South American plants

[bulborum]

Sounds good
My poly-tunnels are just free of frost
What means that on some places
the temperature drops down to -2 / -3 °C

I will try the species in the soil in a few years
First they have to germinate and to grow

Roland

[bulborum]

I just got in seeds from Chili

Alstroemeria philippii var. albicans
Alstroemeria werdermannii var. flavicans
Rhodophiala sp. #1006
Rhodophiala laeta
Tropaeolum hookerianum ssp. austropurpureum

Roland

[Hoy]

I sowed ome of those last year and they germinated easily. Now the small plants are dormant and I hope they'll sproute again this spring!

bulborum, do you intend to grow all those plants in pots?

[bulborum]

I have to do that
In a normal winter here they will freeze

Roland

[bulborum]

For the first time in flower here
the miniature Tropaeolum brachyceras

Roland

[RickR]

Congratulations, Roland!

Those can be difficult to grow!

[bulborum]

Thanks Rick
they slept Three years
now the plant is 150cm tall (with pot 175 cm)
with hundreds tiny flower-buts
must be fantastic in a month or so

Roland

[Fermi]

Some rain-lilies are in bloom 2 -3 days after a 20mm rainfall on Sunday/Monday
Zephyranthes macrosiphon


Zephyranthes "Grandjax" ("Ajax" x Z. grandiflora)


Habranthus tubispathus


Habranthus tubispathus "Salmon Pink form"


Habranthus martinezii

cheers
fermi

[bulborum]

Beauties Fermi
I like the Habranthus tubispathus Salmon Pink form
and the Habranthus martinezii

maybe one day we can swap some seeds

Roland

[cohan]

Roland, I understand a preference for small growing plants- particularly for tender species- for me they have to remain indoors all year! (I've been thinking about trying some summer growers that can be lifted for fall and could grow outside, but haven't started any yet.. large garden Gladiolus can be grown that way here, maybe I should try some more interesting ones-- but that is for another thread!) I have not looked at the South American species so much (apart from cacti!)...

Fermi- love the Zephyranthes

[bulborum]

Same here
I grow all my plants indoor (most small plants)
in the poly-tunnels it can be -3/-4°C
For here now it was so mild
but now last night -9ºC
for Wednesday they give -13ºC
cold for here but our family near the rocky mountains are laughing

I hope they make a mistake

Roland

[cohan]

The news is telling us about unusual cold temperatures in Europe-- many people dying even!
True, for us, -9 is a temperature for night in early fall...lol-- but the effect of temperature is very much dependent on what you are used to, what you are prepared for! Hope your plants will be okay...

If I could have a greenhouse that did not go below -3 or -4C, I would think myself very lucky frankly, if I could keep a greenhouse that got no colder than -10 or -20C, there would be a world of things I could grow...lol

[bulborum]

I think Poly-tunnels are easy to heat
I use bubble air plastic on the vertical site
summer and winter
during the night I use aluminium-shade cloth
this is reflecting the heat and cold enormous
and of-course a ventilator for ail circulation

today I will buy a new small ventilator for in a tube
plus 10 meter tube 10 cm

this will bring the cold air from the poly-tunnel to the heater (I hope)
to get a better air circulation

Roland

[Hoy]

As I told in another thread, have been down to -7C here in my garden although they have threatened us with colder weather Seems to be milder next week. The worse with the cold is that it is very dry and evergreens don't like it!

Fermi, I would love to grow some of those outdoors here!



Here are some flowers from Gran Sabana, Venezuela, to brigthen the season! Sorry, no names. If anybody has a clue, please tell me!


           


          

[cohan]

Many lovelies, Trond I finally visited your thread from that trip- fantastic!

Lori-- I know the zone numbers aren't that helpful, always, but there are so many plants that are just a bit too tender for us outdoors (I don't stress about it-- even z2-3 hardiness includes more plants than I will ever be able to grow!)- there are a lot of cacti and succulents that could be grown in a greenhouse that just took the edge off our coldest days- a balmy zone 5, say, with moisture control (would have been easy this year-only 2-3 weeks below -20C so far) and I imagine a lot of mediterranean bulbs, and south africans as well.. if it were -10C only, even more things Light would only be needed for those things growing in mid-winter, and at those temps, I'm thinking of things that would be mostly dormant in mid-winter..