South African Bulbs2012

[Paul T]

Good to hear, Michael.  Always hard to tell from a single picture.  Now you've got me trying to remember what the anthers normally look like on belladonnas.    My brain hurts. 

It's fascinating to hear about such crosses that we would normally never think about even trying, let alone seeing flower.  Well done!

[vanozzi]

Spiloxene carpensis has been blooming for a week or so. Such a strikingly beautiful flower !

[Maggi Young]

It sure is, Paul.... and super pix too.

[Michael J Campbell]

Paul, Here is a pic of the two plants together, there is a big difference.

[Lesley Cox]

A couple of years ago Andrew Broome (remember AB?) kindly sent me seeds of among other things, Romulea tetragona. They are already flowering, or a few of them are, a brilliant lolly pink on short, slightly felted foliage. When I get the camera sorted..... It's a lovely thing on foliage which I though had been eaten off at the tips because each leaf seems to be flat across the top but I think now it's just the way it is.

[BULBISSIME]

good idea and wonderful result Michael  Congratulations !

[Miriam]

Amaryllis belladonna...autumn is here 

[BULBISSIME]

Wonderful clump and wonderful light for your picture Miriam !!!

[Brian Ellis]

Last picture of a Eucomis this year I am sure, prompted by Luit's report from Lisse, here is Eucomis Playa Blanca ... and even though I say it myself, it looks better than those at Lisse

[Lvandelft]

Brian, with you the plant looks much better indeed. As an excuse, I made my picture this week, but the plant was already there a week earlier but still more in bud.  And I presume it was grown under glass, probably due to our windy weather to keep the leaves nice. Therefore the colour is not so good. It is much more whitish.

[Brian Ellis]

Yes Luit, it would be totally different growing conditions, this has been outside in a pot since early April.  Splendid Eucomis

[daveyp1970]

Hans the pollen did the job and here's the pods forming.

There's another one on a different spike.

[Hans J]

Davey ,

congratulation for the good pollination 

Hans

[Hans J]

please look here for a other rare african bulb plant :

http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=9213.msg256840#msg256840

[fermi de Sousa]

Some South African bulbs now in flower at our place:
- Geissorhiza tulbaghensis per kind favour of Miriam;
- one of the seedlings appears lime green!
- a rather tiny Bulbinella triquetra - might suit a trough!
- Hesperatha bachmannii
- and what I presume is Merwilla dracomontana - I've written more on the "Scilla" thread
cheers
fermi