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This Ferraria finally opened up this morning, it had been playing shy for days. Tag long MIA, but I believe it was supposed to be Uncinata. Obviously it's not the blue I was expecting, it is quite a bit smaller, slower growing and less robust than all my other Ferraria! 

Quote from: CG100 on April 03, 2024, 01:04:42 AMApologies - B. rubrocyanea was where I was thinking....

So far as I am aware, various sources don't mention much if anything by way of variation in the species, so maybe some hybrid influence???

To me, it looks quite different from Rubrocyanea, and Regia (which sometimes I wonder if Regia is what's in cultivation instead of Rubrocyanea). Somewhere along the way, I thought I've seen a Babiana species that matches my pics fairly closely...maybe on SH species seed lists? If what's in cultivation is Regia instead of Rubrocyanea, then I think this could fit the pics in the pbs wiki, but not the pics of "Rubrocyanea" that are all over the web!

Quote from: Uli on April 03, 2024, 01:16:06 AMPictures 9303 and 9304 would fit with Albuca concordiana. It all of a sudden appeared on the succulent market for one or two seasons. I find it very susceptible to excess water during the winter growing season.
But what are the spheres in different colors next to the Albuca?

you can see the browning of the leaves in my flower pics, I don't recall that before this. We've been getting more rain than normal this year with more frequency, so I'd wonder if the leaf browning is from more rain, or the flowering event (which I haven't had before).

Quote from: Uli on April 03, 2024, 01:16:06 AMPictures 9303 and 9304 would fit with Albuca concordiana. It all of a sudden appeared on the succulent market for one or two seasons. I find it very susceptible to excess water during the winter growing season.
But what are the spheres in different colors next to the Albuca?

looks like you may have got it Uli. I think I saw the one pic where the leaves don't look very wide and moved on, but in the other pic the leaves look closer to mine.

And the spheres in my garden can have two purposes...#1 Garden Chachkies (decorations), and second sometimes they are marking a plant that's dormant for parts of the year.

Quote from: Carlos on April 02, 2024, 10:23:49 PMHi, I am not really on Albuca, but this one is quite attractive. It does not seem to produce the dozens of bulbils seen on other species, does it?  Surely it is not spiralis?

I'd be willing to swap a few seeds. I also have dozens of bulbils of another unidentified species that I posted last year.

Hi Carlos, if I get seed I'm happy to mail some to you. I bought these as 20mm+ bulbs. I've had one for a few years, and added 3 more last couple years. I guess I don't know for sure, but haven't seen signs of bulbils yet.

Quote from: Robin Jangle on April 02, 2024, 10:22:05 PM@Too Many Plants! The red and blue Babiana is B. rubrocyanea.

Thanks Robin. I have three different groups of B. Rubrocyanea (pic w/reply) from different sources, the flowers I posted previously in this thread are quite different...what say you?

Quote from: CG100 on April 02, 2024, 02:21:01 PMPic's 4072 and 4073 - B. purpureacyanea (spelling very likely wrong), or a hybrid that strongly favours that species.

Thanks CG100. I don't see this species you're mentioning, in the wiki...I see Purpurea but it doesn't look like the two tone flowers I posted.

B. Rubrocyanea looks correct to me.
3rd yellow flowers I'd guess Ixia, but the short wide sword-shaped foliage has me wondering...no clue on sp. though.
That Spectacular Gladiolus I believe is either Equitans or Alatus. I can't see the foliage very well, and I believe that would help with the ID.

First one looks very close to my G. Tristis, and I do believe there is some variation in that sp..

Quote from: CG100 on April 02, 2024, 02:21:01 PM

Quote from: Too Many Plants! on April 02, 2024, 02:03:48 PMI believe this is my first flowering for these Albuca Namaquensis.

A. namaquensis has threadlike leaves and usually only a rather small number of flowers per pedicel.

Well...Albuca is not a Genus I have really spent any time trying to familiarize myself with more thoroughly. I bought these as Namaquanensis, they have flat leaves that are tightly curled (I bought them for this unique look), so I guess they're wrong. I quickly browsed the wiki but didn't see anything that fits.

Quote from: petershaw on April 02, 2024, 05:22:33 PMMy wife and I went to Ruch Bancroft Garden, Tilden BG on Sunday and UC Berkeley BG on Monday.
What a show. This post is from the BBG.
I will post a few I could not identify (labels) in the unknown thread.The last Watsonia was really nice but could not find the name

WOW! NO KIDDING. What a show...I would Love to see that in person!!

Here's a fun first flowering (for me) of some gift bulbs from a very generous SA bulb aficionado...

Babiana ? & ?

These Orange metallic silver flushed Sparaxis Tricolor flowers really change as they progress through their flowering cycle.

I believe this is my first flowering for these Albuca Namaquensis.