Bulbs Misc. February 2011

[johnw]

A few odds and sods from today:

Narcissus cyclamineus seedlings
Lachenalia Quadricolour
Muscari muscarimi or macrocarpon  - will check
Tecophilea cyanocrocus Leichtlinii

johnw

[jshields]

John, I'm consoled to see that your L. aloides did what my L. bulbifera did in the greenhouse -- long stem swoops off to the side.  I'd contribute a few more pictures but I can't get to that greenhouse for the ice and snow burying the steps down into it.  This picture is from a couple weeks ago.

[johnw]

John, I'm consoled to see that your L. aloides did what my L. bulbifera did in the greenhouse -- long stem swoops off to the side.  I'd contribute a few more pictures but I can't get to that greenhouse for the ice and snow burying the steps down into it.  This picture is from a couple weeks ago.

Jim - The greenhouse is so jammed with plants full sun might help. Also it tends to get a bit warm on sunny cold days when venting is impossible. Maybe constant cold too would keep the stems and leaves upright but I may be grasping at straws. Ditto for the Muscari.

Same here, a perilous journey to the greenhouse on a sheet of ice.

johnw - +2c & sun

[johnw]

BTW Jim - No drooping problem with Cyrtanthus brachyschyphus in the past.  50+ flower stalks on the rise, some just opening and stalks are poker straight.

johnw - +3c at 23.05, heavy rain expected.

[Regelian]

John,

50 buds on C. brachyschyphus!  We really need to see a picture of this.  Sounds wonderfull.

Jamie

[jshields]

I noticed (the last time I got into the greenhouse a week ago) that the Lachenalia sitting right up against the glass have compact, erect, much healthier-looking scapes.  This includes the aloides and a bunch of un-named hybrids from South Africa.

[ArnoldT]

Jim:

Do you think they liked the cold or higher light level?

[johnw]

John,
50 buds on C. brachyschyphus!  We really need to see a picture of this.  Sounds wonderfull.
Jamie

Here you go Jamie and apologies as one pic is with flash, as it was night time under fluorescents.

Cyrtanthus brachyschyphus in a 30cm pot. Another wave of flower stems are on the rise.

johnw

[Regelian]

John,

truly amazing.  One forgets to what for a level one can elevate this otherwise simple and beautiful bulbs.  I'm gonna have to try this species, again.  I lost my seedlings to an early freeze a couple of years ago.  What kind of a soil mix are you using?  50% grit to compost or still lighter?

[Rogan]

Two plant portraits from the garden as the summer season tapers off ():

Herbertia pulchella - ready for business;

Tigridia pavonia - making a bold statement (...as usual!).

[PeterT]

Fantastic Rogan 

[Alex]

Couldn't think of where else to put these - a few pics from the greenhouse today - Narcissus cantabricus petunioides and Crocus paschei, and a general view of a plunge.

[WimB]

Ranunculus kochii was flowering here today.

[Lesley Cox]

I think I would be placing the N. c. petunioides at the front of the plunge Alex. On a pedestal, with a gold plaque and ribbons and tinsel and a scattering of diamonds and emerals around it. Not that it's anything special of course.

[ashley]

I think I would be placing the N. c. petunioides at the front of the plunge Alex. On a pedestal, with a gold plaque and ribbons and tinsel and a scattering of diamonds and emerals around it. Not that it's anything special of course.

 
Very nice Alex. 
C. paschei is a favourite of mine but thought I'd lost it last year to combined cold and damp, so was delighted lately to find a nice fresh crop of seedlings.
Is that a C. heuffelianus form in your second picture, on the right?