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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #105 on: March 12, 2009, 11:09:05 AM »
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G. liliaceus (below) is also common in the area and has the intriguing habit of changing colour to a bluish-mauve in the evening and becoming scented!

 No...really??!! What fun!
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #106 on: March 12, 2009, 11:30:11 AM »
Rogan, WOW! Think that beats my bedroom windowsill! ;D
I would love to see SA when the spring flowers are in full 'flood', from the pics I have seen it looks like God dropped his palette of oils from a great height! Maybe one day......
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #107 on: March 12, 2009, 02:25:46 PM »
Hi Rogan:

             The same happens here in Argentina, it was surprising to find that F. grandiflora changed its growth pattern and remained so for years.

              Do you remember which other species grow in the damp pastures with G. tristis? This information is very important when one has to mix species with widely different requirements. I have compiled a small list of South African species that grow under moist/damp conditions but of course any addition to it is great.

              As I write this, a small lawn of Cyrtanthus contractus grows happily. Nothing can beat fresh seed!

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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #108 on: March 12, 2009, 07:35:45 PM »
Rogan's seed of the Cyrtanthus is well germinated here too, as is half of what he sent to me, in an Australian garden.
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #109 on: March 12, 2009, 10:53:15 PM »
As promised , some pics of Crossyne flava, now flowering,
The first pic was taken two days ago and the next few were taken yesterday evening.
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« Last Edit: March 13, 2009, 01:18:08 AM by fermides »
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #110 on: March 12, 2009, 11:42:01 PM »
Beautiful plant and picture! This plant and your garden are clearly from the other side of the world. Unlike any of the plants that will start blooming here in the next month. Thank you for showing it to us.
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #111 on: March 13, 2009, 01:31:22 AM »
Hi Robert,
I presume you meant the Crossyne, unless you were referring to the earlier pics of Gladdies :D I look forward to seeing what flowers in your area too.
I posted a pic of the first ever flower I got from this plant in mid-Feb last year but this year 2 more have come into bloom.
The Belladonna Lilies, Amaryllis belladonna (and hybrids with its close relatives) are also in flower,
The first pic is one of the hybrids I was given a score of years ago and the flowers darken as they age
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The second is a "local" hybrid which opens a dark carmine pink and stays that way,
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #112 on: March 13, 2009, 11:04:49 AM »
Hi Fermi- have you any idea how large the bulb of the Crossyne needs to be before it will flower? I have had one for a few years, it is in leaf just now, and it is about the size of a plum but hasn't flowered yet.
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #113 on: March 13, 2009, 12:26:31 PM »
Amazing Fermi!!! I just googled Crossyne, and i can clearly see the rivalry between the leaves and flowers in means of beauty! Does that plant sets seed?
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #114 on: March 13, 2009, 02:04:41 PM »
Great plants Fermi!

Another Gladiolus- G. equitans
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #115 on: March 13, 2009, 02:43:47 PM »
A wonderful flower Miriam !
How tall does the plant grow ??
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #116 on: March 13, 2009, 02:57:28 PM »
Luc, it's 35 cm tall.
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #117 on: March 13, 2009, 04:42:46 PM »
The exceptional frosts we have had this winter have killed three pots of bulbils of Babiana nana I had growing on, I have other winter growing South African species yet to check.
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #118 on: March 14, 2009, 10:27:06 PM »
The most tender are Cyrtanthi. Nerines on the other hand stand several degrees of frost indifferently.


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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #119 on: March 14, 2009, 10:49:57 PM »
Thanks Fermi for showing us Crossyne flowers - haven't seen them before. How fascinating.
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