Bulbophile

To those who know it not I may say the flowers are nearly an inch across, like golden stars, the colour being deep yellow, with a medial brown nerve to each perianth division. They last a long time in beauty, and are to one bulbophile at least very attractive.

Perhaps some bulbophile can show us how easy they are to flower "when one knows how."

This year, some of the catalogues offered varieties of this strain, and those of us who are bulbophiles, and who, with appetites whetted by last year's glowing descriptions, were eagerly watching to see these transcendent productions burst into view on the commercial horizon, were promised that we should have bulbs (for consideration) that should produce flowers five inches across in the greatest profusion, which would withstand the fiercest sunshine and the heaviest rain without injury.

Richard Nutt, M.A., F.I.C.E., is a widely travelled engineer, amateur botanist and bulbophile, whose particular interest is the genus Galanthus.

Bulbophiles definitely should consider experimenting with this unique approach to groundcover under their bulbous plants.

Roehm's fascination with these fancy flowers is shared by many bulbophiles, […]