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Plants for mediterranean gardens => Bulbs (including other geophytes with corms, tubers, rhizomes etc) => Topic started by: John J on May 01, 2019, 07:27:06 AM

Title: Tritonia
Post by: John J on May 01, 2019, 07:27:06 AM

Last month our friend, Fleur, came to stay for a few days and among the plants she very kindly brought us was a Tritonia crocata 'Plymouth Pastel'. It has already begun to flower.

Title: Re: Tritonia
Post by: Alisdair on May 01, 2019, 09:05:10 AM

Lovely, John! We have Tritonia securigera in Greece, a yellow-flowered species, which isn't quite so vividly glamorous as crocata but has been increasing very happily in a hot dry corner of the entirely unwatered part of our garden there, flowering in March or early April.

Title: Re: Tritonia
Post by: Fermi on October 22, 2019, 09:00:30 AM

Tritonia securigera has just come into flower in our garden
cheers
fermi

Title: Re: Tritonia
Post by: Fermi on October 11, 2020, 02:47:02 PM

Tritonia deusta - first flowering from seed sown in March 2018 from Silverhill Seeds - showing a slight variation in form
cheers
fermi

Title: Re: Tritonia
Post by: Charithea on October 14, 2020, 05:05:43 PM

Such lovely warm colours. Thank you Fermi. We hope OUR rain will arrive and we shall have some of the bulbs coming up.

Title: Re: Tritonia
Post by: Fermi on October 15, 2020, 12:12:32 AM

Hi Charithea,
I hope the rains come soon for you - we have a similar anxious wait here especially since we rely on tank water for the house!
Here is the typical Tritonia crocata in bright orange - we also have some "peach" forms which are still in bud
cheers
fermi

Title: Re: Tritonia
Post by: Charithea on October 15, 2020, 12:20:15 PM

It is a lovely colour.

Title: Re: Tritonia
Post by: Fermi on October 18, 2020, 01:42:00 AM

Quote from: Charithea on October 15, 2020, 12:20:15 PM

It is a lovely colour.

Hi Charithea,
in real life it's eye-burning bright! ;D
Here's a mystery Tritonia going around as Tritonia lineata 'Pink Lace' - it doesn't fit the description of Tritonia lineata on-line so it could be a hybrid
cheers
fermi