What's blooming now - week of Sept 3, 2011
AW (Sun, 04 Sep 2011 16:53:59 PDT)

Ken,

I was surprised to see your shot of Urginea maritima in bloom in September
at the Huntington. They finished bloom here in early July.

Andrew
San Diego

From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]
On Behalf Of Ken

I was visiting the LA County Arboretum (Arcadia, CA) and the Huntington
Botanical Gardens (San Marino, near Pasadena, CA) this weekend and
encountered the following bulbs in bloom:

Drimia (Urginea) maritima:

http://flickr.com/photos/amarguy/…

Amaryllis belladonna and hybrids:

http://flickr.com/photos/amarguy/…
http://flickr.com/photos/amarguy/…
http://flickr.com/photos/amarguy/…
http://flickr.com/photos/amarguy/…

Callostemma purpurea:

http://flickr.com/photos/amarguy/…
http://flickr.com/photos/amarguy/…
http://flickr.com/photos/amarguy/…

Lycoris aurea (?) :

http://flickr.com/photos/amarguy/…

Haemanthus coccineus:

http://flickr.com/photos/amarguy/…

and not blooming, but in full growth, Ammocharis coranica:

http://flickr.com/photos/amarguy/…

And many other non-geophytes of horticultural interest !

Ken Blackford
San Diego