My regularly scheduled Bulbine promotion thread
Plenty of small succulent Bulbine species to choose from, and with a good variety of shapes and sizes. And they fold away for easy storing during the summer...
Bulbine mesembryanthoides, probably the most well known species. I usually keep them ticking over during the summer by keeping them out of direct sunlight and watering them ever so slightly so the leaves do not wither away completely.
- B mesembryanthoides
Bulbine inamarxiae, another one I keep going over the summer. It colors up nicely in the sun.
- B inamarxiae
Bulbine fallax, the first of a few species with tessellated leaves.
- B fallax
Bulbine haworthioides, a more ornate fallax.
- B haworthioides
Bulbine wiesei, with taller and narrower leaves. This species can become quite unruly if indulged with too much water and fertilizer. As with most of my Bulbines, I only water them when they start showing some stress.
- B wiesei
Bulbine bruynsii, the eternal fan favorite.
- B bruynsii
Bulbine diphylla, a plainer bruynsii that is also a lot more forgiving in cultivation. All plants in this pot are offsets of the same plant, so it's not too hard to make a nice sized group.
- B diphylla
I got this one from a batch of bruynsii seed, likely a bruynsii x diphylla hybrid. If you look carefully, you can see two more regular bruynsii seedlings in th same pot.
- B bruynsii x diphylla?
Finally, Bulbine torta with kinked leaves. I have a few specimens, and the leaves vary from almost straight to tortuous. A lot of direct sunlight (and moderate temperatures) is needed to get this leaf shape.
- B torta
