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I knew a bhuddist who thought the same and used one of the mint oils liberally as they could not kill anything.

Until they opened some chest drawers and found clothes, blankets etc. in tatters.

Quote from: CG100 on Today at 12:23:27 PMMint flowers are always very popular with insects...

But OTOH

"For decades, peppermint oil has served as a potent insect repellent and research has confirmed this fact. When used around entry points in the home and applied via sachets near doors and windows or diffuser or spray, it can help repel ticks, spiders, roaches, moths, flies, fleas, beetles and ants."

Mint flowers are always very popular with insects......................

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Aha! Another Haemanthus snuck in a bloom on the storage bench... H. humilis v. hirsutus...got some hairy leg action going on there.

Typhonium circinnatum with a curly spathe inside, next to Amorphophallus ongsakulii starting a summer of intermittent blooming...not shy one shots like the big relatives.

Gloxinia nematanthodes Evita is stating that this is a hanging basket kind of year.

And the Dieramas are coming into bloom nicely, but the wind never stops, so pictures are difficult.

Robert
in currently sunny San Francisco, looking to a couple days in the high 70sF/25+C...at least the Dieramas won't melt in the fog this week!

Hello Laura,

Are there any summer flowering Romulea?
My first thought looking at the flower and the leaves is Zephyranthes but no idea which species.

The Bomareas are messy vines, but all is forgiven (B. aff. superba, B. sp. Fiesta)

Little bitty Ornithogalums are doing their thing, not pictured O. britteniae with a 25cm inflorescence over a barely 2 cm plant.

Haemanthus humilis making a surprise from the storage bench.

Arisaema candidisssimum Pink rushing to bloom before July...all of them are on the same schedule.

Arisaema af. consanguineum Dark Leaf, always with the curvy pseudostem.

Also not pictured, Biarum tenuifolium (focus issues), looking nice with the sun glowing through the red spathe. My climate seems to prompt a very extended bloom season for Biarum. Roscoea tibetica also didn't want its tiny picture taken.

Everything fairly seasonal although all the Arisaemas are late this year.

The Haemanthus is from SX seed.

This bulb bloomed in my garden yesterday. It opened up later in the day. I could not detect any fragrance. It is about 20 cm tall.
I would appreciate if anyone could tell me what it is. I suspected it may be one of Romuleas.
Laura Grant
Niagara on the Lake, Ontario

A little update: All packages from Box 1 are now on their way - I withheld them during the weekend due to tropical temperatures, didn't want them to cook in the Pack Staition. Everyone in the first batch already has received a personal email tonight, so if you have not heard from me, you'll be in box two (as are Uli's and my own orders, so we are motivated to push things on)

Caladium hybrids. The problem for me is not to get the tubers start growing in spring but to get them overwinter without drying out. Any pointers to increase my success rate of 30-40%?