Mixed bunch

I had a lovely surprise discovering this pink hyacinth coming into flower. It was part of a potted gift that my SIL gave me in 2007.....am amazed that it re-flowered (this year) in our temperate climate.


This next flower is a vine (Kennedia nigricans) which is 'pruned' on a regular basis by Mr. Possum..the flower looks black but is actually a deep purple with a yellow flash. It is a relatively new plant in my garden..since last year, from memory.

Finally this poor plant has waited for years to be put in the garden...I couldn't decide where to place it...Scadoxus puniceus...not fully open as yet.....
Spring is knocking on the door, me thinks.

Nice blooms Karingal a couple new to me .the black one os unusual. I'm sending you a PM so check the PM button.

Very interesting Fay ..Spring is here in Brisbane..

All a little different and so pretty.

We did buy a scadoxus end of last year but it died down over winter and hasn't started to return yet so may have lost it.

I hope it pops back up Gail, my flower was nearly formed before I noticed it , thanks MA..good to hear that Spring has sprung in your neck of the woods..and thanks Gwen, I got your PM.

Karingal that Scadoxus lily of yours is different to the one I have , mine is called blood lily.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/toni_uni/3550688288/

I've always called them GENUS Haemanthus multiflorus , but its changed now to
Scadoxus multiflorus , there is also a white one called Scadoxus albaflorus.

Hi Gwen, I would NOT be surprised if the name is incorrect...when I bought it, the plant was incorrectly labelled. When mine opens fully I shall take another photo.

This is the name you put on your pic. I d say it looks like yours even though yours is only half open .

http://images.google.com.au/images?hl=en&q=scadoxus+puniceus&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=kGeGSq7gDo_0sQP20YSZBw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4

I noticed in the bottom row theres a white one .

I did some searching to find the original tag for my Scadoxus puniceus and sure eniough it was incorrectly labelled Haemanthus coccineus. Mine has a different leaf..it is a largish, more upright, slightly wavy and wide.

A lovely friend gave me a Haemanthus coccineus and a Haemanthus albiflos in 2007, neither of which have flowered yet. I may move the pots and see what happens.

I have mine growing in the garden and this last week the scrub fowld have unearthed a few. Faye keeps covering them back up, at least the scrub fowls are not eating them like the bandicoots.
I can't have a lot of plants in pots as Faye has the watering job. I keep only plants in pots that are waiting to be grown up enough to plant out.Years ago I had so many pots but Iwas able to look after them .

That Kennedia nigricans has an interesting looking flower...mmm...might have to get me one of those

Pitta wrote:

Karingal that Scadoxus lily of yours is different to the one I have , mine is called blood lily.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/toni_uni/3550688288/

I've always called them GENUS Haemanthus multiflorus , but its changed now to
Scadoxus multiflorus , there is also a white one called Scadoxus albaflorus.

Hi Pitta,think your Scadoxus albaflorus is really Haemanthus albiflos bye Ray

I think I will never google Blood Lily again too many different names

Ray I think you are refering to the evergreen types of Scadoxus .The one I have in the dormant type from the wet parts of Africa . mine is Scandoxus multiflorus ...Scadoxus albiflos is a white flowering evergreen.

http://www.plantzafrica.com/planthij/haemanalbif.htm

According to reports I read Haemanthus is now an invalid synonom, and sp. coccineus meaning red is also outdated ,multiflorus replaced it ,So I think mine should be called Scadoxus multiflorus

Its a very interesting study but very hard to get correct up to date research results .
Thank you for your interest Ray.

Hi Pitta,my understanding of is that some of the Haemanthus have become Scadoxus but not all of them and Haemanthus is still a valid genus.
The place I go to to get valid names for bulbs is The Kew Gardens.
No doubt as botantist's chop and change there is always going to be debate over which is the correct name, an as gardeners, is something we have to live with.Maybe in 50 years all plants will be known by a DNA number!
bye Ray