  page - by  Bert  Zaalberg -  on  Massonia - see  it  here:
https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Massonia

[fermi de Sousa]

Fermi I hate to correct an expert like yourself ...

Erle,
I should have added that my favourite quote from friends who hated being called experts was that "x" is an unknown quantity and "a spurt" is just a drip under pressure! 

Here is a small colony of a moraea I originally got as Moraea aristata though I can't be sure that it's not a hybrid
cheers
fermi

[GordonT]

Fermi, hybrid or not, it is a stunning display... if only they withstood US Zone 6 winters!

[fermi de Sousa]

Fermi, hybrid or not, it is a stunning display... if only they withstood US Zone 6 winters!

Hi Gordon,
someone from South Africa on Instagram says it looks like the straight species.
I wish meconopsis would survive our climate
cheers
fermi

[GordonT]

Me too! The sole seedling I managed to produce from Meconopsis Lingholm seed, grew for two years, almost to flowering size, berfore turning black and perishing in our summer heat.

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi Gordon,
if they don't survive your summers!....
Here are a couple of very dark sparaxis.
The one with hardly any yellow in the centre is possibly what I think used to be called Strepanthera (twisted anthers)
cheers
fermi

[Maggi Young]

Here are a couple of very dark sparaxis.
The one with hardly any yellow in the centre is possibly what I think used to be called Strepanthera (twisted anthers)
cheers
fermi

   Oh my!  These  are  yummy! I love their  velvety  appearance.

[GordonT]

   Oh my!  These  are  yummy! I love their  velvety  appearance.

I definitely agree, Maggi, two of my favourite flavours combined: Wine and Chocolate!

[Maggi Young]

I definitely agree, Maggi, two of my favourite flavours combined: Wine and Chocolate!