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« Reply #60 on: March 14, 2012, 08:22:59 PM »
Mine took three years from seed to bloom, but the plants are still small. They'll be full size in another year or two.

I saw some seeds for 'pastel mix' Clivias advertised just now for $65 per seed. And I'm tempted! I must be nuts......
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« Reply #61 on: March 14, 2012, 09:05:16 PM »
Quote from: Lis Allison on March 14, 2012, 08:22:59 PM
Mine took three years from seed to bloom, but the plants are still small. They'll be full size in another year or two.

I saw some seeds for 'pastel mix' Clivias advertised just now for $65 per seed. And I'm tempted! I must be nuts......
Yes Lis you are nuts!! I bought 6 seeds for a variegated form of Clivia for just $8.00 on ebay!! Give that a try....if you really, really need them!  Wink
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« Reply #62 on: March 15, 2012, 03:46:53 PM »
$65 a seed! For that amount of money I can go to London and back by air! And I do not have to pay extra for visiting the pub though Wink Right now a trip to London is $15! (+ some  taxes of course with Ryanair)
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« Reply #63 on: March 16, 2012, 11:30:54 PM »
For $15-- hmm, maybe I could drive to Edmonton or Calgary, 2.5 hours away (one way).... which is where I would find an international airport... any flight would be a lot more on top of that! Not to mention airport parking, which I'm sure is more than $15....And of course a return drive...
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« Reply #64 on: March 17, 2012, 09:06:25 AM »
Quote from: AmyO on March 14, 2012, 09:05:16 PM

Yes Lis you are nuts!! I bought 6 seeds for a variegated form of Clivia for just $8.00 on ebay!! Give that a try....if you really, really need them!  Wink

I didn't say I bought them!

I have a variegated Clivia plant, thanks. Grew that from seed too, although only one of the 6 seeds was variegated. Their offspring might show more and different variegation, though, so I'm impatient for them to bloom. The seeds take a year or more to mature on the plant, so patience is key! Then there will be 3-5 seeds per pod, 5-10 pods per stalk, 1-2 stalks per plant..... I'll have to move.
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« Reply #65 on: March 18, 2012, 02:36:43 AM »
I'd say getting one variegated plant from 6 seeds is pretty good! I'd have thought the odds would be worse... they must have really bred that variegation in!
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« Reply #66 on: March 22, 2012, 12:15:20 AM »
Haemanthus coccineus

Initially two flowers without the leaves showing ,(I've cut off one of the faded blooms), --now another ,(immature), one with greenery coming away --you can just catch a glimpse of the beautiful markings on its stem.

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« Reply #67 on: March 22, 2012, 01:38:07 AM »
Very nice pot Dave
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« Reply #68 on: March 24, 2012, 01:33:03 PM »
I just showed this plant in Image of the Day, Ledebouria galpinii, from seed Jan 2010, first flowering- just after emerging from a short winter rest..
very small plant, should have pretty pink flowers...

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« Reply #69 on: March 24, 2012, 03:10:36 PM »
Romulea citrina

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« Reply #70 on: March 25, 2012, 12:47:53 AM »
Wow, bright! I'm more familiar with violet spp Smiley
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« Reply #71 on: March 25, 2012, 03:44:12 AM »
Dave, a brilliant colour of that coccineus!

Michael, do you grow it as an Easter ornamental?

Cohan, are you sure the name is right? When googling Ledebouria galpinii I get something very different?
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« Reply #72 on: March 30, 2012, 01:05:38 PM »
Gladiolus cunonius
Moraea aristata.
Veltheimia bracteata
Watsonia laccata
Freesia alba.

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« Reply #73 on: March 30, 2012, 09:05:30 PM »
I have Gladiolus cunonis started from seed last year.  It's so different, and one of my favorites, after G. orchidiflorus, of course.

That Moraea aristata with its peacock feather eyes is quite stunner, Michael. Such vivid color!  Shocked

And the Watsonia laccata is such a wonderful shade of orange, too.
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« Reply #74 on: March 31, 2012, 06:08:18 AM »
Beautiful pictures, Michael.  Am wondering about how to get my Moraea bicolor to flower.  After 20 years of a pot/garden indoor/outdoor routine, it is a nice clump of leaves but never a flower.  Am wondering about fertilizer.  Would sure love to see some flowers like the ones I saw at the entrance to Kirstenbosch Gardens in Capetown.  Perhaps you could give me an idea about this.  Fran

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