Saturday, February 21, 2009

Drought Scheme for Bulbs?

Today, while walking around in the garden and thinking about the second part of the reduce your gardening costs article, I noticed something very strange. I had some bulbs(Anyone can ID them for me?) in a dry place and they were flowering. They hadn't been watered since at least six months. The bulbs had only flowers but no leaves. The weather is quite hot now.

flowering bulbs
Is it some kind of drought emergency scheme that the bulbs have? In case of severe lack of water, do they just make seeds and spread themselves?
Another specimen of same plant that has been correctly watered

close view of the leaf

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4 comments:

Anonymous,  February 22, 2009 at 2:36 AM  

Looks like Ledebouria socialis, common name "Silver Squill" or "Violet Squill": http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2117/

Rikesh,  February 22, 2009 at 8:27 AM  

Thanks. That's indeed Ledebouria socialis :)

Anonymous,  March 13, 2009 at 12:17 PM  

Bulbs store their food in the bulb. The leaves from the previous year feed the bulb and store those nutrients for the next season. Once the stored food is used up...the plant will die without proper care. Seeds work the same way except seeds have the embryo plant inside. Welcome to blotanical

I thought the first bulb was a white hyacinth.

Rikesh,  March 13, 2009 at 12:28 PM  

Thanks for the welcome flowergardengirl :)
All these plants are Ledebouria socialis. I've googled white hyacinth, their flowers aren't similar.

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