October 2024 in the Southern Hemisphere

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October is in full swing with many of the South African bulbs coming into bloom.
Here are a few things from the garden:
1 & 2) Pelargonium triste
3 & 4) Moraea villosa? or is it M. aristata?
5) a Sparaxis variety
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This bluebell has appeared in a bed away from all the other bluebells which are all the Spanish or the hybrids.
Could it possibly be the "true" British Bluebell with its drooping inflorescence?
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Some more October blooms:
1) a mauve DBI
2) Daviesia schwarzenegger (yes, named after Arnie!)
3) Epimedium wushanense
4) Scilla vicentina VH719 Portugal ex KV2017
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Still a few tulips in flower:
1) Double purple
2 & 3) Orange Parrot Tulip
4) Tulipa Yellow Crown
5) Single white
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Moraea tripetala is difficult to photograph due to its thinness and the breeze!
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[Maggi Young]

Moraea tripetala is difficult to photograph due to its thinness and the breeze!
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I used to have the same problem when I was younger- not an issue now I'm nearly hurricane-proof! 

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Geissorhiza radians - 1 stem over a week,
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Gagea (syn LLoydia) graeca
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Here are some more South African geophytes:
1) Lachenalia mathewsii
2) Babiana scariosa
3) Moraea marlothii
4) Moraea setifolia
5) Lapeirousia divaricata
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[ashley]

Very nice South Africans Fermi.
You grow them far better than me.

Gagea (syn LLoydia) graeca

Beautiful green/white combination.

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Very nice South Africans Fermi.
You grow them far better than me.

Thanks, Ashley,
A lot of Cape Bulbs are suited to our climate so mostly don't need any special attention.
Here are a few Pacific Coast Iris:
1)  PCI which might the one named 'Sahara Sunset' from Heidi Blyth
2)  purple seedling PCI
3) white seedling PCI (this might be from Diane W in Canada)
4) another of Heidi's PCI
5) Another one of Heidi's - maybe Sahara Sands but it may have been unnamed.
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[Jeffnz]

PCI's do well here, very hardy and now there is a huge range of colours and some with excellent flower shape well away from the more spikey species that they were derived from.

[MarcR]

Hi Fermi,

Your Geissorhiza radians is a really intense cobalt blue.  Mine are closer to royal blue.  I like yours better.

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Hi Fermi,
Your Geissorhiza radians is a really intense cobalt blue.  Mine are closer to royal blue.  I like yours better.

Hi Marc,
Thanks, the colour looks like a good representation on the pic - it is quite dark.
Here are a few more pics:
1 & 2) Leucocoryne ixioides
3 & 4) Ixia trifolia
5) Nothoscordum minarum
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