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plant bulb ID help please

amalan11 — Sat, 19 Aug 2017 11:12:49 GMT

I have a heap of these that I found growing on an old abandoned factory site. They are quite large and when I first saw them I mistook them for a really nice lush group of Agapanthus plants as even though it was early july inner Sydney they were very green and healthy.

They were in several clumps about a metre each .Once I managed to dig out one bulb, the sandy soil was dry and rock hard, I found I could rip the bulbs apart from clump by hand one at a time .

The thing is for all my effort I am not sure what they are?...

not Agapanthus as they do not have big bulbs

not belladonna as the leaves are blunter at the end and thinner

so im thinking Hippeastrum perhaps although bulbs look more onion shaped on internet and I have never seen such lush foliage in winter on Hippeastrum

Or could they be hymnicalis spider lily ? They are supposed to be evergreen

I dont think they are crinum as all my crinum have wider leaves...

Any sugestions of anything else they may be ?..

also no sign of buds yet ,one of my hippeastrum has bud so its bud time in sydney

I hate the mystery of it all...im not a patient woman

Re: plant bulb ID help please

lyndal1838 — Sat, 19 Aug 2017 12:15:36 GMT

If they are green and healthy after being neglected then they are probably weeds.

Seriously, how long are the leaves and what shape? Do you have a photo of them on the original site?

Were they originally planted in a garden setting and have just gone wild or were they just dumped on the site?

Re: plant bulb ID help please

go-tazz — Sat, 19 Aug 2017 12:30:17 GMT

@lyndal1838 wrote:
If they are green and healthy after being neglected then they are probably weeds.

They look like onion weed,(something you definitely don't want to plant).

The little "bulbs" at the end of the roots is their seeds,(when you pull them up they generally stay behind and

form new growth).

Their seed can also grow close to the bulbs.

A very difficult weed to get rid off.

Re: plant bulb ID help please

davidc4430 — Sat, 19 Aug 2017 12:33:38 GMT

bung em into a pot, or several, see what you get.

if they wind up being weeds then nothing lost hey.

Re: plant bulb ID help please

chameleon54 — Sat, 19 Aug 2017 14:14:59 GMT

Cape Tulip ? This stays green all year round. Grows to 60 cm. tall, though usually more like 45 cm. Single leaf and two leaf forms. Grows in groups or clumps. Bulbs to 5 cm. Bulbs covered in a black husk. White or light pink flowers......... Not as nice as it sounds though, highly toxic to animals, especialy when flowering and major weed species. . Google is your friend.

Re: plant bulb ID help please

tasfleur — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 00:01:59 GMT

Could it be a rare interplanetary triffid ?

Re: plant bulb ID help please

bushies.girl — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 00:11:35 GMT

Simple answer .. plant it and wait for it to flower

Re: plant bulb ID help please

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 00:14:32 GMT

Potatoes from Mars

Re: plant bulb ID help please

amalan11 — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 08:49:56 GMT

No bulbs are way bigger from tennis ball size to baseball size.

Re: plant bulb ID help please

amalan11 — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 09:05:43 GMT

I will try and get a photo of the clumps in a couple of days. They are in an old garden area with lots of succulents and gazanias so they are something deliberately planted . Im positive they are going to be something nice but im wondering what . I guess I will have to just wait and see what bloom they get ...if they are hippeastrum or spider lily both flower in next couple of months .

the bigger bulbs are about 18 cm across and the long leaves were about a metre high . Most of the bulbs are about tennis ball size or larger.

I have about 150 of them so whatever they are iv got a good chance of a bloom id say...even if they are trifids .

Re: plant bulb ID help please

kopenhagen5 — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 09:42:34 GMT

My first thought was onion weed tazz but if bulbs are big then can't be.

Potatoes from Mars

Hey bear, Have you been to the restaurant on mars ?

Good food but no atmosphere.

Paperwhites ?

Re: plant bulb ID help please

go-tazz — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 12:44:04 GMT

@kopenhagen5 wrote:
My first thought was onion weed tazz but if bulbs are big then can't be.

I've seen some big onion weed bulbs,(but not quite that big).

If there is a large number of them then maybe some sort of lily,(they tend to "take over" an area and or often

dug up to reduce their number or to get rid of them,eg: like the arum lily which can be regarded as a pest).

Re: plant bulb ID help please

lind9650 — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 01:28:45 GMT

Most likely AGAPANTHUS.

Just depends what colour. White or blue.

Erica

Re: plant bulb ID help please

domino-710 — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 05:29:02 GMT

@tasfleur wrote:
Could it be a rare interplanetary triffid ?

Think they only grow & survive well in Tassy - Tas.

Re: plant bulb ID help please

tasfleur — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 06:36:54 GMT

NO NO NO! I swear I recently saw those very same man eating plants right near parliament house, Canberra! .....

Re: plant bulb ID help please

janeababe — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 08:43:35 GMT

To me, it looks a little bit like a naked lady bulb. (Pink Lilly) Nice and green in these months, but the leaves die off in summer (becomes naked) and then flowers around late Jan/Early Feb.

Can you please take a photo of a clump still in its original garden (at the factory) or did you dig them all up?

xxj

Re: plant bulb ID help please

amalan11 — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:05:20 GMT

I think naked lady is beladona ? I compared it to my pink beladona and leaves were thicker on these but its possible.

im going to try and go back tommorow and take a photo ,still 2 clumps left .

thanks

Re: plant bulb ID help please

amalan11 — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:27:38 GMT

Just googled them and you may well be right. They do look identical and there are photos of clumps just like these ones of mine.

Very nice flower though so if they are im happy ...

Re: plant bulb ID help please

imastawka — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:18:36 GMT

Lucky find if they are Naked Ladies. Such a pretty flower.

Google says the bulb is apple sized.

Re: plant bulb ID help please

janeababe — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 01:41:21 GMT

Naked Lady flower..... one of my very favourite.
My grandmother had them all along her front fence. The aroma was wonderful.

Feb this year was her 5th yr anniversay with God. I found a single naked lady flower in my garden. A single flower!!! I dont have any naked lady bulbs, been here 6 yrs.

My sister in Sydney, found a single naked lady flower in her garden, sprouted up underneath a clump of aggies! Shes been there 3 yrs.

My daughter, also moved into a rental in the January, and a single naked lady flower sprouted at the back gate!

We all took it as a definate sign.

I hope your find is the naked lady bulbs. How wonderful..

xxj