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From Hyacinthella on Tuesday 16th of June 2026 05:22:13 PM PDT
Hyacinthella glabrescens (Boiss.) K.Perss. & Wendelbo has greyish-green glabrous leaves and deep violet blue tubular flowers on long pedicels. It is native to Turkey, especially the Taurus Mountains. Height range: 30-45 cm. Photographs by David Nicholson and John Lonsdale.
From Prasophyllum on Monday 15th of June 2026 05:20:07 PM PDT
Prasophyllum hians Rchb.f. is known by the common name of Yawning Leek Orchid. It is found in open forest and woodlands in well-drained winter wet areas in southwestern Western Australia. It blooms from September to November, often after fires. It has a hollow onion-like leaf and a crowded spike of 20 to 50 upside-down small (.8 cm) white flowers (green to brown sepals and white petals with a crinkly white lip.) Height range: 15-50 cm. Photos taken in Porongorup Park in September 2007 by Bob Rutemoeller.
From Patersonia on Sunday 14th of June 2026 06:12:06 PM PDT
Patersonia spp The photos below were taken by Mary Sue Ittner and Bob Rutemoeller in southwestern Australia in spring 2007. I’m not sure which species they are but I suspect most of them are either Patersonia occidentalis or Patersonia umbrosa as most of the other species that might be found where these pictures were taken are shorter plants. The first two pictures were taken near Walpole. The third picture was taken along a trail next to the Kalgan River near Albany. The last pictures were taken at William Bay National Park.
From Amoreuxia on Saturday 13th of June 2026 08:29:21 PM PDT
Cochlospermum palmatifidum(DC.) Byng & Christenh., syn. Amoreuxia palmatifida (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.), is more widespread in southern Arizona, USA, growing into Sonora and Baja California Sur, México. It is very similar to A. gonzalezii but its seeds are reniform (kidney-shaped.) Leaf differences are subtle but visible when plants of the two species are grown side-by-side. It would be difficult to identify single plants without seeds. Height range: 30-60 cm. The first photo shows three plants in a 5-gallon nursery container, which is 10.5"/27 cm across and 11"/28 cm deep. The second photo is a side view. Photos are copyright 2013, Leo Martin.
Resources:
United States Department of Agriculture
http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=AMPA3
Southwest Environmental Information Network
http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=2423
From Leopoldia on Friday 12th of June 2026 05:10:22 PM PDT
Leopoldia comosa (L.) Parl., syn. Muscari comosum (L.) Mill. is widespread in southern Europe eastwards to Turkey and Iran and has been in cultivation for many centuries, perhaps because of its culinary use. For this purpose, the plants are harvested before flowers appear. Height range: 15-30 cm. The flower head is a pallid purple; flowers when bloomed turn a shade of brown. Flowers have a musty odor, not very pleasant. Bulbs divide well and in some places escaped cultivation. The first two photos by Nhu Nguyen. The next three photos from Mary Sue Ittner show the bloom sequence of the plants in a pot. The last photo from Janos Agoston shows the bulbs.
Leopoldia comosa 'Plumosum', syn. Muscari comosum 'Plumosum' is a cultivar, deriving its name from the Latin for 'feathered'. It is composed almost entirely of sterile florets, like the florets atop the type species. Series of photographs by David Pilling showing the development of one stem and a shoot appearing in February. For more discussion see here.
From Canarina on Thursday 11th of June 2026 05:03:21 PM PDT
Canarina canariensis (L.) Vatke is endemic to the Canary Islands off the North African Atlantic coast, now a very popular tourist destination due to its reliably desert-like sunny climate year-round. But the higher elevations are yet covered with a relic of tertiary (a geological age classification) forest that acts as an important water trap by condensing water from the clouds. In this moist and cool but absolutely frost-free environment grows, besides other endemics, this stunning plant. It scrambles through scrub or hangs down cliffs. It forms a thick, fleshy, beet-like tuber and the shoots are annual, very herbaceous and slightly fleshy, with a marked dormancy during summer. Height: 6-8 ft.
Johannes-Ulrich Urban reports that in Germany, his plants come out of dormancy in August with tiny purple shoots at first that elongate quickly during autumn and winter, and form a big mass of scrambling, branching stems often more than 2 m (6 feet) long with a flower at each tip. He grows a nursery derived form that is compact, is more floriferous with larger flowers, and is more intensely coloured than wild forms. Flower size is approximately 7 cm (3 inches) long and 5 cm (2 inches) wide. He grows it in a large pot in very humusy, fertile soil and keep it in the open garden in half-shade during dormancy - but never totally dry. Once it sprouts he ties the shoots and fertilize from time to time. In winter, he lets it scramble over some structures in the greenhouse. Greenhouse temperatures are always above freezing, but cool to cold. With increasing temperatures in late spring it goes dormant, and completely sheds its shoots. Attempts to make seed by self pollination never came to fruition. The pollen and stigma do not ripen at the same time, but also another clone may be necessary to be successful. Division of the tuber is possible, but risky. Height range: 6-10 ft. Photos 1-2 were taken by Johannes-Ulrich Urban. Photo 3 was taken by Bill Dijk of plants he is growing in New Zealand. Photo 4 by Mary Sue Ittner is of the very large tuber. This plant was grown from seed. It seems much happier in coastal Northern California living in an unheated greenhouse than being exposed to our wet winters. The tuber is photographed on a grid of 1 cm squares. Photo 5 was taken by Nhu Nguyen at the UC Botanical Garden.
In the San Francisco Bay Area with its mild winters, Nhu Nguyen grows the plants in a one gallon (~3L) plastic pot outside in full sun where it also receives lots of natural rain. In late spring when the plant shows signs of dormancy, he allows the plants to go dormant. The plant may or may not completely shed its leaves and stem until fall when it is ready to grow again. The photos below were taken by Nhu Nguyen. This plant obtained from Telos Rare Bulbs seems to be a different form than the ones grown by Johannes-Ulrich Urban, Bill Dijk, and the UC Botanical Garden above.
From South African Oxalis Three on Wednesday 10th of June 2026 05:36:48 PM PDT
Oxalis exserta Salter is another Namaqualand species. This species always have a stem (caulescent) with the majority of the leaves at the tip. Height: 4-10 cm. According to Salter it flowers sparingly; either I’m lucky or I have a particular floriferous clone. The bulbs have thin brown tunics and are shown here on a 1 cm square grid. Photos by Christiaan van Schalkwyk.
From Gethyum on Tuesday 9th of June 2026 05:27:02 PM PDT
Gethyum atropurpureum Phil. syn. Solaria atropurpurea (Phil.) Ravenna is a species native to the area near Santiago, Chile. It is from an area with mild wet winters and is dormant in summer. This spring blooming plant is more interesting than beautiful with black flowers that look like stars. The stamens have filaments that are united at the base in a ring. It is easily grown from seed and also increases from offsets. It needs plenty of moisture during growth and a dry dormancy. Peter Taggart from the UK writes: "The seeds seem to require darkness to germinate. I had good germination in wet sand when covered by an upturned plant pot. Germination had previously failed twice without darkness. My own seed on all three occasions, the third (successful) occasion was with seeds two years old. I have found it hardy to around minus 15 °C (kept dryish) but lost my origional bulbs in an even colder Winter." Height range: 25-30 cm. Photos 1-2 submitted by Diana Chapman, photos 3-4 taken by Alessandro Marinello, and photos 5-6 taken by Hans Joschko.
From Amoreuxia on Monday 8th of June 2026 06:44:57 PM PDT
Cochlospermum palmatifidum(DC.) Byng & Christenh., syn. Amoreuxia palmatifida (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.), is more widespread in southern Arizona, USA, growing into Sonora and Baja California Sur, México. It is very similar to A. gonzalezii but its seeds are reniform (kidney-shaped.) Leaf differences are subtle but visible when plants of the two species are grown side-by-side. It would be difficult to identify single plants without seeds. Height range: 30-60 cm. The first photo shows three plants in a 5-gallon nursery container, which is 10.5"/27 cm across and 11"/28 cm deep. The second photo is a side view. Photos are copyright 2013, Leo Martin.
Resources:
United States Department of Agriculture
http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=AMPA3
Southwest Environmental Information Network
http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=2423
From Gloxinella on Sunday 7th of June 2026 05:29:55 PM PDT
Gloxinella lindeniana (Regel) Roalson & Boggan, syns. Gloxinia lindeniana, Kohleria lindeniana, Isoloma lindenianum, and Tydaea lindeniana Regel is a tropical rhizomatous South American plant. It is grown as much for its beautiful soft green and brown leaves with lighter greenish white veins, as for the bell shaped purple to lavender and white flowers. Although it is a compact plant, as it grows it sends out stringy rhizomes that produce a new shoot so a pot can soon be filled to overflowing. It is usually grown as an indoor plant and will eventually go dormant. The new rhizomes can be shared with others. Height range: 30-60 cm. Photos below were taken by Mary Sue Ittner of such a plant grown from rhizomes shared by Dennis Kramb in the Pacific Bulb Society BX. The first photo was taken February 2014. The other photos were taken in June 2014 and in that short time it has expanded. The last photo shows the rhizomes on a 1 cm grid.
