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Babianas go dormant late spring, so delivery seems right.

All bulbs are best in soil or compost.
In a pot, fill to around 20-40cm of the top with gritty compost, settle the bulbs a few mm into this, top the pot up with grit.
Leave until September before giving them their first water.

Carlos,

I had really good germination this year, and more to plant next year.  Once they have a couple of year's growth and I repot I will send you some.  

Thank you Carlos,

For many it is the first time they have bloomed.  I have noticed that for some, such as Ixia paniculata, they are much more robust and the flowers are much larger than when they were when grown in Seattle.  The climate here is much more to their liking.

Really nice that your plants are rewarding you with so beautiful flowers again.

Amazing!!

Nice, Randy!!

I showed you a couple of seedlings and now that they lost their single leaf I looked at the bulbs... They are Colchicum, and I'm not at all sure of which one they can be (luckily there's only three options).

And my C. obispoensis turned out to be a Narcissus, so after 2 years I don't have any Calochortus after all. 

I admit it, they are maybe too difficult from seed for me.

Calochortus luteus blooming today in Armilla, Spain.

Muscari cazorlanum, a narrow endemic from the Cazorla range in NE Andalusia

Taken by a colleague, please ask me if anyone wants to use them.

Quote from: Robert_Parks on May 09, 2024, 09:07:36 PM

Quote from: Too Many Plants! on May 09, 2024, 08:52:50 PMVery nice. Loving that Tritonia squalida !

Windows! To go along with some of the Arisaemas.

Robert
in pleasant cool San Francisco, where the very last of the summer bulbs are about to get potted up.

I'm excited to have seed coming of a few Tritonia! - deusta subsp. deusta, securigera subsp. securigera, gladiolaris, florentiae, laxifolia, pallida subsp. pallida, and squalida!

Quote from: Too Many Plants! on May 09, 2024, 08:52:50 PMVery nice. Loving that Tritonia squalida !

Windows! To go along with some of the Arisaemas.

Robert
in pleasant cool San Francisco, where the very last of the summer bulbs are about to get potted up.