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From Favorite Yellow Flowered Bulbs on Tuesday 25th of March 2025 05:44:13 PM PDT
Calochortus amabilis -- Mary Sue Ittner, Northern California.
From Haemanthus Species Two on Monday 24th of March 2025 06:19:48 PM PDT
Haemanthus deformis Hook.f. is an evergreen plant found in shade and on moist rocky banks in the KwaZulu-Natal. It has thick, flat, leaves that persist for over a year. New leaves appear after the white flowers and as the old leaves start to turn brown. Flowering time is May to October in habitat in the Southern Hemisphere. The first photo was taken by Cameron McMaster. The next two are of a Margate form from Uluwehi Knecht.
Photos from Mary Sue Ittner show various stages of flowering.
Photos 1-4 below were taken by Nhu Nguyen. The last photo from Mary Sue Ittner shows the leaves of the plant displayed in the bulb room at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden.
From Ledebouria on Sunday 23rd of March 2025 05:12:52 PM PDT
Ledebouria galpinii (Baker) S.Venter & T.J.Edwards native to the Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. It is a dwarf species that is very suitable for pot culture. It has purplish-green well textured leaves and a beautiful little cluster of pink flowers in early spring. Photo by Cameron McMaster.
From Maclear Four on Saturday 22nd of March 2025 05:01:37 PM PDT
Tritonia drakensbergensis is found on the southern parts of the Drakensberg range in the northern Eastern Cape. Photos by Cameron McMaster.
From Ipomoea on Friday 21st of March 2025 05:56:15 PM PDT
Ipomoea pandurata is a species native to eastern North America. It is a perennial wild flower with large showy white flowers with purple centers. The flowers open in morning and wither in the heat of afternoon summer sun. The seeds are distinctive in having a ring of fur similar to a lion's mane. The second photo shows seeds that were lethally damaged by an insect. Photos by Dennis Kramb.
From Chautemsia on Thursday 20th of March 2025 05:14:42 PM PDT
Chautemsia calcicola as the species epithet implies, grows on limestone substrates. The photos below were taken by J. Shcofield.
From Dipcadi on Wednesday 19th of March 2025 06:57:16 PM PDT
Dipcadi serotinum (L.) Medik. is native to the Canary Islands, southwestern Europe and North Africa where it sometimes grows in open, rocky, sandy places. Flowers have been described as yellowish to greenish brown, peach-tan, and sometimes reddish. The seed is very easy to collect and sets in abundance. Photo 1 was taken by Sheri Ann Richerson and photos 2-3 were taken by Dylan Hannon of a form from Quinta do Lago, Portugal. The last two photos were taken by Bert Zaalberg. The last is a habitat photo taken in Spain.
Oron Peri photographed a yellow/creamy flowered form seen in habitat in the Spanish Pyrenees.
Dipcadi serotinum var. fulvum (Cav.) Ball is a variety from Morocco, Canary Islands, France and Spain. It is more robust with wider leaves and darker flowers, sometimes described as pink or red. Photo from Carlos Jiménez of a plant from Morocco.
From Tulipa Species Three on Tuesday 18th of March 2025 06:51:51 PM PDT
Tulipa regelii Krasn. grows in semi-desert and on stony mountain slopes in SE. Kazakhstan, an area with very hot summers and very cold winters. It has a broad blue-grey undulating leaf and funnel-shaped flowers with a yellow center. Photo 1 from John Lonsdale. Photos 2 and 3 from Jane McGary, showing 4 plants grown from the Archibalds' seedlist, in their third year of flowering, which began seven years from sowing.
From Trillium Species One on Monday 17th of March 2025 05:14:00 PM PDT
Trillium discolor Hook. hails from the upper drainage of the Savannah River on the border between South Carolina and Georgia. In comparison with the other yellow sessile trillium, Trillium luteum, this is a truly refined species and quite distinct. The petals are a soft creamy yellow and upon seeing large colonies of them, the effect is one of seeing thousands of candles. The petal shape is unique in that they are quite spatulate, much broader at the tip than the base, and the stamens are purple. They can be delightfully but not strongly fragrant of lemons and particularly nice forms may have strong red flares extending up from the base of the petals. Height: 12-30 cm. Photos by John Lonsdale who states this is another favorite.
From Kabuyea on Sunday 16th of March 2025 05:22:55 PM PDT
Kabuyea hostifolia (syn. Cyanastrum hostifolium) is native from Tanzania to Mozambique in low elevation areas. The flowers have a clean, sweet fragrance. The photos below were taken by Dylan Hannon who calls this species the "African lily-of-the-valley". Photo 3 shows the stacks of perennial "corms" that persist, much like Ferraria. Note that each plant typically has one stack of corm and does not branch like the one in the photo. The plant shown is 6 years old.
