This is a public-interest archive. Personal data is pseudonymized and retained under GDPR Article 89.

Re: Crocosmia or Chasmanthe?

Jim wrote:
>The orange-pink flower you mentioned may be Watsonia meriana cv. bulbilifera.

>Dear Jim,
You could be correct but I am intrigued with the
all the bulbets that form along the old flower
stem.   Ordinary Watsonias don't do that.  I
think all these escaped rogues liked the heat
of the 1967 bushfires.   Many houses were burnt
in the Channel area and they must have had the 
bulbs, corms growing in their garden.  A pretty memorial to the departed
orchardists and obviously conditions now suit them, especially the Crocosmia
[Montbergia]   Another escapee is the Ixia.
Thank you for your answer
Regards,
Gay Klok, 2 Red Chapel Ave, Hobart, Tasmania - "Kibbenjelok", Middleton,
Tasmania
http://members.tripod.com/~klok/WRINKLY_.HTM 
One page leads to another
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index