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David Nicholson

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Romulea 2012
« on: February 27, 2012, 11:37:20 AM »
I'm sure these are not the first Romulea to be posted this year although we did use to have a specific Romulea thread. If these need to go somewhere else Maggi would you move them please.

My first Romulea to flower this year-Romulea tetragona this one a kind gift from Michael.

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Re: Romulea 2012
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2012, 06:44:07 PM »
Very nice David, save it's seed and sow back into the pot to get a decent clump.
Romulea linearisii from the Wallaces in 2005 has been flowering here.
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Re: Romulea 2012
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2012, 07:12:07 PM »
Very nice Peter.  :) :)
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Michael J Campbell

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Re: Romulea 2012
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2012, 08:49:55 PM »
Romulea bulbocodium.
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Re: Romulea 2012
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2012, 08:53:28 PM »
Very nice Michael. ;D ;D. How long from seed to flowering please?
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Re: Romulea 2012
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2012, 08:58:17 PM »
They will usually flower from seed in three years, sometimes two. They are weeds here and I have to continually weed them out of other pots.
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Re: Romulea 2012
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2012, 09:00:57 PM »
Really !!  :o :o
Beautiful weeds?? They don't seem to be very commonly grown? Are they unruly in their growth habit?
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Re: Romulea 2012
« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2012, 09:05:07 PM »
Not really,just that the leaves are rather long and can hide the flowers. Romulea and Freesia laxa, especially Joan Evans, are growing in the sand underneath the bench in the greenhouse. I don't usually weed them out unless the get in my way.
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Re: Romulea 2012
« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2012, 09:10:28 PM »
I think I've found what I will be trying from the seed bank this year. ;D ;D
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Re: Romulea 2012
« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2012, 09:26:42 PM »
The main problem with romuleas is that if there is not enough sun the flowers wont open  >:(
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Re: Romulea 2012
« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2012, 09:31:31 PM »
Do all species flower around this time of year?
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Re: Romulea 2012
« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2012, 09:33:29 PM »
I had Romulea tetragona flowering within 2 years after sowing.
The plants grow in winter and flower at the end of their annual growing cycle. Beautiful but as Peter mentioned they need sun to open the flowers - though the outside of R. tetragona's flowers is good-looking as well.  ;)
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Re: Romulea 2012
« Reply #12 on: February 27, 2012, 09:45:11 PM »
Quote from: ronm on February 27, 2012, 09:31:31 PM
Do all species flower around this time of year?
not sure but they grow both in the mediteranean and South Africa, all the ones I have grown are winter growers
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Re: Romulea 2012
« Reply #13 on: February 29, 2012, 10:23:44 PM »
Quote from: ronm on February 27, 2012, 09:31:31 PM
Do all species flower around this time of year?

There are three Romulea species I know about (and there may be more) that are Eastern Cape growers and would flower here in the perhaps late spring. I haven't succeeded with these I have tried from seed.

Romulea macowanii
R. namaquensis
R. camerooniana (syn. campanuloides)
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David Nicholson
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Re: Romulea 2012
« Reply #14 on: March 03, 2012, 03:53:42 PM »
Thanks David, for the information. What happened to your attempts from seed ?
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