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Quote from: Robin Jangle on December 19, 2024, 12:07:02 AMThat looks more like an Albuca or similar.

Gethyllis linearis has narrow ribbon-like leaves whereas those are hemiterete and grooved at the base.

Well, I got them as G. Linearis ?, fm a couple BX's ago. I thought the ? mark was indicating they weren't 100% sure on Linearis as the species. It will be the BX that shipped bulbs later in 2023 as I planted them a bit after I got them- Dec 2023.

Maybe the gifter of those bulbs could opine...? Below is the BX info, and bulb "gifter". Wondering if the moderator @David Pilling could send them a note?

US BX 493
Arcangelo Wessells
142 Gethyllis, likely linearis

Hi

I started with Gethyllis, here the Oligophylla

G. linearis is very early into growth here - it needs no water to show growth. Here the leaves are randomly wavy rather than coiled, no doubt due to our low light levels 

That looks more like an Albuca or similar.

Gethyllis linearis has narrow ribbon-like leaves whereas those are hemiterete and grooved at the base.

Another exciting new addition to our SA Garden from last year's BX! Planted Dec 2023...these guys are little- planted in ground in a 6" net pot for scale. I guess I don't know if and how much bigger they can/will get with time and growth. @Robin Jangle  ?

Gethyllis Linearis

And another, Thank You! To the generous Bulb peeps that share the Love in our BX's and SX's...

Quote from: Martin Bohnet on December 17, 2024, 11:22:15 AMAh, bomareas - actually edulis can deal with the German summers which also can be quite hot. As they seed around quite a bit i'm experimenting with some in open ground at a protected spot - and as I'm generating data on freezing depth now (of course the light frosts until now didn't even reach 5 cm into the ground) I may find the right spot and depth for them. I always find it interesting that Anton Hofreiter, a well known German Green Party politician actually did his PhD on Bomareas. I'd love to talk to him about them, maybe he had some ideas what species could deal with our conditions. Too bad his day job circles around weapons for the Ukraine these days...

but of course no Bomarea pictures in December...

Of my Bomareas, only edulis is strongly deciduous. There are a number of others that don't grow during the winter and get ratty looking, but they stay green. There are some higher elevation dryland species that should be strongly deciduous, but might not like warm humid summers. I don't know if there are any mediterranean Bomareas, but several Alstromerias will grow on a mediterranean climate schedule, so maybe some unobtainable Chilean species?

Robert
in sunny cool damp San Francisco with some winter Tropaeolums and a Cyphia shooting up

Hello @Martin Bohnet,
Nice pictures, the glithering in the Nerine flowers shows nicely. And I like the Strumaria as well.
Do you or does anybody else know of a Bomarea with a mediterranean growth cycle, which is: dormant in summer and winter growing? That would be a candidate for my garden.....

Ah, bomareas - actually edulis can deal with the German summers which also can be quite hot. As they seed around quite a bit i'm experimenting with some in open ground at a protected spot - and as I'm generating data on freezing depth now (of course the light frosts until now didn't even reach 5 cm into the ground) I may find the right spot and depth for them. I always find it interesting that Anton Hofreiter, a well known German Green Party politician actually did his PhD on Bomareas. I'd love to talk to him about them, maybe he had some ideas what species could deal with our conditions. Too bad his day job circles around weapons for the Ukraine these days...

but of course no Bomarea pictures in December - so what do I have... well the Exbury Nerine shown at the end of November has changed quite a bit, but I like the "candy stripes" alot. I actually tried to cross-polinate with Strumaria prolifera

, as they are from the same sub-tribe, but I'm not sure if there's any effect - you never know with the fleshy seed amaryllis. It's a bit strange to see the prolifera pot so empty, but I hope they all flower at their new homes after EX09.

Meanwhile in the open garden, after a phase of cool grey, one sunny and windy day has mobilized the Cardiocrinum giganteum

seeds - I caught more than enough for the next exchange though. In fact I'd be more than just a little bit surprized if they would germinate anywhere in the open garden, but again I'm open for surprizes.

As I mentioned before, there were weeks of cool grey before, so I'm even more happy that a few buds of Crocus laevigatus

were still able to open - that wet mummy on the right wasn't as lucky...

Quote from: Robert_Parks on December 17, 2024, 09:13:29 AMI'd guess that all the clones available in the trade have coiled leaves, at least from a genetic perspective.

This side of the pond, I suspect that the species is exceedingly rare or absent from trade and a very quick search of the SA seed suppliers suggests that seed is not commonly offered.

Assuming that the genetics is simple, is the tendancy for the leaves to coil reccessive or dominant?

Quote from: CG100 on December 16, 2024, 11:40:13 PMIf you check the wiki, not all plants have coiled leaves, even in habitat, so genetics is involved.

Well, I'd guess that all the clones available in the trade have coiled leaves, at least from a genetic perspective.

Robert
in cool dreary SF, with dormant summer bulbs everywhere