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Rimmer de Vries

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Re: South African Bulbs/Geophytes 2020
« Reply #90 on: April 09, 2020, 09:19:42 PM »
Thog ( Ornithogalum) from Ceres
« Last Edit: April 09, 2020, 09:26:47 PM by Maggi Young »
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Re: South African Bulbs/Geophytes 2020
« Reply #91 on: April 13, 2020, 02:47:43 AM »
Last of the season.

Lachenalia nervosa.

Sweetly scented as well.
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Re: South African Bulbs/Geophytes 2020
« Reply #92 on: April 14, 2020, 05:59:39 AM »
I do like my Freesias, but they are such leggy things, with leaves getting on for 90cm long which flop all over the place.

(Mine are just about finished now. See photo of a late one taken earlier this week.)

I am aware that dwarf varieties exist, but have failed to get hold of any. (See Leaflet)

Imagine my surprise yesterday, whilst queuing for bread at Lidl, when I spotted this little thing! Leaves about 30cm.. Sadly they had almost sold out so there was very little choice left.

I’m hoping that this is a genetically dwarf freesia rather than one that has been treated with chemicals!!!

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Re: South African Bulbs/Geophytes 2020
« Reply #93 on: April 14, 2020, 08:50:23 AM »
Lachenalia orchioides var. glaucina



Geissorhiza monanthos



Geissorhiza aspera



Veltheimia bracteata -the pot was too heavy to drag out of the greenhouse for an image.
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Re: South African Bulbs/Geophytes 2020
« Reply #94 on: April 15, 2020, 07:40:42 PM »
Really cracking images Steve.
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David Nicholson
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Re: South African Bulbs/Geophytes 2020
« Reply #95 on: April 15, 2020, 07:47:05 PM »
After a search through the Forum I think this is Moraea aristata but would welcome confirmation. The thing is I have never bought one and here it is in the garden? Maybe I used old seed compost as top dressing? 

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David Nicholson
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Re: South African Bulbs/Geophytes 2020
« Reply #96 on: April 16, 2020, 07:31:21 PM »
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Re: South African Bulbs/Geophytes 2020
« Reply #97 on: April 16, 2020, 07:32:08 PM »
Lachenalia nervosa fully open.
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Re: South African Bulbs/Geophytes 2020
« Reply #98 on: April 16, 2020, 07:35:10 PM »
Merwilla plumbea.
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Re: South African Bulbs/Geophytes 2020
« Reply #99 on: April 16, 2020, 08:15:38 PM »
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Re: South African Bulbs/Geophytes 2020
« Reply #100 on: April 27, 2020, 10:03:20 PM »
Babiana ?
This small red flowering plant came as Babiana rubrocyaea in a seed exchange.
It does not appear to be such.
https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Babiana
It has smooth non fuzzy leaves that all come out from the base together, not alternating like my other 8 Babianas
Does anyone know what this could be?
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Re: South African Bulbs/Geophytes 2020
« Reply #101 on: April 27, 2020, 10:32:47 PM »
Quote from: Rimmer de Vries on April 27, 2020, 10:03:20 PM
Babiana ?
This small red flowering plant came as Babiana rubrocyaea in a seed exchange.
It does not appear to be such.
https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Babiana
It has smooth non fuzzy leaves that all come out from the base together, not alternating like my other 8 Babianas
Does anyone know what this could be?
Freesia laxa (Anomatheca laxa)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freesia_laxa
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Re: South African Bulbs/Geophytes 2020
« Reply #102 on: April 27, 2020, 10:53:55 PM »
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Re: South African Bulbs/Geophytes 2020
« Reply #103 on: April 28, 2020, 11:49:49 AM »
Quote from: Gail on April 27, 2020, 10:32:47 PM
Freesia laxa (Anomatheca laxa)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freesia_laxa
A frequent imposter!
cheers
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Re: South African Bulbs/Geophytes 2020
« Reply #104 on: April 29, 2020, 10:36:31 PM »
Cyanella hyacinthoides from seed started in Nov 2013
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