{"id":9099,"date":"2011-04-02T22:08:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-03T02:08:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-08-13T18:34:54","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T22:34:54","slug":"lone-bulb-species-melasphaeru-ramosa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardern.co.za\/2011\/04\/lone-bulb-species-melasphaeru-ramosa\/","title":{"rendered":"The lone bulb species, Melasphaerula ramosa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardern.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/melaspharul.jpg?resize=400%2C275&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">Melasphaerula ramosa<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: justify;\">Here is a rarely seen bulb plant from South Africa which happens to be the only species in the genus Melasphaerula; meet Melasphaerula ramosa, a bulb plant, (well, actually a corm) from a genus that finds itself currently placed within the Iris Family. Melaspharula, or &#8216;Fairy Bells&#8217; is easy to grow in a cold glasshouse, but it is hard to find, there is only one source that I know of for the corms. It therefore &nbsp;remains an uncommon plant, seen only in the most well stocked alpine houses of the geekiest of plant collectors. ( ahem).<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- more --><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardern.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/melasphra4.jpg?resize=375%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"cursor: move;\" width=\"375\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">It&#8217;s not difficult to grow, by any means, (OK&#8230;it can become a weed in warmer zones where conditions are to its liking, such as in Israel, and perhaps Greece), but as a potted bulb plant, it&#8217;s wonderful. A cloud of pale yellow flowers that look like a cloud of tiny moths. I found mine at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/rareplants.co.uk\/\">Paul Christian<\/a>&nbsp;in the UK, the bulbs are inexpensive, &nbsp;a few US dollars each, and you don&#8217;t need a permit to order them. Like many winter rainfall South African bulbs, they should be potted in the autumn, and allowed to go dry in the summer. There are 6 bulbs in this pot, and they were potted in September of last year.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardern.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/melasphae1.jpg?resize=400%2C265&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardern.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/melasphar3.jpg?resize=400%2C265&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melasphaerula ramosa Here is a rarely seen bulb plant from South Africa which happens to be the only species in the genus Melasphaerula; meet&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[86],"class_list":["post-9099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-daily-awesomes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - 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