South African Bulbs/Geophytes 2021

[ArnoldT]

Rudi:

What is your winter treatment for the Eucomis bicolor.  Mine always emerge late and barely flower.

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We are approaching peak season for South African geophytes I think!
Here's Hesperantha latifolia
cheers
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Bulbinella eburniflora
cheers
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Some seedlings of Babiana odorata popping up around the garden.
The first looks to be the straight species or close to it, the rest have been hybridized with B. pygmaea,
cheers
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Romulea flava
cheers
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Looking forward to the on-line launch of the "Saunders' Field Guide to Gladioli of South Africa" next week though it will be 3am here!
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__ZcyPCwgR3yzuMLM82zfcw
cheers
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[Maggi Young]

Looking forward to the on-line launch of the "Saunders' Field Guide to Gladioli of South Africa" next week though it will be 3am here!
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__ZcyPCwgR3yzuMLM82zfcw
cheers
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    That will be 5pm, 1700 hours here, I think.

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In appreciation of the new book here is Gladiolus gracilis, just open this morning,
cheers
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[Karaba]

Brunsvigia grandiflora, grown from seeds from SilverHill Seeds
After ~10 years, going bock from holidays, i had the good surprise to find two stalk push up from the ground.
From my three bulbs growing in a raised bed, one (left) has only leaves, the second (center) has only one stalk, and the last (right) has a stalk emerging with the leaves : this is diversity 

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Geissorhiza inequalis just beginning to open,
cheers
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[YT]

Brunsvigia elandsmontana on 07 Sep., a hand-pollinated seedling with its first flowers

[ashley]

Congratulations Tatsuo
Did you have a long wait, from germination to flowering?

[YT]

Thanks, Ashley!
I obtained a 2-year seedling in 2015 so it took 8 years from seed to flower.

[ashley]

Excellent!  I have only another few years to wait then, although you are probably a better grower than me

[YT]

Winter here is sunnier and drier than yours

Excellent!  I have only another few years to wait then, although you are probably a better grower than me