Some of you may be interested in my two bulbs of Calydorea amabilis which I grew from seed. It is a small South American species which in its native habitat grows at the edges of rivers and streams and is winter blooming. Here in the UK I grow it in a pot and it is summer blooming. The flowers are small at about two inches and the stems stand no more than six inches high. They bloomed in their first season from seed.
Anyway, two bulbs and two distinctly different blooms...............

Very pretty blooms!

Hello Longk and welcome to the iris forum.
I am not familiar with those. Nice photos!

I very pretty blooms, and to the iris forum. Hope you post more pictures as we love to see photos.

Very pretty! Would you mind adding your pictures to the database? There is only one right now.

Thank you for the welcomes and the replies.

and thank you for sharing your images!

Love the mutabilty in results when growing from seed..They look great!..Question-I've got some C.xiphoides seeds that I just finished pre-soaking..How did you plant your seeds?..

@longk

@msursa

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msursa said:Love the mutabilty in results when growing from seed..They look great!..Question-I've got some C.xiphoides seeds that I just finished pre-soaking..How did you plant your seeds?..

Now you've got me! My gut feeling is that they were surface sown on sandy multi purpose compost at room temperature.

msursa