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

Richard xerics@cox.net
Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:57:58 PDT
I actually have one in bloom here right now!
Richard
In Vista

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Ken,

I was surprised to see your shot of Urginea maritima in  bloom
in September
at the Huntington. They finished bloom here in early July. 

Andrew
San Diego

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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:
 
http://flickr.com/photos/amarguy/…
 
Amaryllis belladonna and hybrids:
 
http://flickr.com/photos/amarguy/…
http://flickr.com/photos/amarguy/…
http://flickr.com/photos/amarguy/…
http://flickr.com/photos/amarguy/…
 
Callostemma purpurea:
 
http://flickr.com/photos/amarguy/…
http://flickr.com/photos/amarguy/…
http://flickr.com/photos/amarguy/…
 
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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