| Dear payju, sds, charlot,
Like I have said, the photos were taken during my trips to southern Africa. My interests in bulbs (and orchids) have taken me many times to southern Africa and several times to South America. My main focus is bulbs of the family Amaryllidaceace though I grow a wide range of species of other families. As a matter of fact, I have a large collection of bulbs, most of which have been relocated to my second home in Cape Town, South Africa. I am always happy to spare plant materials with other growers.
I am member of the International Bulb Society (IBS) and have posted a number of photos and notes of various species to the Bulb Gallery. Members are most welcome to visit the IBS web-site at: http://www.bulbsociety.org (check out such genera as "Hippeastrum sp", "Hessea", "Brunsvigia" and "Boophane", I was under the name of Dennis Tsang).
Charlot, thanks for posting the beautiful picture of Ledebouria crispa which is definitely a nice little species. If there is any species you are looking for, please let me know, perhaps I may have spare bulbs for you. By the way, I shall be going to southern Africa (South Africa, Botswana and Namibia) in November/December for one month, looking for a couple of rare amaryllids - Amaryllis paradiscola and Haemanthus avasmontanus. I have been to the habitats before but had no luck locating any bulbs (:o(
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