What's blooming now - week of Sept 3, 2011

Ken kjblack@pacbell.net
Sun, 04 Sep 2011 11:41:01 PDT
I was visiting the LA County Arboretum (Arcadia, CA) and the Huntington Botanical Gardens (San Marino, near Pasadena, CA) this weekend and encountered the following bulbs in bloom:
 
Drimia (Urginea) maritima:
 
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Amaryllis belladonna and hybrids:
 
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Callostemma purpurea:
 
http://flickr.com/photos/amarguy/…
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Lycoris aurea (?) :
 
http://flickr.com/photos/amarguy/…
 
Haemanthus coccineus:
 
http://flickr.com/photos/amarguy/…
 
and not blooming, but in full growth, Ammocharis coranica:
 
http://flickr.com/photos/amarguy/…
 
And many other non-geophytes of horticultural interest !
 
Ken Blackford
San Diego
 
 



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