Some of my bulbines are still in flower, but I've pretty much stopped watering most of them. One exception is mesembryanthoides, which I keep ticking over during the summer (in a more shaded and cooler spot) so it never loses its leaves completely. It's still in full flower, but the stronger sun and drier conditions have transformed the plants.
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Re: More bulbine
Looking lovely!
Mine also in flower and I also keep it ticking over through summer.
Mine also in flower and I also keep it ticking over through summer.
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Here’s the flower. Mine came from Terry Smale so is quite precious.
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Your home-grown ones are beautiful but, spot the Bulbine in my "back yard"!
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It helped to be told that it was there somewhere, and having the flower spike, otherwise I'd never have spotted it. Are there many more in the same area?
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Scattered here and there; I was investigating the Haworthia colony before I noticed the bulbines. This whole area is protected from predation by the fierce spines of Macledium spinosum, a member of the daisy family (Asteraceae).
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Re: More bulbine
Interesting. My Bulbine mesembryanthemoides dies right off.
Yours appear to be the form with truncated leaves, which I think makes them ssp. namaquensis, whereas mine has pointed leaves, which I think makes it ssp. mesembryanthemoides.
Yours appear to be the form with truncated leaves, which I think makes them ssp. namaquensis, whereas mine has pointed leaves, which I think makes it ssp. mesembryanthemoides.
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Re: More bulbine
I might just have purchased a pointy specimen off eBay, so the truncated one is left to be found!
I even considered joining SABG just to find one, but I didn't see them on the last year's swap list and figured out it'll be a stretch. The hunt continues!
I even considered joining SABG just to find one, but I didn't see them on the last year's swap list and figured out it'll be a stretch. The hunt continues!
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Pointed leaves are a function of water and bright sunlight, but mostly water. If I water mine generously they all have transparent, pointed lead tips. Those tips will collapse and dry out if the plant is left dry for a few week (which I do on purpose, since I like them better with flat leaves).
Ssp namaquensis vs mesembryanthemoides is (in my understanding) related to the number of leaves in a rosette (two for namaquensis, a large and a small leaf, and many leaves for mesembr). Mine are ssp mesembr, but if kept on a short leash with small rosettes they can be almost as tidy as ssp namaquensis.
I've grown quite a few of these (part of a sowing experiment that was too successful), now mostly sold to make room for other Bulbines
Some pictures to show plants with different aspects, depending pretty much only on how generously I watered them:
Lush specimen, was overwatered and probably in a shaded spot. The leaf tips can be quite long (1 or 2 cm). More seedlings with pointed leaves: Leaf tips starting to collapse. Young leaves still have the pointy look. Note the remnants of the leaf tips still clinging to the tops of the leaves. Older picture, this plant is now pretty much level with the soil:
Ssp namaquensis vs mesembryanthemoides is (in my understanding) related to the number of leaves in a rosette (two for namaquensis, a large and a small leaf, and many leaves for mesembr). Mine are ssp mesembr, but if kept on a short leash with small rosettes they can be almost as tidy as ssp namaquensis.
I've grown quite a few of these (part of a sowing experiment that was too successful), now mostly sold to make room for other Bulbines
Some pictures to show plants with different aspects, depending pretty much only on how generously I watered them:
Lush specimen, was overwatered and probably in a shaded spot. The leaf tips can be quite long (1 or 2 cm). More seedlings with pointed leaves: Leaf tips starting to collapse. Young leaves still have the pointy look. Note the remnants of the leaf tips still clinging to the tops of the leaves. Older picture, this plant is now pretty much level with the soil: