Bulbs from South America 2012

[ArnoldT]

Roland:

I have to admit they were relatively ignored and stayed in the greenhouse at 110F at times.

Just gave them a lot of water.

[bulborum]

Exact what most bulbs like
Forget them  and then spoil them 

Roland

[johnw]

This is Habranthus tubiflorus.  Be warned if you have grown 2010 Rhodophiala seed from the SRGC seedex, this is what you will get!  Whoever is sending in these Rhodophiala seed is collecting seed pods in the wild or from their collection and is paying no attention to the leaves, let alone flowers if present!

Rhodophiala mendocino = Habranthus tubiflorus
Rhodophiala elwesii = Habranthus tubiflorus
Rhodophiala sp. BEW = Habranthus tubiflorus
Rhodophiala sp. BCW = Habranthus tubiflorus

If it grows quickly, has no problems and flowers in a year don't get too excited.

johnw

[jshields]

Someone, somewhere, asked me about the bulbs of Caliphruria korsakoffii and how they grow.  I looked at one pot (the one closest to the house) and noted that most of the offsets in it, including bloom size, are growing with the neck at the surface of the potting medium.  Only one or two bulbs are growing with most of the bulb above the surface, and I suppose that is because of the overcrowding in the pot.

Jim

[Hans A.]

Rhodophiala montana received as R. elwesii ex Goteborg Botanic Garden in flower here.  Some may have received received seeds of this again as R. elwesii.

johnw  - +25c and sunny after a brief downpour.

Superb plants, John!
Have some doubts about the species - I think yours looks more like one I have seen in the Biobio - area near Concepcion which should be Rhodophiala bakeri,  a variable species (yellow to pink) which grew at low altitudes.
Never have seen any hint of pink in the flowers in the populations of Rhodophiala montana I have visited (Region of Maule) - also petals seem more narrow in this species. Here a picture of R. montana:  http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=1573.msg39144#msg39144