Ixia viridiflora
Colin Davis (Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:51:26 PDT)
I've bought a good amount of seed from Owl's Acre in the UK, good quality.
But I second Mary Sue, Gordon has excellent material as well.
http://owlsacreseeds.co.uk/ixia-viridiflora/ixia/…
The trick with keeping Ixia viridiflora going (aside from proper general SA
winter bulb growing conditions) is making sure you get a nice hot dormancy
period of at least a few months, without this you'll get few breaking
dormancy in fall, and your stock will languish over the years. Some say
viridiflora does best with a bit of summer water, and i've tried lightly
watering dry pots a couple of times, but didn't notice much of a
difference. If you're growing in clay pots and have hot summers, I would
recommend this (light, not full saturation), but in plastic you should be
fine withholding water completely.
Colin
On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 10:34 PM Gareth Rattray <garethrattray@gmail.com>
wrote:
Many thanks Mary Sue
We have a few that have flowered here. But very slow to multiply. We have
a few seedlings which we have managed to save , but would really like some
more.
Thanks again
Gareth
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On 7/08/2019, at 5:24 PM, Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> wrote:
Ixia viridiflora, which I suspect is what our new list member from New
Zealand really is asking about, is often challenging to keep going. Gordon
Summerfield in South Africa often has seed and corms of it for sale. His
list is available by emailing him.
"Gordon Summerfield" <summerfields@telkomsa.net>
Members of the Pacific Bulb Society share their excess bulbs and seed
with other members and what is available isn't known until a BX is
announced. Some items go really fast. I expect if Ixia viridiflora were
offered there would be a lot of takers. It's a lovely color. I wish I could
have kept it going, but am glad I was able to get it to flower a number of
times.
Mary Sue
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