I just received my copy of The Bulb Garden and now I must find a way to
grow Iris laviegata!

Local news: Hesperocallis undulata germinated in only 8 days! Perhaps where
it grew up it learned to take advantage of moisture without hesitation.
This is one of those funny looking seeds that sticks a green shoot into the
soil, pushing the seed out of the soil.

For those who know my rule of only growing blue flowers, note I have
expanded now to wiggley leaves too, especially blue-grey ruffley leaves
such as my Veltheimia capensis is putting out more than any prior year.

The Lachenalia viridiflora I originally received in PBS BX 339 #16 from
Arnold Trachtenberg is blooming jewels of translucent turquoise.

Most of my seed pots show no sprouts yet except the above mentioned and
Moraea setifolia (22 days). I worry I may have let it dry out one day, or
wetted too much another day, or placed too thick a layer of sand, or it is
too hot in the day or too cold at night... But I go thru that every time
and it makes the eventual signs of germination that much more exciting.
This year's sowing got off to a rocky start because the media refused to
dampen and I had to concoct a wetting agent from agar agar.

When I say no other seed has sprouted I of course do not include the
Boophone seed a friend sent, which germinated in the mail and are making
leaves with promising twists and wiggles.

The Scilla madeirensis I received from a BX last year has re-emerged with
larger leaves (one leaf each) and the same purple spots. And the tiny
Oxalis I received this year are showing a curious range of leaf shapes
(which I care about more than blooms since there are no blue Oxalis.)

Gastil
Santa Barbara, California
where we still have had no significant rain since May
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