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Here's a better pic of my Moraea I previously posted. I believe this is one of the genera that was lumped into Moraea, and to me it doesn't look Moraea. An interesting story to go with...I had a patch of this yellow and peach planted together and had a gopher come through the patch during dormancy. When the next season came around only yellow was left, and it looked like he had not eaten any of the yellow, certainly very little if he did at all. So...my conclusion is the peach must taste good, and yellow must taste bad. 😂

Quote from: Robin Jangle on April 06, 2024, 10:34:16 PM@Too Many Plants! - that is also a hybrid. Obviously tricolor as one parent; the other is pillansii
The tepals are identical to pillansii - they are lanceolate and subacute whereas in tricolor the tepals are broadly lanceolate-ovate. Also the markings are a mish mash of the two species - tricolor has minimal black markings on the yellow cup whereas pillansii has very bold markings

Thank you Robin! I enjoy and appreciate your experience and info about these SA bulbs.

Here's another gifted mystery bulb first flowering...

obvious Sparaxis Tricolor

I have many Sparaxis Tricolor that came from a long established SoCal garden. So I believe I have some different color combos than you wouldn't typically see in S. Tricolor. This one is a VERY nice rich red that has what appears in person as a blue haze on top of the red. Really quite stunning in person.

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

Hi Robin, I previously addressed this to you, but you didn't respond. I looked you up because I was not familiar with who you were, and now that I see you're a local SA that lives near the habitats, and is a long time afficianado, I'm very interested in (and would appreciate) your thoughts on this! I'll attach pics of both for your response.

Pics 3836 & 3833 are what's all over in Cali as B. Rubrocyanea! To me 4072 & 73 are quite different...

Updated pics of the ? Babiana from 4/7

Thank you so much for any insight you can offer

A quick stroll through my garden from the other morning. I really enjoy this time of year!

Another one of my mystery bulbs first flowering (sort of anyway).

I'm fairly confident this is...

Sparaxis Metelerkampiae.

It does seem shy to fully open in my full sun position. It is a recently planted bulb, so IDK if that is part of the issue. I haven't grown this species before, but all my Sparaxis seem fine with full sun, except I grow Villosa in a spot somewhat protected from late afternoon sun.

Clivia and SoCal Alligator lizard...

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.