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Rafa

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Re: South African Bulbs 2013
« Reply #135 on: April 09, 2013, 07:31:01 PM »
Today, Gladiolus carinatus

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Re: South African Bulbs 2013
« Reply #136 on: April 09, 2013, 07:32:40 PM »
I received this as seed of a Syringodea , but I'm thinking more of a Moraea.

Arnold Trachtenberg
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Re: South African Bulbs 2013
« Reply #137 on: April 10, 2013, 12:28:45 AM »
Veltheimia bracteata is fine pot plant becoming very popular for its foliage and flowers. V. capensis is a lot more difficult to grow being an arid land plant. Its foliage is greyish and more wavy than bracteata. Plenty of images in the web for comparison.
Alberto Castillo, in south America, near buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Re: South African Bulbs 2013
« Reply #138 on: April 10, 2013, 10:54:12 PM »
The night & day Gladiolus liliaceus  :)
central Apulia - Southern Italy
Zone 9b - mediterranean climate

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Re: South African Bulbs 2013
« Reply #139 on: April 11, 2013, 03:46:29 PM »
The Syringodea is most likely Moraea setifolia.

Here's Lachenalia arbuthnotii, named after Miss Isobel A. Arbuthnot ( 1870-1963) botanical assistant at Bolus Herbarium until 1939.
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Angelo Porcelli

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Re: South African Bulbs 2013
« Reply #140 on: April 11, 2013, 09:31:25 PM »
Gladiolus virescens, sown 2010. Nice plant, but I was a bit disappointed because this species is usually scented, occasionally unscented... but I've got the occasionally one  :(
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Re: South African Bulbs 2013
« Reply #141 on: April 12, 2013, 07:26:57 AM »
Lovely flower even if unscented. All these species gladioli are fascinating, I love the colour-change one and beautiful markings on Rafa's carinatus.
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Re: South African Bulbs 2013
« Reply #142 on: April 14, 2013, 07:56:52 PM »
Going through some neglected pots I knocked this out today. It is labelled Gladioplus splendens, 7 bulbs apparently acquired at the AGS AGM in October 2010. Not sure if it has produced anything but fine leaves since then. It has been at a minimum of ~-5C under glass.
Advice please.
Edge of Chiltern hills, 25 miles west of London, England

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Re: South African Bulbs 2013
« Reply #143 on: April 18, 2013, 03:08:16 PM »
Angelo,
I'm impressed by the gladdies you grow!
I've posted pics of a couple of nerines on this thread http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=10311.0 including Nerine rosea which is stunning in the bleakness of our garden at present!
cheers
fermi
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Victoria, Australia

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Re: South African Bulbs 2013
« Reply #144 on: April 20, 2013, 10:12:57 PM »
The warmer weather has brought on my Lachenalia mathewsii and L. namaquensis.

Steve Walters, West Yorkshire

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Re: South African Bulbs 2013
« Reply #145 on: April 21, 2013, 03:59:18 AM »
Steve looks like well grown plants do you provide supplementary light?

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Leonia, New Jersey

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Re: South African Bulbs 2013
« Reply #146 on: April 21, 2013, 11:39:47 AM »
Hi Arnold, no I don't use any supplementary lighting so plants can get a bit drawn in our poor, winter light-levels.

Cheers, Steve
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Re: South African Bulbs 2013
« Reply #147 on: April 22, 2013, 09:09:54 AM »
Some autumn flowerers,
Oxalis palmifrons
Oxalis massoniana
Moraea polystacyha
Nerine hybrid 'Ariel'
cheers
fermi
Mr Fermi de Sousa, Redesdale,
Victoria, Australia

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Re: South African Bulbs 2013
« Reply #148 on: April 23, 2013, 07:32:39 PM »
Nearing the end of the Lachenalia season here.
Lachenalia nervosa

Arnold Trachtenberg
Leonia, New Jersey

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Re: South African Bulbs 2013
« Reply #149 on: April 23, 2013, 07:33:28 PM »
Lachenalia orthopetal
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