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Post by easytiger on Jun 16, 2010 10:26:52 GMT
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Post by victoria on Jun 16, 2010 11:30:04 GMT
I certainly thought it was Montbretia when I originally saw the photos Suzie, but I am puzzled by the bulbils on the stems. Hopefully Pete will be able to enlighten us when he comes on here.
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Post by easytiger on Jun 16, 2010 11:41:19 GMT
I certainly thought it was Montbretia when I originally saw the photos Suzie, but I am puzzled by the bulbils on the stems. Hopefully Pete will be able to enlighten us when he comes on here. Thank you Victoria Lets hope Pete can shed some light on it  |
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Post by pete on Jun 16, 2010 19:51:45 GMT
Well the flowers look like Watsonia, but I never knew it grew bulbils on the flower stems. I'm getting slightly side tracked by the spiney looking plant thats appearing in the pictures and wondering if the stem with the bulbils is coming from that?  ? |
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Post by easytiger on Jun 16, 2010 20:29:25 GMT
Hi Pete, I have never heard of that ?? but if you look at photos below the base of the flower with the bulbs,and the spikey one next to it it a member of the Aloe Vera . ??  Aloe  |
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Post by pete on Jun 16, 2010 20:39:30 GMT
Ok so I'm pretty sure the flowers are Watsonia its a S African plant related I believe to montbretia.
I can see that the spikey is an Aloe, I'm pretty sure they dont produce bulbils.
So it has to be the Watsonia
Where are you btw.?
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Post by victoria on Jun 16, 2010 23:31:15 GMT
Pete, you are saying Watsonia, on the expat forum I am wth easytiger I said Crocosmia .... How odd these bulbils on the stem and not the base ... Suzie lives an hour away from me on the West Coast.  |
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Post by easytiger on Jun 17, 2010 8:34:00 GMT
Morning Victoria and Pete, Thank you both for your comments, i will keep you posted with the plant and will wait to see what happens to the bulbs growing on the stem,if that is what they are ??  |
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Post by victoria on Jun 17, 2010 10:49:08 GMT
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Post by pete on Jun 17, 2010 18:22:05 GMT
Well done Victoria, I have only grown hybrid watsonia or cultivated types anyway. I knew the flower looked right but did not know of this one. |
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Post by easytiger on Jun 17, 2010 19:33:18 GMT
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Post by easytiger on Jun 17, 2010 19:36:08 GMT
Well done Victoria, I have only grown hybrid watsonia or cultivated types anyway. I knew the flower looked right but did not know of this one. Hi Pete, Thank you very much you have both solved my confusion |
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