Hello, there. This is a wild flower, that comes up at this time of the year around the area where I live [Johannesburg south]. I find it a fascinating flower, but have no clue as to its name. I would love to give it a name. I do regularly pick some and bring them to my wife. They last long in water. She loves them, and gives me a kiss.
First figs of this season, here in my garden!
I don't know what it is,but it's very pretty.Keeping picking those bouquets for your wife ^_^.
Lynn
To help narrow your search, I believe that your plant might be a member of the Hyacinth family (Hyacinthaceae) like Ornithogalum and Urginea. (Although there is also a chance it could be a member of the Aloe family, Agavaceae)
I'd post your picture on the Plant ID forum along with a picture of the foliage and someone will figure it out in no time.
Julio,
Here is a site you might want to visit http://www.silverhillseeds.co.za/ByCategory.asp it is a S.African seed company and the link goes to their catalog. The catalog does not have many photos, but, it does have some.
I suspect your flower is Bulbinella. It is a native bulb and there are many species. Yours might be Bulbinalla hookeri. Here is a image search that I did http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=bulbinella&fr=vz-portal&toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8.
Hope it helps.
Here is another S.African native that has found it's way across the oceans, Osteospermum>
Dale,
Don't you just love the various colors of the Osteospermum!! They are annuals here,but so beautiful during the growing season.
Lynn
Yes, they are a wonderful annual.
Love them.My favorites are the white,orange and yellow,but they are all beauties.
Thanks very much for your kind help. I checked the site and it looks like the flower is a Bulbinella nutans.
Anyway, I’ll call it that and tell it to my wife, pretending I know a lot about flowers [which is a lie, she knows…]. Thanks again.
Your welcome.
Now, here I am again, asking the experts to unravel this weird one, please.
This houseplant is quite weird. I have had it for YEARS and it always gives only one leaf at a time. Suddenly, a few days ago, for all our surprise, it put out the very first flower in all those years. It is not a prity plant and the flower is dull and unattractive. But, in love, we always look after it.
My wife and I have always been puzzled with it, and sure enough, know not its name. Can you kindly help?
Julio.
Hey, another beautiful hit.
Thanks a lot.
You can see how ignorant I am in these matters.
Such an easy name to try to find...
anyway, it pays to speak to the experts.
Thanks.
In the USA we try not to use the word ignorant. Instead we use the word 'unaware' or not aware.
I am not an expert - I'm a gardener, see>
This is a tiny flower growing wildly in a nature reserve near my house, here in the south of Johannesburg. As usual, I have no clue as to its name. Could you kindly help? Thanks. Julio.
I don't know this one but I can offer you a bit of advice. Whenever you are starting a new subject/question it's best to create a new thread. You'll get more views and therefore more responses that way. Also, for your plant ID questions, you should post them on the Plant and Tree ID Forum here http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/plantid/all/ where more of the plantgeeks will see them :)
OK. I did that. Thanks a lot.
Julio,
Your most recent post in a very interesting plant, growing in a crack on a rock. Very tenacious plant.
That species is not in general cultivation here in the USA, because it might be specialized to growing in the cracks of rock faces. That is a environment that is hard to duplicate.
In coastal California many plants that originate in SAfrica are grown as garden plants. Most are ones that grow in unspecialized places - just plain old dirt.
Good luck finding someone who has seen you new little beauty. You might try sending an email and photo to Silverhill, those folks know plants, especially SAfrican.
Your weird House plant is Alocasia,
He likes to stay moist at all times, water sparingly in winter and repot ear.ly spring every year.
temps of above 70 degrees in summer and 65 degreees in winter
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NC, dale already id'ed it in the link he supplied.
also, not to be rude, but i think jjulio has such interesting plants that it would be a shame to email you and not let us have the pleasure of seeing the pictures and trying to guess the id's. just my 2 cents......
I also have enjoyed looking at the unusual plants jjulio has been showing.
If you point and click on his name it will take you to threads started by jjulio and you can follow him to the plant ID forum.
