South African bulbose plants 2009

[Alessandro.marinello]

this with the exception of the others seems not appreciate the water

so it should be under cover away from a UK summer?
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Mark
creed can be a hostile atmosphere

[Lesley Cox]

That's a super Eucomis Brian, really nice foliage as well as flower, but then I like spotty things.

[johnw]

Eucomis vandermerwei just beginning to flower.

A real beauty Brian. It might just work in Lesley's dark garden.

johnw

[Lesley Cox]

I'll be looking for seed of it. I've just received an updated seedlist from Dawie Human, in South Africa.

[Brian Ellis]

Duly noted Lesley 

[Diane Clement]

A real beauty Brian. It might just work in Lesley's dark garden.  

Another dark Eucomis, but at the other end of the scale size-wise compared to E vandermerwei

Eucomis comosa "Sparkling Burgundy".  I won this in a raffle about 3 years ago (big pot of three large bulbs) but this is the first time I have had a flower.

[Gunilla]

Lovely spotty foliage on Eucomis vandermerwei .   I grow a dark Eucomis that looks very similar to yours Diane. If I don't remember wrong I think it was named 'Oakhurst'.    This is the second year in my garden but still no flowers  .   

[Brian Ellis]

Do not worry Gunilla, they will come, if not this year perhaps next year.

[Hans J]

here some pics from my Eucomis from today :

Eucomis pole -evansii ( the stem is now 83 cm high )
Eucomis hybrid ( from a nice german nursery  )
Eucomis autumnale ( with a wonderful fragrance after coconut )

Enjoy
 

[Brian Ellis]

Eucomis hybrid ( from a nice german nursery   )

Very nice pastel colour Hans, how tall does it grow?

[Hans J]

Hi Brian ,

my plant from this hybrid is 30 cm higth !

[Michael J Campbell]

I have a few small bulbs of Moraea aristata, If anyone is interested send me a PM. They grow well outside here but the flowers are much better under cold glass.

Here is a pic.

Moraea aristata

[mark smyth]

yes please

[Hristo]

Many thanks for the offer David, but I shall decline as I have a pot full of Albuca humilis and even if JCA 15856 is a different species they look the same! I have been thinking of trying to get seed from Silverhills of some of the orange/yellow flowered Ornithogalums!
Thanks again
Chris

[Paul T]

Gunilla,

Eucomis 'Oakhurst' has slightly paler foliage I think, and the flowers are definitely not as good a pink as 'Sparkling Burgundy'.  SB has one of the best pink flowerheads I have come across in the genus.... good, dense head of nice clean pale pink flowers.  Superior!!  Both do have good foliage though.  I have a couple of old purple-foliage varieties that I am not aware of having names.  One has pale pink flowers and the other has white.  Neither have as strong a foliage colour as Sparkling Burgundy', although the new foliage on my white flowered one is almost black when it first appears out of the ground..... it fades much quicker than SB though, unfortunately.