South African Bulbs 2011

[Fuliro]

Here are flowers of Polyxena corymbosa and Polyxena longituba.

Fuliro

[Maggi Young]

Charming photos, Fuliro.... good to have you posting 

[BULBISSIME]

very nice species Fuliro

[Fuliro]

Thank you very much Maggy, i like to take photographs of flowers and planten.

fuliro

[bulborum]

Malcolm

I thought Nerine undulata flowers with leaves
This one just start flowering without leaves
The leaves on the picture aren't Nerine leaves
They are Agapanthus leaves

Roland

[ArnoldT]

Here's a Polyxena I have as P. pygmaea corymbosa

[ArnoldT]

Summer growing Eucomis ready for the winter sleep.  I pack them away in barely moist commercial potting mix and place in the attic.  They stay wound 45-50 F.

I think the largest is E. pole-evansii

[Maggi Young]

When do you replant them, Arnold?

[ArnoldT]

I repot in March/April in fresh potting soil.  I've been mixing in some Calcium and Seaweed meal.

[arillady]

I should imagine this escapee on a roadside in the Adelaide hills is a South African native as the white and pink watsonias are a real problem up there - here I can't seem to keep them going

[PeterT]

Looks like a Sisyrinchium Pat, - in which case it is from the Americas.

[Maggi Young]

I repot in March/April in fresh potting soil.  I've been mixing in some Calcium and Seaweed meal.

Thanks, Arnold.

[PeterT]

Looks like a Sisyrinchium Pat, - in which case it is from the Americas.

perhaps S micranthum, or depauperatum? I was told many names have been 'sunk' into micranthum making it a variable species. I also understand that there is a lot of misnamed Sisyrinchium material about, so I don't trust all the named pictures produced by google.

[Ezeiza]

It is a genus no one dares with. Imagine that there are species with three or four different fenotypes all growing in the same spot. Like Fritillaria bucharica, imperialis, purdyi and michailovskii all growing together in the same location but ALL with identical disposition of the sex organs. And there are NO intermediates. Very unusual.

[jshields]

It is a genus no one dares with. Imagine that there are species with three or four different fenotypes all growing in the same spot. Like Fritillaria bucharica, imperialis, purdyi and michailovskii all growing together in the same location but ALL with identical disposition of the sex organs. And there are NO intermediates. Very unusual.

Alberto, this sounds like a challenge for someone!  Do the different forms breed true?  What happens when two distinct forms are crossed?  This sounds most curious.

Jim