Ornithogalum gifbergense

[mark smyth]

On August 23rd I got Ornithogalum gifbergense. It was already flowering. Three months later it is still flowering. A bulb well worth a spot in a plunge

[Maggi Young]

Can't say I have heard of it 

[mark smyth]

Maggi I showed photos but I cant find them on the forum. I'll repost here.

[mark smyth]

as promised

[Paul T]

Wow, what a cute little thing.  Very nice, particularly if it flowers for so long.  Some of them, like O. dubium for example, can go on for months and months, while others are more or less one shot wonders.  I'll have to look out for seed of that one Mark, given it is also a small one and that always has appeal as well. 

[fermi de Sousa]

Wow, what a cute little thing.  ... I'll have to look out for seed of that one Mark, given it is also a small one and that always has appeal as well. 

Sadly, not on ICON
Anyone want to do a WRA?
cheers
fermi

[Paul T]

Bummer, Fermi.  At the "ooh I'd like that" stage I don't check ICON I must admit.  If there were a chance of actual seed I would, but I rarely think of it when just looking at the pretty pics. 

[mark smyth]

I'll go out and look for seeds

[LucS]

On August 23rd I got Ornithogalum giftsbergensis. It was already flowering. Three months later it is still flowering. A bulb well worth a spot in a plunge

If i am right Marc found this little one at the Mid Anglia Group bulb sale last August.
Ornithogalum giftbergensis comes from the Giftberg in South Africa.
It grows about 10-15 cm high and flowers over a period of 5-6 months (with me that is).
Seedset is rare, but it makes offsets slowly.

[mark smyth]

Hi Luc you are correct and yes no seed is set

[fermi de Sousa]

Wow, what a cute little thing.  ... I'll have to look out for seed of that one Mark, given it is also a small one and that always has appeal as well. 

Sadly, not on ICON
Anyone want to do a WRA?
cheers
fermi

WRA = Weed Risk Assessment; an 8 page form to complete to try to get a "new" taxon added to the "allowed" list for Australia.
Maybe it has a synonym which is allowed?
cheers
fermi

[Lesley Cox]

WRA = Weed Risk Assessment; an 8 page form to complete to try to get a "new" taxon added to the "allowed" list for Australia.

So you are allowed to do you own weed risk assessments? ERMA does all that here and it's for environmental risk of any kind, not just weed potential. All costs, including the application itself, and the steps taken in the assessment, are down to the applicant. Minimum of $1500 per species at the present time.

[Maggi Young]

Nah, Lesley, I think he's just kidding us, by asking if WE want to pay for the WRA !


 I can't find a synonym for  Ornthithogalum giftbergensis.... probably because so far I cannot find a reference to that name, never mind another!  

[mark smyth]

I just Googled it also and found nothing

[Maggi Young]

I just Googled it also and found nothing

 IPNI, Kew, RHS, google..... not a whisper..... help, anyone??