Title: December 2023 photos
Post by: Martin Bohnet on December 03, 2023, 04:42:01 AM
Post by: Martin Bohnet on December 03, 2023, 04:42:01 AM
Ah, December in Germany, the time when you - either silently or openly - curse the "friends of the winter weather" someone at the better weather sites seems to know and care for. Luckily, last night did not turn out as cold as predicted (-8°C), but -5° is bad enough and I don't think Kniphofia northiae
enjoyed that too much.
In the cold house the rare natural light shone on Strumaria prolifera
, and as much as I like the "The Amaryllidaceae of Southern Africa"-book, it is wrong here. I've started with a single bulb in 2020 and never saw seeds. They DO spread vegetatively.
| Height: | 120-170 cm (3.9-5.6 ft) |
| Flower Colors: | orange, yellow |
| Flower Season: | early summer to mid summer |
| Life form: | rhizome |
In the cold house the rare natural light shone on Strumaria prolifera
Title: Re: December 2023 photos
Post by: Rdevries on December 03, 2023, 05:10:23 AM
Post by: Rdevries on December 03, 2023, 05:10:23 AM
Strumaria prolifera with heads full of seeds, yesterday.
Title: Re: December 2023 photos
Post by: Rdevries on December 03, 2023, 10:20:19 AM
Post by: Rdevries on December 03, 2023, 10:20:19 AM
Sinningia cardinalis x S. bullata. Blooming for first time with orange flowers from the Bullata side (S. bullata on left in first snap). The second growth of leaves may also have some bullated characteristics of the bullata parent (hope).
I put a few sibs of this sinningia cross in the last US BX before any had bloomed. I wonder if anyone had similar of different results
I put a few sibs of this sinningia cross in the last US BX before any had bloomed. I wonder if anyone had similar of different results
Title: Re: December 2023 photos
Post by: Arnold on December 04, 2023, 10:18:37 AM
Post by: Arnold on December 04, 2023, 10:18:37 AM
Title: Re: December 2023 photos
Post by: Carlos on December 06, 2023, 07:16:41 AM
Post by: Carlos on December 06, 2023, 07:16:41 AM
First seedlings!
Squilla hesperia from Tenerife
(Ex Urginea, Drimia). Many still available.
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Urginea fugax, Ibiza
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And Oncocyclus soaking. These were cut last night
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Carlos
Title: Re: December 2023 photos
Post by: Arnold on December 23, 2023, 10:20:59 AM
Post by: Arnold on December 23, 2023, 10:20:59 AM
Lachenalia bulbifera
Ferraria densepunctulata
Gladiolus griseus
Moraea polystachya
Ferraria densepunctulata
Gladiolus griseus
Moraea polystachya
Title: Re: December 2023 photos
Post by: petershaw on December 27, 2023, 03:23:58 PM
Post by: petershaw on December 27, 2023, 03:23:58 PM
Here's a few happy bulb pots blooming at the end of December in Santa Cruz CA.
Grown outside but moved into an unheated greenhouse to enjoy the flowers.
Massonia pustulata purpurea (not sure if this is really a named thing but came as such.)
Massonia pustulata purpurea group.jpg Massonia pustulata purpurea.jpg
Lachenalia ensifolia "pink Form" (not a cultivar, just the name that came with the bulbs.)
Lachenalia ensifolia pink form 1.jpg
Lachenalia pusilla
Lachenalia pusilla.jpg
Lachenalia calcicola (came with the seeds but wonder if thats really what it is since this is listed as endangered.)
Flower color and foliage superficially look like these http://www.africanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=78&id=4518#image=28990 (http://www.africanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=78&id=4518#image=28990)
Lachenalia calcicola 2.jpg
Grown outside but moved into an unheated greenhouse to enjoy the flowers.
Massonia pustulata purpurea (not sure if this is really a named thing but came as such.)
Massonia pustulata purpurea group.jpg Massonia pustulata purpurea.jpg
Lachenalia ensifolia "pink Form" (not a cultivar, just the name that came with the bulbs.)
Lachenalia ensifolia pink form 1.jpg
Lachenalia pusilla
Lachenalia pusilla.jpg
Lachenalia calcicola (came with the seeds but wonder if thats really what it is since this is listed as endangered.)
Flower color and foliage superficially look like these http://www.africanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=78&id=4518#image=28990 (http://www.africanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=78&id=4518#image=28990)
Lachenalia calcicola 2.jpg
Title: Re: December 2023 photos
Post by: Martin Bohnet on December 27, 2023, 04:21:22 PM
Post by: Martin Bohnet on December 27, 2023, 04:21:22 PM
Interesting - one should think we'd have very different climates, yet I have what I got as Massonia pustulata
in flower as well - though I have an example of a strange kind of symbiosis: a slug cutting holes into Massonia leaves for weeds to pass through... Mine seems to have lighter pollen than yours, though...
Out in the garden the weeks of rain have taken their toll, I have Colchicum serpentinum
and Cyclamen coum
ruined by slugs - only a singular Crocus protected by some cacti (which again suffer from the rain) is in flower, and I'm not even sure of the species - possibly a melantherus I planted a few years ago which never had flowered? But my sure ID Crocus melantherus
from Janis Ruksans flowered almost 2 months ago...
Meanwhile the capsules of Cardiocrinum giganteum
have opened up, but the conditions were so shaky this year that I wouldn't want to guarantee fertile seeds here... And while the blue sky looks nice on the picture, it also means cold nights - I had to return everything to the shelter again... could we PLEASE fast forward to spring?
Out in the garden the weeks of rain have taken their toll, I have Colchicum serpentinum
Meanwhile the capsules of Cardiocrinum giganteum
Title: Re: December 2023 photos
Post by: Too Many Plants! on December 29, 2023, 10:04:18 PM
Post by: Too Many Plants! on December 29, 2023, 10:04:18 PM
Quote from: Arnold on December 04, 2023, 10:18:37 AMDaubenya zeyheriVery NICE, Arnold!
Title: Re: December 2023 photos
Post by: Too Many Plants! on December 31, 2023, 05:02:56 PM
Post by: Too Many Plants! on December 31, 2023, 05:02:56 PM
From our recent bulb exchange. Thank you to those generous folks that share the bulb Joy with others!
Lachenalia Viridiflora- planted about a month ago. Already leafed out AND flowering! With an offset TOO.
Happy New Year to all the PBS bulb peeps!
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Lachenalia Viridiflora- planted about a month ago. Already leafed out AND flowering! With an offset TOO.
Happy New Year to all the PBS bulb peeps!
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Title: Re: December 2023 photos
Post by: Uli on January 02, 2024, 03:26:57 AM
Post by: Uli on January 02, 2024, 03:26:57 AM
That is a very good form of Lachenalia viridiflora! I recommend hand pollination....
Title: Re: December 2023 photos
Post by: Too Many Plants! on January 05, 2024, 06:36:54 PM
Post by: Too Many Plants! on January 05, 2024, 06:36:54 PM
Can L. Viridiflora be self pollinated???
Title: Re: December 2023 photos
Post by: Too Many Plants! on January 05, 2024, 06:40:11 PM
Post by: Too Many Plants! on January 05, 2024, 06:40:11 PM
Quote from: Uli on January 02, 2024, 03:26:57 AMThat is a very good form of Lachenalia viridiflora! I recommend hand pollination....I could cross it with a few other L. species...but this Viridiflora seems to be well ahead of my other Lachenalia sp.!
Title: Re: December 2023 photos
Post by: Uli on January 06, 2024, 02:17:15 AM
Post by: Uli on January 06, 2024, 02:17:15 AM
I think Lachenalia is self compatible. There is nothing to lose if you try. The thing with hand pollination in Lachenalia is that you have to look for a receptive stigma. The receptive ones stick out of the flower one or two millimeters long. Not every flower will show this. Normally there is a lot of pollen, so that is not the problem.
Personally I do not produce hybrids voluntarily. I know there are some good ones (Aqua Lady is a good viridiflora hybrid which I purchased) but this is another issue. Hybrid seed should be documented as such. I strongly recommend propagating Lachenalia by seed and not by bulbils because of virus contamination.
Personally I do not produce hybrids voluntarily. I know there are some good ones (Aqua Lady is a good viridiflora hybrid which I purchased) but this is another issue. Hybrid seed should be documented as such. I strongly recommend propagating Lachenalia by seed and not by bulbils because of virus contamination.