Bulbs from South America 2011

[ArnoldT]

Paul:

It was a bx donation. I'll have to back  go back and check who donated it.
Arnold.

[Alessandro.marinello]

some iridaceae of the South and Central America

[fermi de Sousa]

some iridaceae of the South and Central America

Alessandro,
Very nice - you have an amazing collection! I'd not heard of the 3rd one; is it closely related to Cypella?
cheers
fermi

[Ezeiza]

Fermi, it is a tigridioid, the other species is better known, Ennealophus euryandrus. E. fimbriatus is very rare in cultivation although the Archibalds had it in their catalogue. Flowers in wild plants are a stunning deep ultramarine blue, but in cultivation a deep violet.

Rigidella orthantha (sometimes Tigridia orthantha) is a high altitude plant that inhabit the cool oak and pine forests in Mexican mountains.

[Miriam]

Cipura paludosa is in flower today thanks to Marcondes 

[PeterT]

Congratultions Miriam. 

[Michael J Campbell]

Zephyranthes candida
Oxalis lobata

[Ezeiza]

Is it lobata proper or perdicaria, Michael?

[Michael J Campbell]

I have no Idea Alberto,(I thought they were the same thing)I got it with the label Lobata and have sort of ignored it ever since. It only comes to my attention when it flowers.

[johnw]

It's not often I get a shock in the greenhouse unless something has collapsed from the lack of water.   Yesterday I was utterly shocked when I spied this Rhodophiala getting ready to flower. It was sown in late January 2010, most likely from the SRGC judging from the date.  It was simply labelled Rhodophiala species ex BEW.  The colour is a strong yellow with dark bronzy red outers.  Any ideas?

johnw
 

[daveyp1970]

It's not often I get a shock in the greenhouse unless something has collapsed from the lack of water.   Yesterday I was utterly shocked when I spied this Rhodophiala getting ready to flower. It was sown in late January 2010, most likely from the SRGC judging from the date.  It was simply labelled Rhodophiala species ex BEW.  The colour is a strong yellow with dark bronzy red outers.  Any ideas?

johnw
 

Habranthus tubispathus maybe John

[johnw]

Thanks Davey, it's certainly a dead-ringer.  I guess it's not known if it is native to the USA or was introduced.

johnw

[jshields]

Thanks Davey, it's certainly a dead-ringer.  I guess it's not known if it is native to the USA or was introduced.

johnw

I agree. H. tubispathus texanus or whatever name you like, it isn't a Rhodophiala.  In my limited experience with Rhodophiala, they take many years from seed.  H. tubispathus turns up in seed exchanges under all sorts of romantic names.  Of course, I like it for itself, and there is a pot of it sitting in my greenhouse right now.

With no more evidence than anyone else has, or perhaps even less, I favor the notion that humans transported H. tubispathus to Texas from South America.  But then I am notoriously non-xenophobic.

Jim

[pehe]

Nothoscordum dialystemon flowering out of time

[PeterT]

Solaria autropurpurea has germinated for me  It was hardy for some years but -18 C last winter proved too cold for itdespite having survived the winter before at -15 C. I have tried, without success, to germinate the seed it set since I first aquired it about ten years ago. seeing it and some related bulbs in another collection last year I asked about germinating it. The sand was kept exceptionally wet and there were up side down pots on the bench which was aparently coverd in thick grass. The apparent "grass" was actually self seeding in the dark of the upturned pots. MY seed pot was coverd with another upturned pot, darkness seems to be the key to its germination.