Mysterious Garden Flower

Last post 27-03-2012 9:18 PM by Phot's-Moll. 5 replies.

• 26/03/2012 02:25 PM
  Robocop Location: Lymm/Mallorca Joined on: 23 Mar 2012 Posts: 12	Reply | Contact For a number of years now I have been trying to find out about a plant I have in the garden in Mallorca.  It flowers in October         these then die away completly only for the leaves to come in December  Does anybody recognise it?

• 26/03/2012 04:18 PM	In reply to
  Silver surfer Location: South Wales. U.K. Joined on: 09 Jun 2008 Posts: 1,392	Reply | Contact Sorry Robocop but your pics are too tiny to tell. I am guessing that MAYBE it is a Colchicum. http://www.google.co.uk/search?ix=sea&q=Colchicum+Speciosum+%22Atrorubens%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=9IhwT_r6Mo638gPuzMC_DQ&biw=1280&bih=647&sei=-IhwT5GoFoTX8QPo_PS_DQ

• 26/03/2012 06:41 PM	In reply to
  Robocop Location: Lymm/Mallorca Joined on: 23 Mar 2012 Posts: 12	Reply | Contact I have worked out how to get the full size pictures in so does this help?

• 26/03/2012 07:14 PM	In reply to
  Silver surfer Location: South Wales. U.K. Joined on: 09 Jun 2008 Posts: 1,392	Reply | Contact Thank you. That is far clearer. It looks like Haemanthus coccineus. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Haemanthus+coccineus.&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&oe=utf8&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=OLJwT-C5GNLI8gPYrfS_DQ&biw=1131&bih=545&sei=PbJwT4SmBMm08QPNgYXCDQ

• 27/03/2012 10:02 AM

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  Robocop Location: Lymm/Mallorca Joined on: 23 Mar 2012 Posts: 12

  Reply | Contact Well done Silver Surfer. That is spot on. I have even asked some specialist Mediterranean gardners to no avail. Now I know what it is I can look it up and find when is best to dig it up and transplant it. At the moment it is at the back of the bed against the wall and between a Bigonia and an Oleander. As they apear to be bulbs, from a quick look on Wikipedia, I should be able to split them as well.

• 27/03/2012 09:18 PM	In reply to
  Phot's-Moll Location: The sunny South coast. Joined on: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 4,535	Reply | Contact  What an interesting looking plant! (I wouldn't have had a clue regarding identification) Whether you think you can do a thing, or think you cannot, you are right.