South African Bulbs 2011

[PeterT]

Beatifull polyxena Ray, and congratlations with the ?gladiolus Davey.
Morea spathulata flowering here (I think it wold be better in the ground) and Tulbaghia acutiloba which is obviously pretty hardy too.

[Ezeiza]

M. spathulata in a moist spot could be surprisingly hardy. Makes large clumps.

[daveyp1970]

Alberto you couldn't look at the gladiolus pic that i have posted and possibly id it for me please?
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=6462.msg200600#msg200600 on previous page ofthis thread

Thank you Maggie

[Ezeiza]

I'm into it, Davey. Seems a form of former floribunduses. Give me some time.

[Michael J Campbell]

Watsonia laccata ? this one came up in a pot of laccata seedlings but is about 30cm taller and the flowers are more tubular and don't open out like laccata. Any ideas?

Watsonia laccata.

[Ezeiza]

Watsonia aletroides, Michael.

[PeterT]

Both look lovely Michael

[Ray]

Hi Alberto,I thought that pic 1277 was Polyxena pygmaea,but this doesn't have species status and Goldblatt & Manning say its just a form of P ensifolia,but maybe its P maughanii.
What do you think?.bye Ray

[daveyp1970]

Here's another of my (Thank you Alberto for the id,i agree)Gladiolus floribundus,it's a very cute little thing.

[Ezeiza]

There are more species than those described and thus the Polyxena puzzle looks unresolved to most of us. The use of locations is useful, like

Polyxena ensifolia Cathcart
Polyxena ensifolia Stellenbosch

and so on. This gives a little more sense at times

Lachenalia is another genus with many variants within a number of species but at least in them they look familiar to each other.

[Michael J Campbell]

Ledebouria cooperi

Ledebouria? can anyone ID this little chap,it is very small and the flower is only 5cm tall. the pot it is in is 6cm.

[PeterT]

Both lovely Michael 

[Maggi Young]

No idea what the little chap with the plain leaves is, but they are both charming.

[Afloden]

Michael,
 
 That looks like Ledebouria lepida. The pilose scape is fairly distinctive as are the pink flowers. Where did you manage to get that one?

 Aaron

[Michael J Campbell]

I got seed from a member of this forum in Bulgaria who said that he got it from Paul Christian without a valid name.  12 seedlings germinated and though all have survived they have not all flowered yet.