South African Bulbs 2013

[ArnoldT]

Veltheimia capensis flowering early I think.

[johnw]

Nerine 'Solent Swan' today.

johnw

[angie]

 John your Nerine is very pretty, it looks so delicate.

Angie 

[fermi de Sousa]

We've had a nice clump of the "Teal Blue" hybrid of Ixia viridiflora in part of the Rock garden for many years and now some of the self sown seedlings are showing the variation in colour which shows that they're continuing to hybridize with other ixias in the garden!
cheers
fermi

[johnw]

John your Nerine is very pretty, it looks so delicate.Angie 

Yes most swans born with a touch of pink are. 

[SJW]

Massonia bifolia, echinata and pustulata in bud.

[angie]

Massonia bifolia, echinata and pustulata in bud.

Very nice indeed.

Angie 

[Rogan]

Again I'm impressed - lovely Ixias, Fermi!   

[fermi de Sousa]

Again I'm impressed - lovely Ixias, Fermi!   

Would you like some seeds, Rogan?
It'd be like sending coals to Newcastle but I'd be happy to do it
cheers
fermi

[Rogan]

Thank you Fermi, what a kind offer indeed. Coals we may have aplenty, but it is the lumps of anthracite among the coals that we particularly look out for!   

Ixia species are very common in certain parts of South Africa, but your 'Teal' hybrid is very attractive (and vigorous) to say the least. On my recently-acquired property in the Western Cape, I. orientalis grows in countless numbers.

I'll send you my postal address via a PM.

[Darren]

Despite success with Massonia I really struggle with Daubenya and this D. stylosa is actually the first ever Daubenya to flower for me..

Nothing prepared me for its almost overpowering spicy scent.  Visitors to my talk at East Lancs tomorrow night can see and sniff it in person!

[Darren]

I mentioned on an earlier page that I might post pics of a paler form of Lachenalia (Polyxena) pygmaea grown from Summerfield seed.

Here it is with my darker form for comparison.

[Darren]

Finally - all dressed up and nowhere to go......

I potted a load of spare Massonia of 4 distinct taxa to possibly sell at autumn shows and we never got there.  Still - I can enjoy the flowers this season and select out some good forms to keep.

The bigger plants near the bottom of the picture are actually drone-fly set hybrids between the 'Addo' plant Burdach/Berdach 11182 and jasminiflora. They are vigorous but not especially interesting but I will hang on to them because the variation between them is remarkable at least.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Despite success with Massonia I really struggle with Daubenya and this D. stylosa is actually the first ever Daubenya to flower for me..

Nothing prepared me for its almost overpowering spicy scent.  Visitors to my talk at East Lancs tomorrow night can see and sniff it in person!

That's mighty impressive! Must give them a try.

[SJW]

Despite success with Massonia I really struggle with Daubenya and this D. stylosa is actually the first ever Daubenya to flower for me..
Nothing prepared me for its almost overpowering spicy scent.  Visitors to my talk at East Lancs tomorrow night can see and sniff it in person!

Worth the wait though, Darren. What a pretty little plant. I've been looking through the Summerfield list and trying to limit myself (not easy). So if you had to choose between D. aurea and D. marginata...? (with D. zeyeri as a definite!)