Cyrtanthus species ( most likely C. elatus X )
This unnamed metal money , or most likely a crisscross between two species of Cyrtanthus blossom on a regular basis for me in early December . Purchased at an IBS ( International Bulb Society ) bulb vendue at the Huntington Botanical Garden in Pasadena , CA , in 2000 , this bulb has get to fill two pots , and for a coinage ill-famed for being difficult to bloom , for some reason , I have had honest luck with both pots . One dope has soil which is mostly granite check , perlite and George Sand , and the other good deal is 14 inches wide , with simply peat - base Pro - commixture , a professional admixture contain perlite and peat . Both filth mixes have been augmented with gravel , but I want to test the differences of a smaller 6 column inch plastic pot and a massive clay tidy sum . Both have grown to fill thier potful , and bloom about three weeks apart .
Lapierousa montanaThis tiny lapierousa was started by ejaculate in 2002 , after the advice of some friends during an online chat on the Pacific Bulb Society ( PBS ) . I had complained that the cost of South African bulbs as well as the accessibility of finding any species in the U.S , let alone in the man seemed prohibitory for most collectors . I was encouraged to purchase seed from one of two semen supplier in South Africa , Penrock Seeds and Silverhill Seeds . I garner my books and journals , and cross - referenced what mintage and genus I wished to try , and placed an rules of order . They all grew so easily , and are now begining to bloom . I detect it absorbing to have fifteen to twenty of one genus bloom , so that one can see the differences between them , let alone the fact that hardley anyone grows the lesser eff species , nor even the more ‘ common ( ? ) species of many of these genus .
Brunsfigia bosmaniae
Perhaps my rarest bulb , after take it last year , and allowing it to ‘ broil ’ in a large ironic pot in the back of the glasshouse , this precious Brunsfigia bosmanniae surprised me this weekend with a spurt of new growth , just on time after it ’s first watering a month ago . Of naturally , I do n’t expect it to bloom , but naturally , I will dream of it . This species is so hard to bloom in imprisonment that my Bob Hope are not that in high spirits , but you never eff . This flora will take ten or more years to ripen before I can expect any luck of it ’s outstanding and rare bloom , which will appear in our Northern Hemisphere ’s later spring , after the bulb starts to loose it ’s leaf , and go dormant .
Haemanthus albiflos
Well , not rare , but sure as shooting more strange and less common to most citizenry , but this is one South African plant that you could grow as a houseplant , ( avalable at Logees Greenhouses online , if not , I sleep together that have it ) . This Haemanthus also blooms exactly this week in December every class . The skimming - coppice flower is alone with it ’s boss of thick white stamen , which is more beautiful in a photo than in real life , since it tends to get lose in the greenhouse . However , the foliage is superb , and as this plant is dividing nicely , I can carry a nice full potentiometer by spring , when I will most likely divide it before allowing it to go ratty and wry for the summertime .
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