Ferraria crispa
J.E. Shields (Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:32:53 PST)

Last year, when my one blooming accession of Ferraria crispa bloomed, I
hand pollinated several flowers. Those flowers produced seeds. Next
summer I should repot this accession.

I just repotted Mary Sue's vanilla-scented Ferraria from a 6-inch clay
azalea pot into a 2-gallon regular plastic pot. The tubers were almost all
at the bottom of the pot when I dumped them out. So I planted them about
mid-way down in the new larger container. The largest tubers were those at
the lowest points, and they had not sprouted at all, while the smaller
tubers were almost all starting growth of new shoots.

We'll have to wait another year to see what happens with these.

Regards,
Jim Shields

At 10:47 AM 12/23/2004 +0100, you wrote:

I am not really fascinated from this genus, but I do grow Ferraria crispa
in my climate and it is a plant with great potentiality to become
invasive, like other winter growing South African irids such Freesia alba
and Chasmante floribunda.
It multiplies at allarming rate vegetatively, but at the moment I don't
remember if it set seeds. I will check next season.

happy holidays
Angelo

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