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Lesley Cox

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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #765 on: November 25, 2009, 09:29:46 PM »
I've seen the book Susan and yes, it's a beauty. It's size is a problem :D but even more, its price. I'm putting my life savings into troughs at present. ;D
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #766 on: November 25, 2009, 10:59:56 PM »
Quote from: Lesley Cox on November 25, 2009, 08:10:16 PM
Some time ago I asked for an ID for this little Glad species, on the SH page I think. No answers so I'll try it here. It hasn't flowered this year but it did, in October last year, so mid spring flowering, about 35cms in height.
Lesley, you might have a look at the PBS site, where about all Gladiolus from S.Africa are to see with pictures:
 
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Gladiolus
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #767 on: November 26, 2009, 12:15:49 AM »
Darren, Great pictures yet again of your Massonia. I do love the flower of your Stumaria 8). is this hard to flower ?
Angie :)
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #768 on: November 26, 2009, 12:59:25 AM »
Quote from: Lesley Cox on November 25, 2009, 09:29:46 PM
I've seen the book Susan and yes, it's a beauty. It's size is a problem :D but even more, its price. I'm putting my life savings into troughs at present. ;D
Aren't you worried someone will dig through the troughs to find it? ??? ;D
cheers
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #769 on: November 26, 2009, 07:11:19 AM »
Lachenalia season has begun on the windowsills. These ones ( L.bulbifera ) are originally seed grown from 'Silverhills' seed, they live up to their name and fill their tubs up with hundreds of small bulbils every year. A nice reliable display, last year there was snow in the backgronud when they were flowering, today, maybe 20c and I will be mowing the lawns, global warming??
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #770 on: November 26, 2009, 08:08:42 AM »
Hi Angie,

The strumaria flowers no problem and is very predictable in timing - as soon as Susan's workplace begins it's annual two-week summer shutdown I know to look at the top of the bulbs for the flower buds emerging. It is important not to give in to temptation to water it when it flowers, it should be kept dry until september like any other summer dormant bulb. The original bulb has clumped up but I've never split the clump as I feel it likes being crowded and underpotted.

 Strumaria are supposed to be 'occasionally self fertile' but in ten years (despite hand pollination) I have had seed set only once (2008) and that was a good crop. I have nothing else it could cross with and only have one clone so it must have selfed. Like most of these amarylids the seed starts to germinate immediately it is ripe so I collected and sowed the seed and now have about thirty or so little hairy seedlings.  2009 was almost back to normal though I did get one seed out of two hundred flowers!

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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #771 on: November 26, 2009, 07:54:17 PM »
Quote from: fermides on November 26, 2009, 12:59:25 AM
Quote from: Lesley Cox on November 25, 2009, 09:29:46 PM
I've seen the book Susan and yes, it's a beauty. It's size is a problem :D but even more, its price. I'm putting my life savings into troughs at present. ;D
Aren't you worried someone will dig through the troughs to find it? ??? ;D
cheers
fermi

Considering how much gardening goes on around here from the other member of the family, they're quite safe Fermi, though if Teddy decides to explore.....
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #772 on: November 26, 2009, 07:55:57 PM »
Thanks for the link Luit. I'll have a good look there. Have a meeting to go to now though.
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #773 on: November 26, 2009, 11:27:09 PM »
Thanks Darren for the information on Strumaria. Good luck with your hairy seedlings.
Angie :)
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #774 on: December 05, 2009, 11:45:59 AM »
here now some Massonia from my collection :

Massonia aff. echinata ( ex Silverhill )
Massonia pustulata ( now after many years from sowing has build a offset -in this year both same size - in next year I must divide )
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #775 on: December 05, 2009, 11:59:56 AM »
the next are strange plants .....

I have it bought in this year from a seller from USA with the name Massonia hirsuta Burdach 11182 .....
When start the leaves I was quiet dissapoint because the leaves had no hairs ( not like the plant which Paul from Wisley show )....
After writing to some people I found the information on the site from Terry Smale this this plants are Mass. jasminiflora ....
In this week gave me a nice plantfriend from SRGC the information about a work from Alison Summerfield ( now A. van der Merwe ) - there is a key for Massonia and it is written that Mass. hirsuta has only hairs on the bracts .....not on the leaves !..... this is the only Massonia with hairy bracts !!!
Now I have looked on my plant from Mass. hirsuta = it has hairy bracts !!!
So it seems I have a correct named plant .....

All is very confusing !!!

Here are the pics :
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #776 on: December 05, 2009, 01:08:33 PM »
Wonderfull plants and pics Hans !!!
This genus is so lovely... that I'm waiting whith great impatience flowers from my seedlings....
do they smell ?
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #777 on: December 05, 2009, 01:19:46 PM »
Fred ,

thank you  :)

Yes some of them smells wonderful - special M.jasminiflora !
this plants are really nice -they flowers when outside is so ugly wether -a real bonus !
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #778 on: December 05, 2009, 01:30:37 PM »
By the way, Hans,

do you grow Pancratium tenuifolium ?
If so, when does it start growing ??
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #779 on: December 05, 2009, 01:32:42 PM »
Fred  :'( :'( :'(

I would really like to grow it ....I search for it since long time  :-\

Do you know maybe a source ( exept PC ) ?
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