Bulbs from South Africa - 2010

[Michael J Campbell]

Two flowering here today,


1-2 Gladiolus flanaganii
3-4 Watsonia ? anyone put a name to this one.

[Maggi Young]

The Gladiolus flanaganii are a really great red, are they not?

[Paul T]

Very nice pics as always, Michael.  As Maggi says, they look to be a great red, don't they?

[bulborum]

Hello Michael

Did you try them in the garden
to look how hardy they are
They would be great in the garden

Roland

[Michael J Campbell]

Yes I have some in the garden but I always keep a pot in the greenhouse to be on the safe side. They are quite hardy
but don't like the winter wet.

[bulborum]

If you have some seeds left over
I would like to try them in Normandy
If you like I have later in the year
bulblets from the real G.byzantinus ssp byzantinus

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Two flowering here today,


1-2 Gladiolus flanaganii
3-4 Watsonia ? anyone put a name to this one.

 
No further comment needed I guess...

[arillady]

Like you Luc what further can I say. Great Gladiolus Michael - and the Watsonia too.

[Michael J Campbell]

Thanks folks.
That pink watsonia survived -12c out in the garden last winter,its orange/red companion died.

[ArnoldT]

Eucomis zambesiaca

[Lesley Cox]

How tall is your pink watsonia Michael? and does it make big clumps or OK in a pot? There are so many it's impossible to suggest a name from flowers alone. There are countless hybrids now, as well.

[Michael J Campbell]

Lesley,It is 120cm high and is planted out in the garden. I find that they don't like pots except for Laccata, an orange form only about 40cm high.

[Lesley Cox]

Ahhh... not one I can help with then. I have a few other small species which make nice potsful, although they can be grown outside. W. coccinea springs to mind.

[Alberto]

Hi all, I want to introduce 3 little know bulbous plants from S. Africa. Schizocarpus nervosus and Drimia uniflora (syn. Litanthus pusillus) in the Hyacinthaceae family and the recent described (2007) Prototulbaghia siebertii in the Amaryllidaceae, sensu lato. The last two are very tiny, just a few mm across.
Alberto

[bulborum]

Hello Alberto

Do you have also pictures from the whole plants like the first
never seen these plants before they look pretty

Roland