What's in Bloom
J.E. Shields (Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:02:27 PST)

The Scadoxus puniceus in the greenhouse are starting to bloom. They seem
to be as reliable as clockwork. Some send the scape up with the leaves,
others send up the bare scape and wait till later for the leaves. Scadoxus
puniceus seems to have a very wide range -- South Africa to at least East
Africa -- so I would expect some variability. I have not seen any of the
plants of puniceus from East Africa.

The Lachenalia there have been blooming awhile, but after a couple of very
bright, sunny days (hot greenhouse!) and one very cold night (frosty in the
greenhouse) most of them are looking pretty scraggly.

One variegate leaf hybrid Lachenalia from a nursery in South Africa is
looking quite good. At the moment the only picture of it is at:
http://srgc.net/forum/index.php/…

Jim Shields
in chilly, rainy central Indiana

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