Bulbs from South Africa - 2010

[Maggi Young]

A very glamorous rarity, Paul....... are you keeping it pretty dry at the moment, until leaf growth begins again?

[bulborum]

Hello Paul

Nice Gethyllis roggeveldensis
I really need to visit the alpine department
next time
I stop normally at the bookshop and the coffee corner
with the good carrot cakes
although I think they are getting smaller
but sins my wife does not live in England any more
I am no member of the RHS any more
and I hardly visit Wisley because we have to catch the train back
for just a hour visit I find the entrance to expensive
I will try to stay one more day next time which give me some time to spend

Roland

[Paul Cumbleton]

Hi Maggi,
Yes, I stopped watering these as the leaves started yellowing. They are now completely dry and will stay that way till September. It's odd how they push up their flowers once the leaves have gone dormant, but this is the way with all the Gethyllis. It's a pity the flowers last only a day or two, but this one is at least strogly scented.

Hi Roland. This is one of my own plants at home. We don't have any flowering size Gethyllis at Wisley, but I did take in a some seedlings to grow on.

Cheers

Paul

[angie]

Paul ,

Lovely Gethylis, cant wait till l get back down to Wisley, probally the end of July... I do wish I stayed closer but maybe not I think i would be like a fixture there.
My South African bulbs are all dormant now but I still have this wee nagging in the back of my head, no water, I would hate to lose these bulbs as they were given to me from a special forum friend.  I have put them under my bench and will not water as this is the advice I have been given.
My heating bill for my greenhouse was ok and it was a cold winter in Aberdeen, I need to get some lighting sorted out but I just read about all that is available and then I am totally confused . I wish someone would just come and say that's what you need it would be much easier.
Thanks for taking the time to show all the lovely plants at Wisley and your own collection.
Angie

[David Nicholson]

Lovely Gethyllis Paul. My Ornithogalum dubium treated being dormant as an art form and never woke up

[PeterT]

Hello Peter

This one of the most hardy ones together with
Crinum X powellii
they are both hardy in the garden
plant them 25 - 30 cm deep

Roland

Thanks Roland, Its going out tomorrow

[Lesley Cox]

Is the Gethyllis one of those amazingly wiggly-leaved things? I'm pretty sure we've seen some here before.

[PeterT]

Getyllis is one of those things I didn't germinate

[David Nicholson]

Is the Gethyllis one of those amazingly wiggly-leaved things? I'm pretty sure we've seen some here before.

Lesley, you're thinking of Gethyum. 

[Lesley Cox]

Ahhh... thanks David. Obviously I WASN'T thinking of Gethyum, but now I remember.

[Paul T]

Excellent pics everyone.  Some stunning plants in there, that is for sure.

[Alessandro.marinello]

Almost all my South African winter growers are now dormant, except for Ornithogalum dubium. But Gethyllis roggeveldensis has pushed up a flower today

Paul

Wisley
truly beautiful, how many years it has the plant?

[Alessandro.marinello]

these are two small

[PeterT]

exquisit Alessandro, are they from seed?

[cohan]

exquisit Alessandro, are they from seed?

i agree!