Tulbaghia
Antennaria@aol.com (Mon, 30 Jun 2003 21:06:50 PDT)

Hi PBS'rs,

I just created a PBS wiki page for the South African genus Tulbaghia at:

http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

I started out by posting photos of two varieties; recent additions to my
collection of these fascinatingly modest plants. There are two photos of T.
leucantha, with very small whitish blooms and protruding yellow coronas. There are
also two photos of a richly perfumed Tulbaghia species (aff. comminsii, or a
hybrid of same), with palest of pastel pink flowers, flowering all of June and
continuing without abatement in July.

Also coming into full flower, is Tulbaghia galpinii, perhaps the smallest of
the genus. The blooms are tiny, greenish-white in coloration, sometimes
tinged ever so slightly pinkish, held on stems a mere 2-5" above filiform grassy
foliage. Despite their tiny size, the flowers are sweetly fragrant. For those
who admire small and inconspicuous bulbous plants, this is IT!. Very easy to
grow if kept frost-free.

Mark McDonough Pepperell, Massachusetts, United States
antennaria@aol.com "New England" USDA Zone 5
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