Oporanthous bulbs
Mary Sue Ittner (Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:24:16 PDT)

Hi,

When Jim introduced his new word he wrote:
"The word is oporanthous, meaning flowering in late summer"
This is very broad as it would include those beginning their cycle as well
as those ending their cycle which would include some blooming beyond the
time they normally do some years and jumping the gun other years. And it
would vary depending on the weather and the location. Our numerous
discussion over the years of when Amaryllis belladonna blooms would
indicate that the timing varies from year to year and location to location
so some years they bloom late summer and some early fall. The same goes for
some of my Cyclamen and the first Oxalis to bloom. In my climate here are
some candidates for late summer bloom some years:
Amaryllis belladonna, Nerine sarniensis cultivars, Nerine angustifolia, N.
platypetala, Gladiolus monticola, Gladiolus brevifolius, G. carmineus, G.
oppositiflorus, G. ecklonii, Agapanthus (still blooming), Scadoxus
membraneus and S. multiflorus, Cyclamen hederifolium, C. cilicum, C.
africanum, C. mirabile, C. graecum, C. intaminatum, Cyrtanthus sanguineus,
Tritonia disticha, Oxalis ambigua, O. commutata, O. depressa, Oxalis was
lobata, now peridicaria, Oxalis zeekoevleyensis, Oxalis MV 4674 Acis
autumnalis, Acis rosea, Hesperoxiphion peruvianum, Colchicum x agrippum, C.
speciosum, Allium flavum, Scilla scilloides, Pelargonium longifolium,
Eucomis comosa (sometimes still blooming), Gloriosa superba (sometimes
still blooming in late summer), Moraea polystachya (sometimes blooms before
the cut off date for autumn), Begonias and Dahlias, Veratrum fimbriatum,
Knipofia hybrids and probably species, Hesperantha baurii, Alophia
drummondii, Drimiopsis maculata, Crocosmia, Cypella coelestis, Dietes
grandiflora , Romulea macowanii, Bessera elegans, Milla biflora, Calydorea
amabilis, Zephyranthes candida

Add Mark's Alliums, Jay's Crinums and all the other wonderful plants he
keeps adding to the wiki as they bloom, all those rain lilies people report
are blooming, Sternbergia which I would expect might bloom early some years
and maybe even some Crocus, and if we included all the flowers in bloom in
August and early September in our group around the world I would imagine
that instead of just a few things that bloom this time of the year you'd
find more than you would think, even if it's a slow time of the year.

A number of years ago when we had a topic of the week we discussed (at this
time of the year) bulbs that flowered without their leaves. For those of
you who were not members of our group at that time, the reference is:
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/old.php/…

Bulbs that flower without leaves--TOW

There were a number of plants discussed then this fit this category.

Mary Sue