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Ferraria Crispa - what I consider to be the quintessential Crispa (or standard) color.

Such fun, ornate, aromatic, and unique flowers! I believe these star fish of The Cape and Namaqualand, are truly underrated!

Moraea Vegeta - is proving to be a pretty good flowerer for being new to my garden (2023 BX), growing in the ground in mostly full sun. While (so far) these are small flowers, they are very ornate and interesting to appreciate. And as I've watched them progress, I've been pleasantly surprised by their display! If the flowers could get a bit bigger in a few years these will be real Winners!! These would be Fantastic for pot culture up close viewing on shelves or a window sill!!!

Lost the tag on this guy...maybe it's a Scilla ?

Sparaxis Tricolor (or is it a hybrid ?)

Quote from: Martin Bohnet on March 23, 2025, 08:17:58 AMLet's start with a philosophical question: is it still a bulb lawn, if the dominant species is Primula acaulis? 

Hi Martin, Love your flowering "bulb lawn"!

Moraea Vegeta

Morning Sunshine 🌞 on my Moraea Aristata! Most photos don't do it justice...

Sparaxis Tricolor.

Babiana Rubrocyanea in Full GLORIOUS bloom!! 

Cyanella Orchidiformis in FULL flower now.

First Flowers of my Babiana Rubrocyanea. OR, are they B. Regia???

Everything in cultivation circulation here in the US is called B. Rubro as far as I know, but I've often wondered...I have 4 different clumps in my Garden. (I can't remember how many for sure, but from at least two different sources)

Sparaxis Tricolor. 

Though Robin says many of my S. Tricolor are hybrids, with most likely elegans and Pillansii. Some of them look hybrid to me. So I guess I don't know which are, and are not. Even so...I look forward to their winter cheer every year!

Interesting note on the clump pictured. These pink and white flowers look quite different than they have in past years. Darker pink, and less white. 

Quote from: Uli on March 11, 2025, 03:09:50 AMIt is Ipheion uniflorum. There are different colour forms around, the one with the most intense blue for me is ,Jessie'
,Rolf Fiedler' is also a good blue but apparently it is a separate species of which I do not recall the name.
The regular uniflorum is relatively pale blue, older flowers fading to a paler hue, so that is probably your plant

Last year they came up from the start basically looking white. Some flowers barely had a hint of blue hue in certain light.

My very first flowering of my M. Vegeta from a 2023 BX I believe...these first flowers in the ground in full sun are pretty small.

Moraea Vegeta

I forget the name...don't know if any remember I posted these flowers last year n they almost looked white. Well, this years a different story. Wonder what the deal is..?