The NARGS Forum
May 20, 2013, 04:28:04 AM *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
News: Note regarding thumbnail images!  Click on an image to see the larger image.  Clicking on the larger image will zoom into the area where you focused.
Click here to go to the NARGS Main Website
 
   Home   Help Search Login Register  
Pages:  1 ... 8 9 10 11 12 [13] 14   Go Down
« previous next »
  Print  
Author Topic: South African Bulbs  (Read 7651 times)
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
Fermi
Full Member
***
Offline Offline

Posts: 184


bigger rocks make for a boulder statement
« Reply #180 on: March 07, 2013, 02:04:56 AM »
Some of the different coloured Amaryllis belladonna lilies in our garden.
cheers
fermi

* P1200680.cerise belladonna. (Small).JPG (72.22 KB, 360x480 - viewed 12 times.)

* P1200684.mid-pink. belladonna. (Small).JPG (59.96 KB, 640x480 - viewed 8 times.)

* P1200714.white belladonna. (Small).JPG (56.14 KB, 360x480 - viewed 5 times.)

* P1200716.white belladonna.close-up. (Small).JPG (46.19 KB, 360x480 - viewed 8 times.)
Logged
fermi de Sousa,
Central Victoria, Australia
Min: -7C, Max: +40C
bulborum
Sr. Member
****
Offline Offline

Posts: 253


Botanical bulbofiel
« Reply #181 on: 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

Roland
Logged
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bulborum/452518118130496
Normal Zone <8   -7°C _ -12°C      10 F to +20 F
RGB or RBGG means: Roland and Gemma de Boer
We collect mother plants or seeds ourself in the nature and multiply them later on the nursery
Fermi
Full Member
***
Offline Offline

Posts: 184


bigger rocks make for a boulder statement
« Reply #182 on: March 07, 2013, 09:27:15 PM »
Hi Roland,
they certainly seem to appreciate being hot, dry and in full sun throughout the summer here - even though I don't! Grin
The other South African bulb doing well is Crossyne flava, which I'd already posted on the SRGC Forum,
cheers
fermi

* P1200674 (Small).JPG (70.31 KB, 640x480 - viewed 10 times.)

* P1200673 (Small).JPG (66.25 KB, 360x480 - viewed 12 times.)

* P1200672.Crossyne.flava.buds. (Small).JPG (86.5 KB, 640x480 - viewed 14 times.)

* P1200671 (Small).JPG (50.82 KB, 360x480 - viewed 12 times.)

* P1200669 (Small).JPG (71.21 KB, 360x480 - viewed 26 times.)

* P1200670.Crossyne.flava.close-up. (Small).JPG (49.07 KB, 640x480 - viewed 13 times.)
Logged
fermi de Sousa,
Central Victoria, Australia
Min: -7C, Max: +40C
RickR
Global Moderator
Hero Member
*****
Offline Offline

Posts: 2051


Hungry for Knowledge
« Reply #183 on: March 07, 2013, 09:50:13 PM »

Beautiful in bud, but kinda homely in flower...

Does it perfume the air?
Logged
Rick Rodich    zone 4a.    Annual precipitation ~24 inches
near Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Fermi
Full Member
***
Offline Offline

Posts: 184


bigger rocks make for a boulder statement
« Reply #184 on: March 07, 2013, 10:35:24 PM »
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. Undecided
cheers
fermi
Logged
fermi de Sousa,
Central Victoria, Australia
Min: -7C, Max: +40C
bulborum
Sr. Member
****
Offline Offline

Posts: 253


Botanical bulbofiel
« Reply #185 on: March 08, 2013, 01:58:40 AM »
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

Roland
Logged
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bulborum/452518118130496
Normal Zone <8   -7°C _ -12°C      10 F to +20 F
RGB or RBGG means: Roland and Gemma de Boer
We collect mother plants or seeds ourself in the nature and multiply them later on the nursery
RickR
Global Moderator
Hero Member
*****
Offline Offline

Posts: 2051


Hungry for Knowledge
« Reply #186 on: March 08, 2013, 09:03:43 AM »

 Cool
Logged
Rick Rodich    zone 4a.    Annual precipitation ~24 inches
near Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
McDonough
The Onion Man
Global Moderator
Hero Member
*****
Offline Offline

Posts: 2719


10K Man


WWW
« Reply #187 on: March 08, 2013, 11:45:49 AM »
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.
Logged
Mark McDonough
Massachusetts, USA, near the New Hampshire border USDA Zone 5
antennaria at charter.net
http://www.plantbuzz.com
cohan
Hero Member
*****
Offline Offline

Posts: 1939


August, Columbia Icefield, Alberta
« Reply #188 on: March 14, 2013, 01:41:28 PM »
Flowering now- Drimia platyphylla, I think? grown indoors year round..
http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=1142.new#new
Logged
west central alberta, canada; just under 1000m; record temps:min -45C/-49F;max 34C/93F; http://picasaweb.google.ca/cactuscactus  http://urbanehillbillycanada.blogspot.com/
Fermi
Full Member
***
Offline Offline

Posts: 184


bigger rocks make for a boulder statement
« Reply #189 on: April 02, 2013, 02:56:07 AM »
More plants from the South:
Brunsvigia gregaria
Nerine fothergila Major (some now consider it part of the N. sarniensis complex)
Crossyne flava in seed!
cheers
fermi

* P1200828.Brunsvigia.gregaria. (Small).JPG (78 KB, 640x480 - viewed 7 times.)

* P1200844.Nerine fothergila Major. (Small).JPG (46.86 KB, 360x480 - viewed 7 times.)

* P1200823.Crossyne.flava in seed. (Small).JPG (76.93 KB, 360x480 - viewed 4 times.)
Logged
fermi de Sousa,
Central Victoria, Australia
Min: -7C, Max: +40C
RickR
Global Moderator
Hero Member
*****
Offline Offline

Posts: 2051


Hungry for Knowledge
« Reply #190 on: April 02, 2013, 10:03:09 AM »

Wow!  that certainly is vibrant color on the Nerine!

The scape seems a bit shorter than most Nerines?
How tall is it?
Logged
Rick Rodich    zone 4a.    Annual precipitation ~24 inches
near Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Fermi
Full Member
***
Offline Offline

Posts: 184


bigger rocks make for a boulder statement
« Reply #191 on: April 03, 2013, 12:13:54 AM »
Quote from: RickR on April 02, 2013, 10:03:09 AM
The scape seems a bit shorter than most Nerines?
How tall is it?
Hi Rick, probably just the angle I took the pic Embarrassed
The scape is a typical nerine height - about 14 inches I think,
cheers
fermi
Logged
fermi de Sousa,
Central Victoria, Australia
Min: -7C, Max: +40C
Michael J Campbell
Full Member
***
Offline Offline

Posts: 166



WWW
« Reply #192 on: April 05, 2013, 01:54:11 PM »
Geissorhiza aspera
Hesperantha Vaginata
Hesperantha cucullata

* DSC07559.JPG (118.04 KB, 417x480 - viewed 5 times.)

* DSC04621.JPG (135 KB, 480x417 - viewed 8 times.)

* DSC07585.JPG (62.44 KB, 248x480 - viewed 8 times.)
Logged
Michael J Campbell in Shannon, County Clare, Ireland

http://www.facebook.com/michael.j.campbell.395

   Lewisias, alpines ,South African bulbs
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/michaelJcampbell63
RickR
Global Moderator
Hero Member
*****
Offline Offline

Posts: 2051


Hungry for Knowledge
« Reply #193 on: April 05, 2013, 05:06:23 PM »

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(?)! Shocked

At first glance, the Hesperantha cucullata might almost pass as a gladiolus sp.! 
Logged
Rick Rodich    zone 4a.    Annual precipitation ~24 inches
near Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Michael J Campbell
Full Member
***
Offline Offline

Posts: 166



WWW
« Reply #194 on: April 05, 2013, 05:30:49 PM »
Was this the pic.

* DSC04623.JPG (146.01 KB, 480x479 - viewed 10 times.)
Logged
Michael J Campbell in Shannon, County Clare, Ireland

http://www.facebook.com/michael.j.campbell.395

   Lewisias, alpines ,South African bulbs
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/michaelJcampbell63
Pages:  1 ... 8 9 10 11 12 [13] 14   Go Up
  Print  
« previous next »
 
Jump to:  

Powered by SMF 1.1.13 :: SMF © 2006-2009, Simple Machines LLC
Absado by Fakdordes.