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Fermi
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Some of the different coloured Amaryllis belladonna lilies in our garden.
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March 07, 2013, 02:25:04 AM »
Nice collection Fermi
here they hardly flower in the garden
I think it's to cold in the summer
They are potted now in the poly-tunnel
much warmer in the summer
maybe that works
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Hi Roland,
they certainly seem to appreciate being hot, dry and in full sun throughout the summer here - even though I don't!
The other South African bulb doing well is Crossyne flava, which I'd already posted on the SRGC Forum,
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Beautiful in bud, but kinda homely in flower...
Does it perfume the air?
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Quote from: RickR on March 07, 2013, 09:50:13 PM
Beautiful in bud, but kinda homely in flower...
Does it perfume the air?
Not that I've noticed, Rick.
They are more spectacular in seed - the pedicels elongate till the seed-head is the size of a soccer ball. Then the stem snaps off and it becomes a "tumble-weed" - and nearly every seed seems to be fertile! I've taken to collecting the seedhead before it becomes detached from the ground but there are already seedlings scattered around that I'll have to dig out at some stage.
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They look a little like Allium christophii for me
just the leaves are much more attractive
It wouldn't wonder me if the Crossyne flava could be a weed in Australia
be careful with this plant
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Hadn't heard of Crossyne before, a split off from Boophone (a genus name I am familiar with, fun to say).
The Pacific Bulb Society had a good page on the genus, with several species and a range of good photos.
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Crossyne
It is said about Crossyne, were previously thought to be species of Boophone, they differ from that genus in capsules and seeds. Back to that nagging question about criteria separating genera, such as berries versus dry capsules in Gaultheria/Pernettya, and same distinction in Actaea/Cimicifuga, it seems that different criteria, and levels of criteria, are applied depending on genus being looked at.
Crossyne/Boophone; fascinating plants.
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Flowering now- Drimia platyphylla, I think? grown indoors year round..
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More plants from the South:
Brunsvigia gregaria
Nerine fothergila Major (some now consider it part of the N. sarniensis complex)
Crossyne flava in seed!
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Wow! that certainly is vibrant color on the Nerine!
The scape seems a bit shorter than most Nerines?
How tall is it?
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The scape seems a bit shorter than most Nerines?
How tall is it?
Hi Rick, probably just the angle I took the pic
The scape is a typical nerine height - about 14 inches I think,
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Geissorhiza aspera
Hesperantha Vaginata
Hesperantha cucullata
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Michael, I remember you (or someone) posting a similar pic of Hesperantha vaginata before, and the flower's Wow factor is no less. Are all (translate: most) members of the species as vividly colored? Never mind. I just googled images and see that they do, but yours seems to have just the right mix of contrast. Or, maybe it's the photographer(?)!
At first glance, the Hesperantha cucullata might almost pass as a gladiolus sp.!
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