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I thought I should start a new topic as the previous Sth African Bulbs Thread seems to have 3 identical pages at the end!
The main flowering of South African Bulbs at present are the Amaryllis belladonna cultivars - most likely they are hybrids with other amaryllids,
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Richard T. Rodich
I had never noticed the satin
Sat, 10/04/2014 - 5:43pmI had never noticed the satin appearance before, but am always quite taken by the Geissorhiza species anyway.
Radians and monanthos are fabulous! (As are all the others you all down under grow!)
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Rick,
Tue, 10/07/2014 - 4:26amRick,
glad you like them. I grow them in pots because they're from seed, they're small and I'm not sure how they'd go in the open garden; probably would be okay in a trough or a raised bed which could be kept dry while the bulbs are dormant during summer.
This is a long, lanky babiana called Babiana spathacea which is from seed from Silverhills Seeds a long time ago and comes in a cream and a white form,
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Yet another Geissorhiza! This
Wed, 10/08/2014 - 5:12amYet another Geissorhiza! This was grown from NZAGS Seedex 2011 as Geissorhiza darlingensis,
The first two pics were taken in the morning as it was opening, the other two later in the day,
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It's ixia time! This mass of
Wed, 10/08/2014 - 11:58pmIt's ixia time! This mass of mixed ixias is the result of re-seeding and mixing of a number of species grown from seed.
Growing away from these is a clump of the "blue" ixia which I believe is a hybrid from Ixia viridflora; here is one of its seedlings which hasn't got the dark center of the parent,
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The eagle-eyed amongst you
Thu, 10/09/2014 - 10:59pmThe eagle-eyed amongst you may've noticed a non-ixia in the front of the middle pic.
This is a gladdie which came up and I have no record of planting it. I posted a pic last year and someone suggested that it's a Gladiolus tristis hybrid,
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A couple of Ixias grown from
Fri, 10/24/2014 - 4:28amA couple of Ixias grown from SRGC Seedex 2011;
Ixia trifolia
Ixia scillaris
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I grew this gladdie from
Sat, 11/08/2014 - 3:54amI grew this gladdie from NARGS 2007 Seedex as G. permeabilis, but I think it's actually Gladiolus wilsonii; it first flowered in 2010. I've found that it needs lots of water while in growth so I grow it in a tray and try to keep it damp till the seeds are ripe,
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This Moraea came up as a
Sun, 12/07/2014 - 6:07pmThis Moraea came up as a "volunteer" in a pot of Dichelostemma I got from Garry Reid, a "local" grower of a huge number of geophytes from all over the world.
I think it is Moraea gracilenta: it has a single basal leaf and a long arching spike of flowers with a few opening at a time in late afternoon and closing before dark; usually I only get seed if two plants are in flower and this year only one - so no seed
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