Romulea season 2010

[Ezeiza]

Cape Romuleas outdoors in Germany?

[K-D Keller]

Cape Romuleas outdoors in Germany?

Hello Ezeiza,

not outdoors. In the frostfree greenhouse (RSA summer in my greenhouse). Outside there was tonight -8 °C.

K-D

[David Nicholson]

Welcome K-D, you have some lovely Romuleas and they are way ahead of mine.

[fermi de Sousa]

Wow! Klaus-Dieter,
You are doing very nicely with those romulea! Welcome to the Forum.
What other South African bulbs do you grow?
cheers
fermi

[Ezeiza]

K-D., your plants look very fine and in character. That is a great accomplishment in your latitude.

[K-D Keller]

Thanks to all.

Fermi,

I grow a view more Romuleas; Lachenalias (2 years old seedlings); Morea; Gladiolus orchidiflorus or liliaceus; Crinum moori and bulbispernum; 3 Eucomis; Haemanthus coccineus, sanguineus, albiflos; Cyrtanthus obliquus; Nerine bowdenii; Veltheimia capensis, and a view more … .
No gems like Boophane, Daubenya or Massonia, … I´m sorry.


K-D

[BULBISSIME]

Oron, if you go to the mountains, you may be will see Romulea nivalis.

[Sinchets]

We were lucky enough yesterday to find a new locality for Romulea linaresii, a species which has only a few known sites in this area of Bulgaria. The habitat was Cistus scrub and the Romulea was growing through moss. The soil was moist, but will be dry in summer.

[Oron Peri]

Simon, have you noticed any variability in color?

Oron, if you go to the mountains, you may be will see Romulea nivalis.

Fred , it is still early for this one, here it flowers after snow melts on Mt. Hermon, above 1700m, usually  Mid March-April.

[Ragged Robin]

What a gem - the shape and colour is just lovely growing through the green

[Sinchets]

Simon, have you noticed any variability in color?

Oron, it was a small population with only 10 or so plants in flower in an area of 9m² (I found them by almost treading on them) and they were all the same colour.

[Oron Peri]

Thanks for the information Simon

[Darren]

I don't know if I should put this in here or on the South African thread but I noticed that a pot of seedlings of Romulea tetragona under the bench had produced a flower. This is a new species for me (and I should point out is an instance of correctly named Romulea seed). I picked the flower so I could photograph it in the sunshine so the pics dont show the distinctive winged leaves. I know this species has been posted before but I feel the reverse of the flower is, if anything, even more attractive.

[Maggi Young]

That's  a cracking flower, Darren....very pink ...... wonder if that could be bred into a crocus with that kind of feathering.....

[David Nicholson]

That is lovely Darren.