South African Bulbs/Geophytes 2020

[Maggi Young]

When re-potting the Babiana cedarbergensis I found a curiosity - some stems had little clusters of small cormlets developed below the surface of the potting mix
cheers
fermi

I do love  it  when plants  "show willing"  like  this  to increase their  number !

[ArnoldT]

Reported to make many small bulbs.

[Véronique Macrelle]

 Oxalis, Strumaria, Daubenya  ....  all these plants are absolutely amazing

[Rimmer de Vries]

I was lucky to receive 6 seeds of his Cyrthanis obliquus from Arnold.

Here is a progression of germination

11 Sept - start in water
28 Sept -bulbs forming in water
15 Oct. - 6 seedlings planted in perlite/ peat mix
18 Dec - 4 seedlings still alive

A beautiful flowering example of Cyrtanthus obliquus.

A gift from an old friend.

Found near Knysna to  the SE Cape coast.

Spends it's summer time outside on the ledge of the greenhouse.  Evergreen and replaces leaves one or two per season.

[ArnoldT]

Rimmer

Great going.

Hopefully you can keep them going.

I've found the Cyrtanthus a tough plant.

[aldo]

Veltheimia bracteata, yellow form