Bulbs from South America 2012

[Maggi Young]

Having to try to keep up with name changes wears me out... but whatever "they" are calling it this week  I do like that sharp yellow with the outer stripe. Very fetching.

[Michael J Campbell]

 

[johnw]

Back in December I sowed several lots of Rhodophiala seeds - my araucana salmon, araucana yellow form selfed and bagnoldii -  in deep pots, placed them in plastic bags and set them under lights at 18c.  A few seedlings came up rather quickly and then nothing. For fear of the seedlings rotting or etiolating the bags were moved to a cold room, again under lights, holes poked in the bags weekly until they were removed completely. A few seedlings withered away whilst others grew longer and longer. The latter finally started to show dying tips just as their second leaves appeared. Now two months later and still in the cold more seeds are sprouting.  What to make of this?  Would more have sprouted if they had been left in the warmth or are they cold germinators?

I landed several bags of pumice yesterday, quite the occassion. Now I intend to repot R. rhodolirion and R. pratensis (ed. these were dead so have been removed from my previous posting under dorant) which are dormant, they do not take kindly to disturbance.

johnw

[Rogan]

Many thanks to Alberto for these beauties! Rhodophiala bifida 'Granatiflora'.

[Rogan]

Whilst I was out for my evening 'constitutional', I chanced upon this little Irid bravely flowering in an overgrown part of the garden. I assume I am responsible for introducing the seed at some stage, but what is it? The closest ID I can come up with is a Calydorea species - could this be correct?

[Alessandro.marinello]

Stenomesson aurantiacum-Peru

[Jean-Patrick AGIER]

Many thanks to Alberto for these beauties! Rhodophiala bifida 'Granatiflora'.

What a beautiful plant Rogan!
Congratulations
JP

[Ezeiza]

It is thanks to your skills, Rogan, that it is in flower!

Yes, it is a Calydorea, if in flower now, C. amabilis, but the flower color is a lovely clear violet.

[Paul T]

Nothoscordum felipponei, (Ipheion dialystemon)

Michael,

Aren't these just brilliant?  Such clear yellow, and flower for so long.  They, and their virtually identical spring flowering species, provide so much pleasure.

Rogan,

Interesting flower on your white iris.  It's ringing bells, but nothing I can put a name to.  If that is a white variant of Calydorea amabilis it is a much better form than the ones I grow under that species.  They have much more spidery petals in my case.  I love your white one, but I have a different genus lurking in my head I think..... just can't clearly get to it. 

[Roma]

Ipheion 'Alberto Castillo'

[ArnoldT]

Wonderfully scented.

Leucocoryne purpurea

[daveyp1970]

I have to agree Arnold i would tell everybody to give these ago

[Tony Willis]

Neomarica gracilis the 'walking iris'.A little dark my camera cannot cope with the contrast very well.

[angie]

Tony that is so lovely 

Angie 

[Miriam]

Neomarica caerulea- very beautiful and it has the biggest flower I have seen of Neomaricas species.
Thanks Rafa