Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Lachenalia species

It is their time of year.
Lachenalia laterimae
These are all seed grown, and I've learned to withhold judgement on plant quality until at least the third or fourth year.  Many of these will flower in their second year, but the flowers are always weak, a bit pallid and not spaced properly.  Once the bulbs begin to offset a bit and fill a pot, the quality of the display really improves.

Lachenalia elegans

Lachenalia angelica
These are all from fall seed plantings, the seeds from a variety of sources.
Lachenalia splendida
Lachenalia splendida, well named, didn't show its promise until the fourth year.  I kept wondering why the name for such a mediocre plant, until all of a sudden it wasn't.

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