February flowers
IntarsiaCo@aol.com (Sat, 04 Feb 2006 07:07:13 PST)

The greenhouse display bench is a riot of color at this time of the year:
Carmine red Romulea amoena, Orange Crocus vitellinus ex Turkey, Chrome
yellow Narcissus bulbicodium ex Morocco (sturdy flowers are well over an inch/2.5
cm wide on 5 inch/12.5 cm stems), pale yellow Babiana vanzyliae, Tecophilia
cyanocrocus leitchlinii, Crocus pestalozzae var. caeruleus, abantensis and
fleischerii, Babiana truncata, Lapeirousia oreogena and pale blue plicata
(say ten times fast), pink Onixotis stricta and dainty white Hesperantha
bachmanii. Lachenalia attenuata, concordiana, pustulata, maximiliara, splendida
(and it is), mutabilis (another good one) elegans var flava (nice plant),
bulbifera (must have) and aloides var. quadricolor (another must have although all
the aloides are more than worthwhile).
Outside it is a tad too soon for the earliest bulbs but that is more than
made up for by the recalcitrant seed pots that germinate and the new seeds that
arrive in the mail.

Mark Mazer
Intarsia Ltd.
Gaylordsville, Connecticut 06755-0142
USA