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From Sanguinaria on Sunday 11th of January 2026 05:14:22 PM PST
Sanguinaria canadensis L. or Bloodroot is a beautiful plant with powdery blue leaves and a very clean white flower with yellow stamens. Height range: 15-25 cm. Photo 1 taken by Nhu Nguyen April 10, 2006 in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Photos 2-5 were taken in habitat in Minnesota.
Photos 1-3 show the root system of the plant. The photos 1-2 & 4-5 were taken by David Pilling. Photo 3 was taken by Nhu Nguyen. Photos 1 and 2 are of commercially supplied roots on a 10 mm grid; photo 4 shows a flower bud.
Photo 1 & 2 by Nhu Nguyen show seeds inside a pod that just opened and a large harvest of seeds harvested from a friend's garden, still with their elaiosomes attached. The elaiosomes are quickly found by ants and carried away along with the seeds into the ground. Photographs 2-4 by David Pilling show seed and germinating seed on a 1 mm grid in Autumn 2013. Seed was obtained from Gardens North in January 2009; it came moist packed. It is said seed should not be allowed to dry out and exposure to gibberellins from woodland soil or leaf litter are needed for germination. This seed had been kept moist and at outdoor temperatures.
Sanguinaria canadensis timelapse by David Pilling taken between 15:30 and 18:11 on the 17th March 2014. Flower closes as the sun sets and temperatures drop.
Sanguinaria canadensis 'Flore Pleno', is a double form, also referred to as f. multiplex (E.H.Wilson) Weath. Photographs by Caroline Langensiepen and Martin Bohnet.
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From Pelargonium Species Two on Saturday 10th of January 2026 04:42:02 PM PST
Pelargonium longifolium Jacq. is a tuberous plant from the Southwest Cape of South Africa, from Citrusdal to the Cape Peninsula to Bredasdorp where it grows in sandy fynbos. A variable plant up to 25 cm tall, leaves can be undivided or finely dissected, smooth or hairy. Flowers can be white, cream, yellow or pink, with conspicuous wine-red blotches on the upper petals. It flowers from late spring to early summer (October to December) after the leaves have dried. The name refers to the length of its leaves. (Section Hoarea, Attenuatum Group). The first photo of leaves from David Victor and the next two from Mary Sue Ittner of flowers from plants grown from Silverhill seeds. The last two photos from the book Plants of the Klein Karoo courtesy of Jan and Anne Lise Schutte-Vlok.
From Favorite Pink Flowered Bulbs Two on Friday 9th of January 2026 05:49:50 PM PST
Haemanthus carneus -- Doug Westfall, Southern California.
From Chiloglottis on Thursday 8th of January 2026 04:19:02 PM PST
Chiloglottis valida D.L.Jones or the large Bird orchid, syn. Simpliglottis valida (D.L.Jones) Szlach. is found in moist slopes and gullies in forests in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia. It has two ground hugging green leaves and a greenish to purplish flower about 3.5 cm across. It is supposed to resemble a small bird with its beak open waiting to be fed. Height range: 4-10 cm. Photos were taken near Menzies Creek, Australia October 2007 by Bob Rutemoeller and Mary Sue Ittner.
From South African Oxalis Ten on Wednesday 7th of January 2026 04:31:12 PM PST
Oxalis virginea is a close relative to Oxalis ambigua. It has a stem which is often branched, and the stem and leaves are hairy. Flowers are white and are borne singly on the peduncles. Height: 4-6 cm. I received this plant as Oxalis anomala, which it is definitely not. Photos by Christiaan van Schalkwyk.
From Agrostocrinum on Tuesday 6th of January 2026 04:08:17 PM PST
Agrostocrinum hirsutum (Lindl.) Keighery is usually found in woodlands, heath or sedgelands in a variety of soils. It has a shorter rhizome than the other species and has hairy flowering stems and buds (back of sepals) and narrow green leaves. Leaves are from 10 to 40 cm long and 2-4 mm wide. It blooms in spring with the flowering time extended in wetter areas. It has dark blue flowers with black anthers. The perianth segments are 12 to 16 mm long and 6 to 8 mm wide. These pictures were taken north of Albany October 2007 by Bob Rutemoeller and Mary Sue Ittner. The first is a habitat shot and the other pictures focus on the flowers, showing the hairy pedicels and buds, the blue flowers, and the back of the flowers.
From Zephyra on Monday 5th of January 2026 04:48:10 PM PST
Zephyra elegans, tentative ID confirmed by Harold Koopowitz and Alberto Castillo. Height: 30 cm. The first photograph was taken by Jane McGary in October 2002 in an area of north coastal Chile just south of Antofogasta. She notes this coastal species probably will not tolerate much if any frost. The last two photos were taken by Osmani Baullosa.
In late September and early October, 2011, Eugene Zielinski and friends made a trip to Chile to observe (and photograph) the flowering desert. Exceptional midwinter rains, and even some snow, practically guaranteed heavy blooming from the bulbs, annuals, perennials, and shrubs in the desert. This species bloomed abundantly along the coast, particularly in the Huasco area. Flower color ranged from pure white to white with sky blue petal tips. These photographs were taken between Huasco and Carrizalillo by Eugene Zielinski. In the last photo it is pictured with Encelia canescens.
From Alstroemeria Hybrids on Sunday 4th of January 2026 04:27:09 PM PST
Alstroemeria 'Little Eleanor' This is one of a dwarf strain grown in Australia. Photo by Paul Tyerman.
Tall hybrids. These grow outside easily on the North Coast of California. No particular watering, fertilizing or soil preference. They grow and bloom in both full sun and part shade. Photos by Susan Hayek.
Short hybrids
From Primula on Saturday 3rd of January 2026 04:10:23 PM PST
Primula clevelandii (Greene) A. R. Mast & Reveal, syn. Dodecatheon clevelandii Greene, ranges from central and southern California to northern Baja California where it grows on grassy slopes and flats in chaparral, foothill woodland, and valley grassland communities. The plants grow in areas that are completely dry for five or six months in summer and fall, and they disappear underground during summer dormancy. In cultivation, they do well in pots, and can be grown in the same conditions used for summer-dormant bulbs. They will also reportedly tolerate some summer water if grown in very well-drained soil. When dormant, the roots of this species are brittle and spider-like. They must be handled very gently to avoid breaking the roots. Height range: 15-45 cm. There are several varieties of this species, Primula clevelandii var. gracilis (Greene) A.R.Mast & Reveal, Primula clevelandii var. insularis (H.J.Thomps.) A.R.Mast & Reveal, and Primula clevelandii var. patula (Kuntze) A.R.Mast & Reveal. They are distinguished by the colors of the anthers and pollen sacs. This plants photographed here are apparently var. patula. They are second-year seedlings growing in a paper coffee cup. Photos by Michael Mace.
A year after those photos were taken, the plants had been moved to a pot and were in bloom again:
From Seemannia on Friday 2nd of January 2026 05:53:35 PM PST
Seemannia purpurascens Rusby. Native range is Guianas, Peru to Bolivia and Brazil. This Bolivian native is a very tall (up to 1.5 m) summer grower. It will flower very well in late summer but needs a long time to grow tall first. Short winter dormancy. Can be kept shorter in smaller pots with less fertilizer. Excellent outdoors in warm enough climates. Photos 1 and 2 taken under glass in Germany by Johannes-Ulrich Urban.
