Miniature Lachenalias

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Re: Miniature Lachenalias

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Lachenalia rubida.jpg
Lachenalia rubida, now punctata
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Lachenalia spendida.jpg
Lachenalia splendida !!!
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Trachyandra flexifolia.jpg
This is not a Lachenalia but a Trachyandra, probably flexifolia (perhaps jacquiniana?).
Beautiful leaves !
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Great pictures. I only grow viridiflora and cannot get it to not be a floppy, lanky thing! Seems I need to try cramming them into a single bowl and being a bit meaner with them!
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The best Lachenalias I have seen have all been grown in alpine houses (Kew and Wisley spring to mind) where they have maximum light and constant ventilation but always kept just on the right side of freezing. I fear our warmer drier closed off greenhouses are the problem
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Mine are near the window in an unheated greenhouse, with plenty of light (given that it's Wales), and we rarely get sub-zero temperatures as we have the coast not far away on both sides.

Here are few of mine that have flowered this year or with interesting leaves:

L,. aloides v. nelsonii
Lachenalia aloides v. nelsonii.jpg
L. bulbifera
Lachenalia bulbifera.jpg
L. namaqua
Lachenalia namaqua.jpg
L. pupureo-caerulea
Lachenalia pupureo-caerulea.jpg
L. pygmaea
Lachenalia pygmaea.jpg
L. quadricolor
Lachenalia quadricolor.jpg
L. rubida
Lachenalia rubida.jpg
L. viridiflora
Lachenalia viridiflora.jpeg
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Those are real beauties Ralph. Fantastic flowers. I really like your rough top dressing,, I would love to know where you get it from. I've used something similar that I collected myself from the bottom of a scree slope. I like the rougher particles as it let's the compost breath.
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Beautiful plants Ralph!!
I made a mistake, my rubida is indeed a bulbifera (now bifolia).
Lachenalia are nice and undemanding plants, and give plenty of colour during winter. I also use them as cut flower at home. Than you forget for few months during summer.
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I like the rubida, I may have to look for some seeds.

Here are some more:
Lachenalia mutabilis with a nice blueish-purple raceme.
Lachenalia mutabilis
Lachenalia mutabilis
Lachenalia (Polyxena) paucifolia, a nice miniature especially in a community pot.
Lachenalia paucifolia
Lachenalia paucifolia
Lachenalia kliprandensis with raised spots on the leaves.
Lachenalia kliprandensis
Lachenalia kliprandensis
Lachenalia congesta, stays nicely compact.
Lachenalia congesta
Lachenalia congesta
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fero wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 5:13 pm I really like your rough top dressing,, I would love to know where you get it from.
The Nanhoron Quarry, just up the road from where I live. A builder's bag of it is £35, plus delivery. I dont know how far he delivers...
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