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I grow a number of Romulea from seed every year and they don't always turn out to be the species
I had expected, so it is nice when one is correct, and fantastic when it is as good as this. The flower was very short lived
(hours rather than days). The seed came from Silverhills in South Africa. Their catalogue description says: "15-35cm. Summer growing. Suberect leaves with prominent veins. Magenta-pink to white flowers with yellow/orange-yellow cup. Flowering in Autumn and Winter." The Pacific Bulb Society says: "Romulea autumnalis L.Bolus is found in the Eastern Cape growing on grassy flats and low mountain slopes. It blooms late summer to autumn. Although the pink flower with a yellow or orange yellow cup looks like a number of other species (R. rosea, R. eximia, R. cruciata), this species differs from the others by having a small ridge at the base of the corm and inner bracts with colorless membranous margins and in the time of bloom." George Elder exhibited the plant at the AGS Autumn Show South, September 2011. In his write-up of the show, Jon Evans said: "When judging was completed, George's South African Romulea autumnalis was resolutely closed, with tightly furled bunches of stripes giving little indication of the wonder which was to appear little more than 30 minutes later." |
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