Dear All,
doe sanyone know where I can locate a bulb
of Scilla Maderensis? It seems a stunning flower but
no-one appears to be able to supply any.
Thanks Hugh
--- Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> wrote:
> Dear Liz & All,
>
> I've grown Oxalis inaequalis from Telos too and was
> amazed at how such a
> tiny plant could produce such a large flower. This
> species has not been one
> that has increased for me just going to show how
> they all aren't weedy. In
> fact each year I had fewer and I think it's gone now
> so will be interested
> in hearing how yours does.
>
> A surprising discovery for me this week in a very
> deep pot of Oxalis hirta
> (no longer blooming, but leaves are still green) was
> a Moraea elegans, syn.
> Homeria elegans, in bloom. Now how in the world did
> it get in that pot?
> I've had a very poor history of germinating,
> growing, blooming this species
> and doubted I had any left. The orange and yellow
> one that I thought was so
> pretty hasn't to my knowledge bloomed again and if
> it is still with me it
> is in one of my raised beds. I've never flowered one
> that looked like this
> one either.
>
>
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…
>
> Moraea elegans (syn. Homeria elegans) is a member of
> the Homeria group with
> a habitat on clay slopes in the southwestern Cape,
> blooming late winter,
> early spring. It is a very striking species, but one
> I have found hard to
> keep going in cultivation. Photos by Mary Sue Ittner
> of two different color
> varieties.
>
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…
>
>
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…
>
>
> Mary Sue
>
>
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