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Re: South African bulbose plants 2008
« Reply #75 on: October 25, 2008, 10:39:20 AM »
Gethyllis is one of my favorite Amarylidaceae members!I love this plant \though the fact that I still do not grow It\ and this is just amazing!The leaves are very strange and interesting.Very nice photo, BULBISSIME.


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Re: South African bulbose plants 2008
« Reply #76 on: October 25, 2008, 11:07:06 AM »
Fred,

Perfect photo!!  Captures everything beautifully.  And OH those leaves!!!  :o  Wow!!  Only other place I think I've seen it is here in the forums once before.  Absolute beauty!! 8)
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2008
« Reply #77 on: October 25, 2008, 12:23:06 PM »
What a gem ... and what a photograph!  Congratulations on both.
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2008
« Reply #78 on: October 25, 2008, 01:00:25 PM »
You've done justice to your superb plant, Fred.  What a sparkling photo.  Wow!!!
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Chris Boulby
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2008
« Reply #79 on: October 25, 2008, 05:09:14 PM »
Than'ks to everybody  ;D
I grow it in the greenhouse, with summer dormancy and nothing special else.
What is amzing is that the flower emerges very very quickly : only one or two days !
Here is a picture of the leaves only, few weeks ago, very nice leaves !

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Re: South African bulbose plants 2008
« Reply #80 on: October 25, 2008, 07:16:03 PM »
It's just amazing! Do You fertilize it?
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2008
« Reply #81 on: October 25, 2008, 07:50:07 PM »
Yes, just a little bit mainly with potassium.
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2008
« Reply #82 on: October 25, 2008, 08:25:19 PM »
The foliage looks rather like a sculpture of metal shavings stained green. Wonderful!
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2008
« Reply #83 on: October 25, 2008, 10:51:59 PM »
My thought too David, Beautifully wrought iron, powder-coated! What a stunning plant. THanks so much for this introduction.
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2008
« Reply #84 on: October 26, 2008, 03:48:37 AM »
Fred,

Again, Wow!!  I have a couple of "spiralis" type plants with curled leaves, but that one of yours really is something.  I wonder if Silverhill sell seed of it?  Well worth looking for it, that is for sure.  Thanks for the pics.
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2008
« Reply #85 on: October 27, 2008, 07:55:48 AM »
Fred,
lovely to see the Gethyllis! I'm jealous!
Here are some South Africans, making themselves at home in Victoria; nothing as fabulous as gethyllis, but a nice range of ixias, the wandflowers or cornlilies.
The tall and willowy blue "Teal"
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One I received as I. monodelpha, but it lacks the central eye as shown in "The Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs"
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And the small but startling I. rouxii, just starting so not at its best yet.
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Paul,
this is what I have as I. curta
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This is a mystery lachenalia which found its way into a pot of Habranthus seedlings but seemed a bit odd due to its channeled leaves. What is it? A form of L. contaminata or L. bachmannii??
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Anyone with any suggestions?
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2008
« Reply #86 on: October 27, 2008, 09:13:45 AM »
Fermi,
Your blue Ixia is splendid !
and no idea about lachenalia..... :-[
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2008
« Reply #87 on: October 27, 2008, 09:34:13 PM »
Can someone identify this little Gladiolus for me please? I grew it from seed as an Ixia species and the leaves are very fine and ixia-like. It isn't G. carmineus.

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Lesley Cox - near Dunedin, lower east coast, South Island of New Zealand - Zone 9

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Re: South African bulbose plants 2008
« Reply #88 on: October 27, 2008, 10:35:04 PM »
Hi Lesley,
why are you certain it isn't G. carmineus ?
it really looks like it !!!
I have no other idea  >:(
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2008
« Reply #89 on: October 28, 2008, 02:44:08 AM »
Well, I suppose it DOES look like it, though the shape is somewhat different. My G. carmineus flowers April-June (autumn here), up to 6 months ago. The leaves are very narrow, compared to my G. carmineus too.
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