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Darren

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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #540 on: October 27, 2009, 06:04:10 PM »
Lesley - thanks for the pointer, I'm off to look at the Southern Hemisphere page!  I just can't keep up with all the postings these days and , er, tend to lose the thread...

Actually Lesley, yours is a good question about colour variation in Polyxena ensifolia - the picture Rogan posted looks like the flowers are slightly pink, which is new to me. Perhaps Rogan can comment on this?

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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #541 on: October 27, 2009, 06:16:08 PM »
Thank you for your nice comments  ;)

Hans  8)
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #542 on: October 27, 2009, 07:35:26 PM »
Hans, I assume your lovely Massonias are grown under glass? Even M. depressa is proving marginally hardy here outside.
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #543 on: October 27, 2009, 07:39:07 PM »
My recently purchased Babiana ringens hasn't flowered and won't this year even though it's quite a big clump so I'm wondering if I should plant it deep too. Any thoughts among the Forumists who grow it? And I'm also wondering if it will be hardy here with winter temps down to maybe -8 if we're unlucky. I really want it to flower to see if the bellbirds and tuis use the perch to sip nectar.
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #544 on: October 27, 2009, 07:57:01 PM »
Lesley

Yes shure they under glass - we have here in winter to cold and wet for those plants outside.
In my greenhouse is in winter a minimum temperatur of 5° C .
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #545 on: October 27, 2009, 08:17:06 PM »
Hans, really amazing your Massonia. Nice pictures too.

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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #546 on: October 27, 2009, 08:52:11 PM »
Quote from: Hans J on October 27, 2009, 02:04:33 PM
Today some pics from my flowering Massonia  :D

M.pygmea ssp. Kamiesbergensis
M.pygmea ex Kamiesberg 1
M.pygmea ex Kamiesberg 2

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beutiful, in particular M. Pygmaea ex Kamiesberg
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #547 on: October 27, 2009, 09:05:57 PM »
Thank you Alberto and Alessandro  :D
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #548 on: October 27, 2009, 09:57:48 PM »
Hans,

The Massonia pymaea are so cute.  Are they as small as they look to be?  Love the combination of the furry pustulated leaves.  Very, very nice!  Thanks for showing us. 8)
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #549 on: October 28, 2009, 06:44:15 AM »
Darren said: "Actually Lesley, yours is a good question about colour variation in Polyxena ensifolia - the picture Rogan posted looks like the flowers are slightly pink, which is new to me. Perhaps Rogan can comment on this?"

The plants in the habitat I found near Port Beaufort had a wide, but subtle colour variation from pure white and soft pink to a pastel violet.

Hans, your M.pygmea ssp. kamiesbergensis plants are fantastic - are they strongly scented? I do grow M.pygmea, but they aren't nearly as 'hairy' as yours.

Darren, Lachenalia pusilla has to be one of my favorite bulbs and I tend to grow far too many of them - I just love the leaf variations and the coconut-scented flowers. Your pictures really do them justice.

Now that our winter is over I can't wait for the next one to start so I can enjoy all the winter-growing bulbs again - some of us really do have a problem don't we?   ::) ;D
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #550 on: October 28, 2009, 08:01:16 AM »
Rogan,
I hate our British winters and my only compensation for the approach of autumn is the 'second spring' of the bulbs & Conophytum coming to life after the summer! Oh - and the SRGC Discussion Weekend of course!



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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #551 on: October 28, 2009, 08:54:44 AM »
Hans J

Love the Massonia pictures 8), hope one day I will have flowers too that I can admire, thanks for sharing Hans.

Darren I to cant keep up with all these threads, there is so much subjects and links to look at sometimes I get a bit lost.

Thanks everyone
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #552 on: October 28, 2009, 11:08:53 AM »
Quote from: Darren on October 28, 2009, 08:01:16 AM
Rogan,
I hate our British winters and my only compensation for the approach of autumn is the 'second spring' of the bulbs & Conophytum coming to life after the summer! Oh - and the SRGC Discussion Weekend of course!

Darren - How do you keep the Conophytums true to form at your latitude?  We cvouldn't do it here at 44 degrees. They are beauties.

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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #553 on: October 28, 2009, 12:06:27 PM »
Quote from: Paul T on October 27, 2009, 09:57:48 PM
Hans,

The Massonia pymaea are so cute.  Are they as small as they look to be?  Love the combination of the furry pustulated leaves.  Very, very nice!  Thanks for showing us. 8)

Paul ,

yes they are really small ;D

M.pygmea ssp. Kamiesbergensis has 2,0 cm from leaf base to leaf point
M.pygmea ex Kamiesberg  has 2,5 cm from leaf base to leaf point

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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #554 on: October 28, 2009, 12:10:32 PM »
Thank you Angie and Rogan  ;D

Yes -they are stong scentet  :)

...and shure I have pollinate this plant ....
In last year I had the first flowers on this plants and I could also produce some seeds ...they are just germinating 8)

Hans
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