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From Monocostus on Sunday 28th of June 2026 05:23:30 PM PDT
Monocostus uniflorus is native only to the Rio Huallaga valley (500-800 m). near Tarapoto, Peru. It produces gorgeous yellow flowers with a large labellum. It is said that the plants will survive temperatures above 50 °F (10 °C) and will continue to produce flowers year round in the perfect condition. This perfect condition is in the form of a greenhouse with constant mist and warm temperature. The plant grows to about 1.5 feet (45 cm) and is perfectly happy in a one gallon container. It also makes a good houseplant with somewhat low light requirements, although this low light prevents the plant from blooming well.
From Bomarea on Saturday 27th of June 2026 05:18:13 PM PDT
Bomarea sp. grows in the coastal deserts and dry cloud forests of Lima. Photos by Norton Cuba.
Bomarea spp. and photos 1-4 were taken by Susan Hayek of several grown by Diana Chapman, Telos Rare Bulbs. Photos 5 was taken by Liz Waterman of a plant Diana calls "Bomarea sp. 878"
Photo 1 by Mary Sue Ittner is of a Bomarea flowering in May in Sandy Scott's Northern California garden. The plant tag did not have a species name on it.
The photos below from Uluwehi Knecht and Nhu Nguyen show a well-known plant at the Strybing Arboretum/San Francisco Botanical Garden that grows in the garden's American cloud forest section. It is a huge plant that produces huge inflorescences of yellow flowers without spots. It is known on the internet by several names such as Bomarea aff. superba or according to the Neotropical Flora site, it is listed under Bomarea borjae Sodiro or Bomarea multiflora (L.f.) Mrb. However, the name B. multiflora appears to have spots.
The photos below by Nhu Nguyen show a number of species growing at the UC Botanical Garden.
The photos below were taken by Nhu Nguyen showing various aspects of this genus including seeds, roots, storage organs and seedlings.
From Resnova on Friday 26th of June 2026 06:25:59 PM PDT
Resnova maxima van der Merwe, syn. Ledebouria maxima (van der Merwe) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt is an accepted name in The Plant List. A plant labeled with this name was being displayed in the bulb room at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in 2010. Height range: 3-5 ft. Photo by Mary Sue Ittner.
From Sanguinaria on Thursday 25th of June 2026 05:18:05 PM PDT
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 Legacy Bulbs Four on Wednesday 24th of June 2026 07:17:10 PM PDT
Eranthis hyemalis, winter aconite, is in the Ranunculaceae family, and like many members of the family is poisonous. Native to Asia Minor and Europe woodlands, it flowers in winter, usually ahead of snowdrops. Hardy in WHZ 4-7, and probably colder zones if well mulched, it may naturalize in part shade under trees and shrubs. It can be invasive where happy, and can be controlled by digging up when still green. It has naturalized in Ontario, Canada, and the United States south and east of the Great Lakes, east to North Carolina and New York.
From Lachenalia Species Four on Tuesday 23rd of June 2026 05:33:19 PM PDT
Lachenalia juncifolia Baker is found in sand or limestone outcrops in the winter rainfall Cape. It has two leaves with maroon bands and white or pink bell shaped flowers on long pedicels with exserted anthers. Height range: 7-40 cm. Don Journet describes it in his collection. "The flowers consist of outer perianth segments which have a blush tinge at their base grading to pink and finally a rose-purple tip and gibbosities. The inner segments, which are largely hidden, have the same dark rose-purple tips showing between the outer segments. The flowering season has been fairly short for me being the third week in September to the second week in October." The first photo from Rod Saunders. The rest from Mary Sue Ittner.
Lachenalia juncifolia var. campanulata W. F. Barker is a synonym of Lachenalia magentea.
From Hieronymiella on Monday 22nd of June 2026 06:29:03 PM PDT
Hieronymiella marginata (Pax) R.E.Fr., formerly and seemingly again in 2023 known as Hieronymiella argentina (Pax) Hunz. & S.C.Arroyo, occurs on parched, rocky terrain in extreme northern Argentina at altitudes nearing 3000 meters. In habitat, blooming occurs in November and December, just before the arrival of rains. On specimens shown by Arroyo-Leuenberger and Leuenberger (Herbertia 58, pp. 23-45, 2003-2004) basal leaf growth is present with bulbs in full bloom. Unlike them, the specimens shown here were hysteranthous, with no sign of leaf emergence during blooming. Also, coloration was uniquely orange, while the reference article reports other shades for this species. Height range: 30-60 cm. Photos 1-2 taken by Andrew Wilson. Photos 3-4 by Martin Bohnet show a plant with leaves present at flowering in a middle-European climate -- one can speculate that the presence of water decides this. The source for this advised to lift the deep-seated bulb in fall and replant in spring, but this proved unsuccessful for him -- the plants stopped flowering and one took the damage from digging up badly. Growing them instead in a deep pot and removing top soil down to the basal plate but keeping roots undisturbed for (barely) frost free winter storage resulted in the return of flowers in the second year after the method change.
From Eucomis Three on Sunday 21st of June 2026 05:36:14 PM PDT
Eucomis pallidiflora Baker occurs in KwaZulu-Natal. Eucomis pallidiflora ssp. pallidiflora is not as tall as ssp. pole-evansii and is reported to have a densely packed flowering stalk instead of a loosely packed stalk. Height range: to about 2 m.
Eucomis pallidiflora ssp. pole-evansii (N.E.Br.) Reyneke ex J.C.Manning, syn. Eucomis pole-evansii N.E.Br., is the tallest species of the genus, growing to 2 m/6.5 ft. It is native to Mpumalanga in South Africa and Swaziland and grows in damp grassy vleis. Even though it prefers wetland habitats in the wild, it will grow in average garden soils, if regularly irrigated. It has bright green leaves over 600 mm long and 200 mm wide that are wide at the base tapering along their length with a deep midrib. The wide open green to cream flowers appear mid summer, but may need staking to prevent them from bending over. The first photo was taken by David Fenwick. The second photo from Ellen Hornig illustrates how tall it can get. The third photo of the leaves was taken by Alan Horstmann.
From Delphinium Species One on Saturday 20th of June 2026 05:30:42 PM PDT
Delphinium decorum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. is a short species with dark blue purple flowers that grow from tuberous roots and is found in grassy coastal areas in California and southern Oregon. It has shiny leaves that are not as dissected as some species and is very hairy. Height range: 35-40 cm. Photos by Mary Sue Ittner. The last shows the roots on a 1 cm grid.
From Chlorophytum on Friday 19th of June 2026 05:13:04 PM PDT
Chlorophytum rubribracteatum (De Wild.) Kativu is native from Central through East and Southern Africa. Plants are grass-like, up to 45 cm tall growing from a short horizontal rhizome. Roots are slender with swellings towards the tips. The leaves are linear, in 2 rows, up to 50 cm with slightly ciliate margins. The inflorescence is unbranched with individual flowers sparsely arranged. Flowers are white to pinkish-white and seed capsules shallowly deltoid, approximately 7 mm long. Photos by Nicholas Wightman taken in Lilayi, Zambia.
