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From Geissorhiza Species Three on Friday 24th of July 2026 06:22:25 PM PDT
Geissorhiza nana Klatt grows on clay slopes and flats in renosterveld from Caledon to Riversdale. It grows from 5 to 7 cm high and has tiny white flowers and blooms in spring. Photo by Cameron McMaster taken in the Overberg.
From Narcissus_pseudonarcissus on Thursday 23rd of July 2026 06:24:42 PM PDT
Narcissus pseudonarcissus ssp. pseudonarcissus is a native (or naturalized, according to some botanists) wildflower of England, once called the 'Lenten' or 'Lent lily'. Photos by David Pilling, taken in the Lake District.
From Milla on Wednesday 22nd of July 2026 05:48:18 PM PDT
Milla magnifica H.E.Moore is native to southwestern Mexico (Guerrero, in limestone hills around Taxco and Iguala; and Mexico State in the mountains near Zumpahuacan). This spectacular species is like Milla biflora on steroids! The hollow, tubular foliage grows to over 1 meter in length and the flower spike can produce up to 20 flowers with several opening at once. This plant is likely visited by a species of night-flying moth with a long proboscis required for pollination. It grows with Euphorbia sp., Lantana camara, Manfreda sp., Habenaria sp., and Tigridia ehrenbergii in pockets of clay soils interspersed with limestone boulders. It grows at relatively low elevations (1500 meters above sea level) in tropical deciduous jungle. For 7 months out of the year it is bone-dry in its habitat, but there are monsoon rains between May-October. Photos taken at the end of September, 2007 in-situ by Dennis Szeszko.
Thad Howard says that "at last we have a Milla for Everyman." Scott Ogden says the flower's fragrance is rich and cloying but Lee Poulsen didn't find it cloying at all. It is a summer grower, dormant in winter, and flowers in late summer and fall. It is a night blooming flower, but in cooler weather will stay open into the morning. Here in southern California it stays open all through the day. Each flower lasts for about 3 days in cool weather. Both Howard and Ogden feel it is easy to grow and propagate. Photos taken October 2006 by Lee Poulsen.
Photos below are of a specimen grown by Uluwehi Knecht. The corms are grown in tall pots to allow free root-run. The mix is 1:1 organic:inorganic. It requires warm weather to initiate growth so summers in Northern California isn't ideal. However, it can be started indoors and then allow to grow outdoors in partial sun. This treatment seems to work decently well. Photos below were taken by Nhu Nguyen in mid December.
From South African Oxalis Eight on Tuesday 21st of July 2026 07:07:04 PM PDT
Oxalis pocockiae L. Bolus is similar in appearance to O. depressa, but can be distinguished by looking at the bulbs; those of O. pocockiae have four longitudinal wings. It also produces numerous aerial bulbils, and often the flowers appear before the leaves. It is found over large parts of the Karoo, and therefore many different forms can be expected. Flowers have a wonderful scent similar to coconut. Photos 1-2 were taken by Nhu Nguyen. Photos 3-4 by Christiaan van Schalkwyk show the white form which is found east of Fraserburg, and the pink form is from Carnarvon.
Photos 1-2 by Nhu Nguyen show aerial bulbils which are produced copiously by each bulb. Photo 3 from Kiyel Boland also shows the bulbils which could easily be confused with seed.
From Gilliesia on Monday 20th of July 2026 05:45:11 PM PDT
Gilliesia graminea Lindl., the type species of this genus, is native to Central Chile to Argentina (Mendoza). This species looks more like an orchid than an amaryllid. According to Chile Flora, this species grows on shaded steep slopes at low altitude, interior valleys or coastal mountains. Height: 8 cm. Photographs 1 to 4 by Bert Zaalberg. Photograph 5 by Dylan Hannon originally from Chile: Cuesta Las Chlieas, 550 m.
From Watsonia Two on Sunday 19th of July 2026 05:36:15 PM PDT
Watsonia amatolae Goldblatt occurs in the Eastern Cape in the Amatola Mountains. The purple pink flowers appear in summer. Height range: 0.4-0.6 m. Photos by Cameron McMaster.
From Prosartes on Saturday 18th of July 2026 05:03:25 PM PDT
Prosartes smithii (Hook.) Utech, Shinwari & Kawano, syn. Disporum smithii (Hook.) Piper, syn. Prosartes menziesii, syn. Uvularia smithii is found in moist shady forests near the coast from central California north to British Columbia. Growing from 20 to 90 cm, it has creamy white flowers that are larger than some of the other species, 1.5 to 2.5 cm long, that hang under the leaves and therefore are not easy to see followed by the pear shaped berries that eventually turns from green to large orange red. Stems and rounded to heart shaped leaves are usually hairless and stamens and style are enclosed within the perianth. Flowering occurs from March to June, fruiting from July to September. Photos 1 to 3 were taken by Bob Rutemoeller and Mary Hunter on the Mendocino Sonoma Coast. Photos below from Bob Rutemoeller and Mary Sue Ittner show the progression of the berries and the changes in color.
The photos below were taken by Mary Sue Ittner near Netarts, Oregon, May 2016.
From Colchicum Species Two on Friday 17th of July 2026 08:31:32 PM PDT
Colchicum pannonicum Griseb. & Schenk is widely grown under this name, but in 2023 is now regarded as an excellent clonal selection of Colchicum autumnale sometimes known under the cultivar name 'Nancy Lindsay'. It has a distinctive purple color on the tube. Photos by Arnold Trachtenberg and John Lonsdale.
From Canarina on Thursday 16th of July 2026 05:14:43 PM PDT
Canarina eminii Asch. & Schweinf. is native to East Africa (Eastern Congo to Ethiopia, south to Malawi) where it grows in montane forest, riverine forest, and montane grassland. Height range: 6-8 ft.
Photos from Dylan Hannon who writes "Canarina eminii is an epiphytic species that has grown well in the Los Angeles area (away from the coast). Here it is a winter grower like Canarina canariensis, though it starts growth earlier in the fall just as nights start to cool. Both are dormant and kept dry in summer."
From North American Fritillarias on Wednesday 15th of July 2026 06:03:05 PM PDT
Fritillaria biflora × Fritillaria purdyi hybrids. The illustrated plants are probably bee-made hybrids between F. biflora and F. purdyi, occurring among seedlings raised from garden-collected seeds of these two species. Possible F. purdyi × F. biflora (F. purdyi being the seed parent) is a very robust plant, flowering earlier than pure purdyi, with 10 flowers showing typical F. purdyi form and markings but with a green rather than white ground color. Possible F. biflora × F.purdyi, two of five flowering seedlings, are smaller at first flowering but otherwise similar to the first hybrid. All the hybrids have more glaucous leaves than F. biflora, a F. purdyi characteristic. Photos by Jane McGary.
