New Blooms in the Greenhouse
J.E. Shields (Sat, 04 Dec 2010 09:00:22 PST)

Besides a pot of Haemanthus pauculifolius in bloom
(see: http://shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/… ), we
have Lachenalia viridiflora in bloom now as well.

Now I see a bloom stalk shooting up on Aloe microstigma, which we got from
the U.C. Berkeley botanic garden about 9 months ago. According to the
book, "Guide to the Aloes of South Africa" by van Wyk and Smith, A.
microstigma is native to a broad band from the Western Cape Province into
the Eastern Cape Province. A quick poll in the Xeric World Forum (see:
http://www.xericworld.com/forums/home.php ) showed that most microstigma
seemed to be blooming now.

We are also well along to getting a predicted 4 inches of snow here across
central Indiana today. It looks nice outdoors, but I'm staying inside for
the rest of today. We'll see what tomorrow brings when it gets here.

Jim Shields
in central Indiana
USA

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