[ladybird]

I got bulbs from my friend in Brazil....I never thought they'd bloom here but what a surprise!....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v346/borneobabe/Plants%20Pt%202/Plants%203/DSCN2290.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v346/borneobabe/Plants%20Pt%202/Plants%203/DSCN2291.jpg

Very nice fragrant and flowers last for 3 days. Here's a write up on the plant.....

http://www.americanmeadows.com/bulb_detail....cfm?itemid=739

[wilson]

Oh... I din know these can be grown in the tropics!

U grew from bulbs?

Are these similar to those from the temperate countries?

[ladybird]

I should think so. I wonder if the bulbs will multiply...then can share! :grin:

[noodle]

wow very pretty :grin:
Cheers!
Ian

[wilson]

No... this is a plant of the lily family. it's perhaps called an "orchid" due to the resemblence of its flower to orchids... :happy:

[wilson]

violet_gal said:

where can i find this in Singapore?

Hi there,

I havent never seen mature plants being sold. But do try your luck you Far East Flora Thomson.

Sometimes they do import some bulbs from overseas. U can grow these plants via the bulbs, but they do need a good amount of light to grow well and flower.

[luckyboy]

Far East Flora Thomson does sell the bulbs. They have several colours in baskets...you just have to choose properly as some of them maybe too dried out. I grew some long time ago (early 90's) and they did flower but you have to grow them in semi-shaded positions. :grin:

Cheers
Sean

[wilson]

Good point raised by devilx.

A big lesson I learnt - semi shade outdoors is different from semi shade indoors!

[luckyboy]

The difference between semi-shaded positions indoors and semi-shaded positions outdoors is th humidity factor. Unless you can mimic the humidity indoors, its best to grow them outdoors.

Cheers
Sean

[wilson]

Hmm... What I meant is that in so-called semishade indoors can be very much darker than the semishade outdoors, depending on which direction the window is facing.

Yup, humidity is another critical factor. This plant is too tall to fit into a tank and conventional methods of increasing humidity may not be good enuff...

[shamrock]

just when i thought i'd lost my gladioli forever, i saw a plant today (about a foot tall) in the canna bed. rejoice, rejoice!! the last time i saw any in the garden was about 3 or 4 years ago, so the sight of the plant was most unexpected. anyone growing glads out there?

[islaverde]

Yep, 20 years ago. When the weather was MUCH cooler. The bulbs from Fraser's Hill in Malaysia grew and flowered spectacularly. Although the stalk did flop over because I think the soil was too (Nitrogen) rich.

[luckyboy]

Yup...I grew them in the early 1990s in semi-shaded position outdoors. I had several varieties which I brought back from Amsterdam. They flowered beautifully and produced more bulbs which flowered when planted sperately. They however started to decline in the number of blooms produced and eventually stopped flowering altogether. I glad yours are flowering beautifully and maybe you can post a picture... :grin:

Cheers
Sean

[patricia]

Just curious, the gladioli leaf, is it soft or hard?

[luckyboy]

patricia said:

Just curious, the gladioli leaf, is it soft or hard?

The leaves are the same texture as pandan leaves. :grin:

Cheers
Sean

[cellena]

Does the flower stalk grow from one of the leaves? or does it protrude from the soil?

[luckyboy]

cellena said:

Does the flower stalk grow from one of the leaves? or does it protrude from the soil?

The flower stalk grows between the top few leaves of the plant. :grin:

Cheers
Sean

[ladybird]

It's in bloom again :flowers:/>

http://babe.smugmug.com/photos/54058211-M.jpg

http://babe.smugmug.com/photos/54058212-M.jpg