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PeterT

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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #330 on: October 02, 2010, 08:18:04 AM »
I don't know its name Fred,  ??? but I think it took the black t shirt from an Iris  :P It looks lovely though  :D
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #331 on: October 07, 2010, 05:53:45 PM »
The SA winter season is starting on the windowsills  ;)
Empodium plicatum
Polyxena longituba
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #332 on: October 07, 2010, 06:47:09 PM »
Both ahead of mine Chris. What is the hairy leaf in the Empodium pot? Lachenalia trichophylla? or Massonia pygmaea perhaps? Looks nice anyway.
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #333 on: October 07, 2010, 07:29:53 PM »
Nice Chris.
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #334 on: October 07, 2010, 08:25:35 PM »
Very nice Chris,
A couple of Polyexenas here too, will try to put up pictures, they have been completly frost hardy with me. potted my first Empodium this automne, Rannveig Wallis  told me that theirs is cold hardy under glass, she recieved it as E namaquensis but has another name for it now, I'll try to remember and post it.
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #335 on: October 08, 2010, 03:57:56 AM »
Chris,
I'm always amazed at what you get to flower on your windowsills!

Some more from our garden,
Gladiolus tristis, powerfully scented in the evening and if you pick it then it stays scented in a vase,
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Hesperantha bachmannii, very pleasant but can spread a bit!
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cheers
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #336 on: October 08, 2010, 06:04:22 AM »
Fermi,
I like the Hesperanthas, I am trying to use 'spreaders' in my pots to 'pump' the water out!! ;)
Darren, yes indeed that is L.trichophylla, I've been enjoying watching it 'unfurl'.
Peter, the Empodium is a first timer for me and I'm struck by the floral similarity with Gagea.
David, your Missus would love it here, 5 of the South and South West facing windowsills now
have a temporary shelf fitted half way up the height of the window to receive extra pots!
Most 2yr old species are now community potted with 3 to 6 species per pot, roomies determined
by habit and bulb style so I can split them up again when they are dormant! ;) :D
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #337 on: October 08, 2010, 09:22:48 AM »
Quote from: fermides on October 08, 2010, 03:57:56 AM
powerfully scented in the evening and if you pick it then it stays scented in a vase,

Funny I never thought of picking them Fermi, I shall look forward to next spring with added interest and will pick a bunch in due course ;)
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #338 on: October 08, 2010, 09:38:03 AM »
Quote from: Hristo on October 08, 2010, 06:04:22 AM
.........David, your Missus would love it here, 5 of the South and South West facing windowsills now
have a temporary shelf fitted half way up the height of the window to receive extra pots!
Most 2yr old species are now community potted with 3 to 6 species per pot, roomies determined
by habit and bulb style so I can split them up again when they are dormant! ;) :D

Chris, she'd only say "how are you going to manage to clean the windows" :P  (in the absence of an emoticon to show a hangdog expression!!)
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #339 on: October 08, 2010, 10:48:18 AM »
Sadly my own attempt to grow Lachenalia trichophylla was a total failure :(

I know Alberto (Ezeiza) grows his cape bulbs in pots of mixed species as you do Chris and I'm coming round to this idea too.
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #340 on: October 08, 2010, 01:37:48 PM »
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Give me  a minute.... I know I should recognise the words.... I just have to grasp the concept  of the thing............. ::) :-\ :-X
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 Nah, sorry, not something I really comprehend.  Any window washing here tends to be done outside..... by the  :-Xrain.
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #341 on: October 08, 2010, 04:41:58 PM »
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"how are you going to manage to clean the windows"
Give me  a minute.... I know I should recognise the words.... I just have to grasp the concept  of the thing............. ::) :-\ :-X
>Nah, sorry, not something I really comprehend.  Any window washing here tends to be done outside..... by the  :-Xrain.
One of the advantages of living in Portugal is being able to afford a (daily) window (and other things) washer. At the moment the rain is heavy enough to wash my windows and my car and almost to wash the car away!!! And to water the bulbs on my covered. but not enclosed, balcony.

Fermi, I absolutely adore your Gladiolus tristis. Definitely added to my wants list.

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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #342 on: October 08, 2010, 06:58:53 PM »
Quote from: Maggi Young on October 08, 2010, 01:37:48 PM
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"how are you going to manage to clean the windows"

Give me  a minute.... I know I should recognise the words.... I just have to grasp the concept  of the thing............. ::) :-\ :-X
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 Nah, sorry, not something I really comprehend.  Any window washing here tends to be done outside..... by the  :-Xrain.

 ;D ;D ;D

It's my job in our house so it doesn't get done all that frequently.
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #343 on: October 09, 2010, 05:33:43 AM »
David,all you need is a breeding programme to create your own Audrey II ( Little Shop of Horrors )
and train it to clean the windows. Seldom becomes never, just keep visitors away from the windows!!
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #344 on: October 09, 2010, 11:27:01 PM »
Quote from: David Nicholson on October 08, 2010, 09:38:03 AM
Chris, she'd only say "how are you going to manage to clean the windows" :P  (in the absence of an emoticon to show a hangdog expression!!)

I notice she would say "how are YOU  not "how am I.." Bad management there David.
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