Bulbs from Northern Cape, South Africa

cvschalkwyk@lantic.net cvschalkwyk@lantic.net
Mon, 23 Dec 2019 03:33:09 PST
 

Hi all 

I decided to do a general reply to comments on my previous post. 

Quite a few people commented on the substrate they grow in, 

The soil or sand is basically dune sand, quartsitic in nature. I think
the red color comes from high levels of iron salts present. Differently
than other types of sand, these sands tend to retain a fair amount of
water and can remain moist (not soggy) for a long time after rains. 
The pebbles are found towards the edges of the sandy areas where the
calcrete layer becomes more obvious, the rest is just that red sand,
probably a foot or more deep at places.

A week later, the seedpods on the Eriospermum (possibly corymbosum,
thanks Robert) and Albuca (still not shure if it is an Albuca) are big
and full. The Ledebouria's (probably L. glauca) have basically finished
flowering (no seed pods visible) and the unknown single leaved plant is
in full flower. It turned out to be Dipcadi crispa (thanks again
Robert), I'll write a post with pictures of it seperately.

Christiaan van Schalkwyk
Upington
South Africa

 
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