Bomerea edulis has been flowering since April.
I've sown it 3 times. It germinates, then grows quite quickly. But I had to work out how to get it through the winter and and in the end I think it is important not to separate the seedlings or disturb the roots (I've also tried Lapageria 3 times, but it never germinated).
finally, the 3rd time for Bomarea it succeeded (for the moment in pots, wintered out-of-freeze in the garage).
This plant is in its 3rd year. It started growing early in the season in February/March, when I installed it in front of a bay window in the living room. It started flowering in April!
i know it can be hardy, so i'm waiting until i have enough to test it in the ground.
by fertilising with a brush, i've managed to get 2 cm wide pods: they're already 2 months old and still green.
The flowers first produce anthers (blue-green stamens), then at the end of flowering when the stamens have dried out, finally a pistil. On each inflorescence, 2 or 3 flowers always seem to be delayed, but it's not easy to have the 2 stages synchronised and this almost never happens on the same inflorescence.
