A few years ago I managed to get seed set on the orange red form of Rhodophiala bifida (see above) using pollen of the ox-blood red form. The first seedling flowered this week and is halfway between the two in color
Tropaeolum tricolor grows in a part of the garden where we haven't had to do anything for it - except avoid disturbing it when it's emerging! I've been told that in the wild there's a bit of variation in color! I'd love to try to get some of the different forms if anyone has any seed to spare!
Another Bulb from the South is Leucocoryne; this was grown from NARGS Seedex 2006 as Leucocoryne vittata but it appears to be a hybrid as the striping is not as vivid as it should be; still very nice!
Another leucocoryne - close to Leucocoryne purpurea but again probably a hybrid (the petals appear to be too pointy!)
This one opened it's bloom snuggled down in the foliage making me think it was a Tristagma/Nothoscordum! It's actually the gold Zephyranthes flavissima
Lovely plants Fermi and David. Please know that even if I don't respond right away, that I do enjoy ogling these beauties, as I'm sure many forumists do. Really like the Leucocoryne species (and hybrids).
We grow a couple of the smaller Alstroemeria species in the rock garden but have these hybrid "Peruvian Lilies" in the borders where they appreciate a bit more water during the growing season,
We got this bulb years ago from Murray Cubis of Discovery Bulbs as Habranthus 'Russell Manning'; I think it is a form of Habranthus robustus,
The flower can be as large as an individual Amaryllis belladonna bloom but on a much shorter stem; as you can see from the pic it flowered a few days earlier and there's already a sizeable seed-pod formed!
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Alstroemeria hookeri
Sun, 12/18/2016 - 4:42amAlstroemeria hookeri flowering through a Euphorbia rigida x myrsinites,
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fermi
bulborum (not verified)
Beauty fermi
Sun, 12/18/2016 - 2:34pmBeauty fermi
Love those Chilean Alstroemeria 's
Roland
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Hi Roland,
Mon, 12/19/2016 - 2:27amHi Roland,
This is a beauty especially because it persists in our garden without much assistance from us!
We do water the areas where it grows in the summer sometimes,
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fermi
bulborum (not verified)
I have them in pots (they don
Mon, 12/19/2016 - 3:00amI have them in pots (they don't really like that) but I will try next year in the garden
Roland
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Rhodophiala bifida is in
Sun, 03/26/2017 - 3:46amRhodophiala bifida is in flower in 3 different colors
This pink form is from seed sent by a SRGC Forumist from Argentina flowering for the first time
This orange-red one was from a commercial source
This ox-blood red one is from a friend
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fermi
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A few years ago I managed to
Sun, 03/11/2018 - 4:55amA few years ago I managed to get seed set on the orange red form of Rhodophiala bifida (see above) using pollen of the ox-blood red form. The first seedling flowered this week and is halfway between the two in color
There are a few more to flower this year
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fermi
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It looks like 11 of the
Sat, 03/17/2018 - 12:07amIt looks like 11 of the seedlings from this cross will flower this year
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fermi
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Fermi wrote:
Wed, 10/24/2018 - 6:19am[quote=Fermi]
Leucocoryne ixioides from NARGS Seedex 2009, collected "Foothills, Andes, Chile"
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this year there are 3 types of flower from this bunch of seedlings,
one pure white with narrow petals, the others have pink mid-ribs
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fermi
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Tropaeolum tricolor grows in
Fri, 10/04/2013 - 12:24amTropaeolum tricolor grows in a part of the garden where we haven't had to do anything for it - except avoid disturbing it when it's emerging! I've been told that in the wild there's a bit of variation in color! I'd love to try to get some of the different forms if anyone has any seed to spare!
Another Bulb from the South is Leucocoryne; this was grown from NARGS Seedex 2006 as Leucocoryne vittata but it appears to be a hybrid as the striping is not as vivid as it should be; still very nice!
cheers
fermi
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Another leucocoryne - close
Sun, 10/13/2013 - 11:58pmAnother leucocoryne - close to Leucocoryne purpurea but again probably a hybrid (the petals appear to be too pointy!)
This one opened it's bloom snuggled down in the foliage making me think it was a Tristagma/Nothoscordum! It's actually the gold Zephyranthes flavissima
cheers
fermi
Mark McDonough
Lovely plants Fermi and David
Mon, 10/14/2013 - 12:04pmLovely plants Fermi and David. Please know that even if I don't respond right away, that I do enjoy ogling these beauties, as I'm sure many forumists do. Really like the Leucocoryne species (and hybrids).
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Here's another South American
Mon, 11/11/2013 - 8:09pmHere's another South American - actually it turns out to be a hybrid between two Chilean species of Conanthera - C. trimaculata and C. campanulata
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fermi
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We grow a couple of the
Tue, 11/12/2013 - 11:24pmWe grow a couple of the smaller Alstroemeria species in the rock garden but have these hybrid "Peruvian Lilies" in the borders where they appreciate a bit more water during the growing season,
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fermi
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Here's one of the dwarf
Wed, 11/27/2013 - 4:22amHere's one of the dwarf species in the rock garden, Alstroemeria hookeri
This sisyrinchium came from a SRGC Forumist, Santiago, as seed a few years ago - Sisyrinchium palmifolium
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fermi
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Fermi wrote:
Wed, 11/27/2013 - 5:00am[quote=Fermi]
Here's another South American - actually it turns out to be a hybrid between two Chilean species of Conanthera - C. trimaculata and C. campanulata
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Here's the first conanthera which I grew from Seedex seed many years ago - Conanthera campanulata, one of the parents of the previously shown hybrid,
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fermi
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We got this bulb years ago
Tue, 12/10/2013 - 7:39pmWe got this bulb years ago from Murray Cubis of Discovery Bulbs as Habranthus 'Russell Manning'; I think it is a form of Habranthus robustus,
The flower can be as large as an individual Amaryllis belladonna bloom but on a much shorter stem; as you can see from the pic it flowered a few days earlier and there's already a sizeable seed-pod formed!
cheers
fermi
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