South African Bulbs 2013

[Rafa]

Thank you Maggy! the merit goes to the flowers themselves, they are good models! This particular Ferraria doesn't smell 

[Maggi Young]

I hope that the President of the Pacific Bulb Society, Nhu Nguyen, will forgive me for giving his comments on some plants he has blooming now in California- with links to his photos. The first  Sinningia is the cutest furriest  little thing - probably needs a saucer of milk on a regular basis! 


Nhu wrote....
"Sinningia leucotricha that is at peak blooming. I can't get over how fuzzy
it is. I grow this on a sunny windowsill:
http://flickr.com/photos/xerantheum/…

Also another tuberous Sinningia bullata. I grow this one outside and it
doesn't seem to want to stop blooming.
http://flickr.com/photos/xerantheum/…

Also Eucrosia mirabilis. Last year's blooming was sparse but this year it's
much better since it got a lot more light this summer:
http://flickr.com/photos/xerantheum/…        "

[ArnoldT]

An unknown Lachenalia.

[ArnoldT]

Lachenalia reflexa from an another source.

[ArnoldT]

Lachenalia mutabilis

[YT]

Romulea tetragona, the first bloom from seed, from Silverhill

[ArnoldT]

Lachenalia mediana ssp. mediana.

As per G. Duncan.  Diagnostic factor is exserted filaments.

[jshields]

A Lachenalia hybrid with variegated leaves and spots, finally coming into bloom.  It came in a batch from several nurseries in the western Cape Province several years ago.



I have no idea of the parentage of any of the various hybrids.  There appear to be several clones in this pot, and I wonder if I should try to sort them out?

Jim

[johnw]

Nice Lachenalia Jim, even without the variegation.

johnw

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi Jim,
it would be interesting to see if the variegation is "stable" and if it breeds true from seed.
cheers
fermi

[jshields]

it would be interesting to see if the variegation is "stable" and if it breeds true from seed.

To answer the stability question would definitely mean separating the bulbs into individual pots.  I guess that is not an unreasonable thing to do.  Maybe I'll do that once they go dormant!   Meantime I could think about doing some pollinating, putting other pollen on these variegated plants.  Both of Fermides' questions are interesting.  Now I have to think about greenhouse space.  Hmmmm....

Jim

[Jean-Patrick AGIER]

Hi,
These pictures were taken at Lyon's BG ( FRANCE )
Plants labelled as Veltheimia Capensis.

[YT]

Lachenalia reflexa, a spotted leaf type

[ArnoldT]

Interesting that the L. reflexa flower elongates after pollination and setting seed.

Here an unknown that a friend identified for me.

Lachenalia isopetala

And a later image of Lachenalia mutabilis

 

[jshields]

Lachenalia carnosa came from the old IBS BX thanks to Mark Mazer.  This is in bloom right now in the cool greenhouse.


This is another Lachenalia hybrid, parentage unknown, from a nursery in South Africa.  Hybrid #6 (my number 2310):


Both are blooming in spite of having foliage that was somewhat "burned" by frost when on of the heaters went out overnight a couple weeks ago.

Jim