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Maggi Young

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Re: South African Bulbs 2011
« Reply #735 on: December 15, 2011, 11:34:58 AM »
Quote from: BULBISSIME on December 14, 2011, 11:14:51 PM
Another Haemanthus species blooming : H. pauculifolius, looks like a small H. albiflos.


A most elegant flower - and photographed perfectly, Fred, as usual!  8)
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Re: South African Bulbs 2011
« Reply #736 on: December 17, 2011, 03:14:00 PM »
Fred, nice H. pauculifolius! I like that the whole plant is covered with silvery short hair.
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Here is Lachenalia viridiflora with heavy spoted leaves, selected from seedlings of Silverhill's.
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Re: South African Bulbs 2011
« Reply #737 on: December 17, 2011, 03:40:36 PM »
Almost the last Nerines here in flower

Nerine Hawaii a sarniensis form
and a very tiny one Nerine Elspeth
just 25 cm high

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Re: South African Bulbs 2011
« Reply #738 on: December 17, 2011, 04:35:23 PM »
Massonia echinata is almost fully open now, and always scented
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Re: South African Bulbs 2011
« Reply #739 on: December 17, 2011, 04:39:59 PM »
 8) 8) 8)

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Re: South African Bulbs 2011
« Reply #740 on: December 17, 2011, 04:42:21 PM »
I love that colour Fred  :)

Mine are all white   :'(

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Re: South African Bulbs 2011
« Reply #741 on: December 17, 2011, 05:17:21 PM »
Stunning colour Fred, thanks for showing us.
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Re: South African Bulbs 2011
« Reply #742 on: December 17, 2011, 05:21:20 PM »
Lachenalia viridiflora fully open in sunlight.
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Re: South African Bulbs 2011
« Reply #743 on: December 17, 2011, 09:55:42 PM »
Quote from: BULBISSIME on December 14, 2011, 11:14:51 PM
Another Haemanthus species blooming : H. pauculifolius, looks like a small H. albiflos.



Brian E could do with a few of those. He's painting and decorating at the moment. ;D
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Re: South African Bulbs 2011
« Reply #744 on: December 20, 2011, 08:18:33 AM »
For info: the December 2011 issue of Curtis's Botanical Magazine features a bunch of superb plant portraits of Cape Bulbs including Moraeas villosa, aristata, loubseri, tulbaghensis, Geissorhizas radians & monathos, Spiloxene capensis, Massonia (syn Whiteheadia) bifolia.

I've just been having a read at coffee break. There are some stunning pictures - a fire-engine red form of Moraea tulbaghensis and an 'albino' form of Geissorhiza radians. This has the usual red centre in the flower but the outer part is white, as the blue pigment is missing.
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Re: South African Bulbs 2011
« Reply #745 on: December 23, 2011, 04:17:20 PM »
The Lachenalia viridiflora of Tatsuo and Arnold  are a quite crazy colour, are they not?  Really not too many plants that go along the path of such a shade... but each one is a show stopper. I remember the first time I saw Ixia viridiflora.... I thought it must be a joke! :-[
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Re: South African Bulbs 2011
« Reply #746 on: December 23, 2011, 05:25:17 PM »
Some of the Lachenalia has this waxy appearance but in L. viridiflora the flowers look glassy like a well polished turquoise.
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Re: South African Bulbs 2011
« Reply #747 on: December 25, 2011, 05:45:02 PM »
Maggi & Alberto, my first impression of Lachenalia viridiflora was it must be a glassworks by René Lalique.

A Massonia pygmaea is full blooming now :)
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Re: South African Bulbs 2011
« Reply #748 on: December 25, 2011, 05:55:48 PM »
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Maggi & Alberto, my first impression of Lachenalia viridiflora was it must be a glassworks by René Lalique.

Yes! I can see that.  8)


Quote from: YT on December 25, 2011, 05:45:02 PM
A Massonia pygmaea is full blooming now :)
That is one fat little flower  ;D

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Re: South African Bulbs 2011
« Reply #749 on: December 25, 2011, 08:10:08 PM »
Did Lalique do coloured glass? My 2 pieces (1 old and numbered and 1 modern circa 1965) are clear or milky.
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