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Saturday 22 June 2013

Summer Flowering South African Bulbs

Summer has arrived, and with it a great deal of rain. The rains are over for now, and the sun is shining gloriously. More rain, however is yet to come. We had a very cold, and wet Spring, and as a result the summer-growing South African bulbs were late to sprout. I thought I would share the wealth of some of the Summer-Rainfall region bulbs from South Africa's Eastern Cape province.

Apodilirion macowanii

Ammocharis coranica

Scadoxus puniceus
 
Cyrtanthus macowanii
 
Cyrtanthus epiphyticus

Watsonia confusa
 
Moraea alpina

Rhodohypoxsis baurii

Galtonia viridiflora
 
G. viridiflora
 
Eucomis grimshawii

Colchicum striatum ( formerly Androcymbium striatum)
 
Crinum moorei
 
Gladiolus ochroleucus
 
Crinum campanulatum

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