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Anthony Darby

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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #330 on: August 17, 2009, 09:32:19 PM »
Quote from: Paul T on August 16, 2009, 07:58:02 AM
Howdy All,

A couple of South Africans that are flowering at the moment.....

The Lapierousia oreogena is the same one that I showed the first flowers on nearly a month ago.  This was taken about a week ago and there are even more of them now.  Pollinated when I can find pollen on them!!  ;D

Moraea macronyx is courtesy of Fermi.  An absolute stunner of a flower, positively glowing in white and gold.  Thanks Fermi!!  8)

Please click on the pic for a larger version.  If pics are too large, please let me know.
Those are beautiful Paul. If you get seed I'd love to try them?
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #331 on: August 17, 2009, 11:46:44 PM »
Anthony,

I would hope to get seed on the Lapierousia, but I only have one clone of the Moraea so have no idea whether it sets seed or not.  Fermi, do yours set seed?
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #332 on: August 18, 2009, 09:28:46 AM »
What a nice bulbinella Fermi, I must look into this family and see what else there is that I don't know about - Lots obviously :-\
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #333 on: August 23, 2009, 07:08:28 PM »
Hi all. Just at this time of the year in the Northern Hemisphere Eriospermum start blooming. I think it is a genus that should be deserved to be more in cultivation for a lot of reasons. It is easy to care for them (at least the 4-5 species available), they have a fine foliage, sometimes really strange as in E. dregei (I'll post later), the spikes are rich in very strongly scented flowers....
There is anyone that have this genus in cultivation to share experiences, and maybe seeds!

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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #334 on: August 24, 2009, 05:25:13 AM »
Quote from: Paul T on August 17, 2009, 11:46:44 PM
Anthony,

I would hope to get seed on the Lapierousia, but I only have one clone of the Moraea so have no idea whether it sets seed or not.  Fermi, do yours set seed?
Hi Paul,
Mine were raised from seed so I have more than one clone and do get seed if I get to pollinate them. I'm not sure if you got corms form more than one clone but I think they are self fertile but may need to be hand pollinated.
I had to bring a few pots of Romulea into work so that I could photograph them when they opened!
Here's the container:
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The fabulosa R. sabulosa
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R.flava, just open
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and after a bit more time,
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A yellow which came labelled as Lapeirousia! Any guesses as to what it might be? It has cruciform foliage (in cross-section)
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And the fantabulous R. hantamensis
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #335 on: August 24, 2009, 05:27:49 AM »
Fermi,

That last one is a cracker of a Romulea!!  :o  What striking markings.
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #336 on: August 24, 2009, 05:44:42 AM »
Fabulosa indeed Fermi, super looking flowers!
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #337 on: August 24, 2009, 06:45:38 AM »
Beautiful, Fermi ...
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #338 on: August 24, 2009, 06:59:02 AM »
Quote from: ranunculus on August 24, 2009, 06:45:38 AM
Beautiful, Fermi ...
I think you're rather striking, too, Cliff....Oh you mean the romuleas ;D
The R. sabulosa is from seed from NZAGS 2004, sown in 2005 and R. flava is from NZAGS 2005 sown in 2005, both flowering for the first time!
The R. hantamensis I showed last year as well and mentioned that it is diminishing at a great rate :'( This is the sole surviving corm from a potful I got in 2002 from Gordon Julian in Tasmania. I've had no luck from seed  - when it is set.

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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #339 on: August 24, 2009, 07:18:43 AM »
"Phantasmagorical" Romuleas Fermi!

I have managed to germinate seeds of R. hantamensis at last - it took three years! Whether I'll get them to flowering size is yet another matter...

I've yet to germinate R. sabulosa, but this year had success with R. unifolia, R. syringodeoflora and R. amoena - so the Romuleans are on the increase!
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #340 on: August 24, 2009, 08:22:56 AM »
Quote from: Rogan on August 24, 2009, 07:18:43 AM

I have managed to germinate seeds of R. hantamensis at last - it took three years! Whether I'll get them to flowering size is yet another matter...

I've yet to germinate R. sabulosa, but this year had success with R. unifolia, R. syringodeoflora and R. amoena - so the Romuleans are on the increase!
Any clues as to how you germinated the R hantamensis would be appreciated! I got the R. sabulosa from NZAGS in 2004, around September and kept them to sow in autumn (May 15 to be exact) 2005. Kept outdoors they germinated in the spring (I think).
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #341 on: August 24, 2009, 09:46:59 AM »
Fermi, I think your yellow Romulea is R. saldanhensis, a pic of mine is below for comparison.

Lovely R. hantamensis.
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #342 on: August 24, 2009, 11:34:46 AM »
I find all these Romuleas just gorgeous.
Sad to say when I read
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so the Romuleans are on the increase
.... I find myself singing about "klingons on the starboard bow...."
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #343 on: August 24, 2009, 11:40:29 AM »
".... scrape em off, Jim!!"  ;)

Should I admit I actually HAVE that single somewhere (or I used to), and that I have been to star trek conventions.... in costume!!  ::)
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #344 on: August 24, 2009, 11:57:36 AM »
"Any clues as to how you germinated the R hantamensis would be appreciated!"

No clues, I just kept them... and kept them... and kept them! The seed pot was dried off in summer and watered in winter - that's all. At some stage I thought I might try some "smoke water" (ala Kirstenbosch) but never got around to it.
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