Scadoxus multiflorus

truly beautiful and a great photo. is that another coming up beside it or is that a new leaf??

Wow....beautiful Fireball Lily Meanie...........

WOW!

Thanks chaps!
Sticki - flower first, leaves after!

love it.

Who needs fireworks..?

Lovely....

excellent Meanie, i have 5 of these on order now for feb delivery.. hope they turn out like that..

stunning...

Fab shot...and plant, Meanie!

Now, I think this is a perfect shot for fireball lily.

Its gorgeous well done Meanie.:o))

Thanks guys!
Surreylad - be prepared to wait. Mine sat there for three or four months with no sign of activity!!

Thanks for the tip Meanie..

Now if only you could get them to flower for Christmas!!

I'll have to experiment on that idea!

Meanie:

Such a great photo! I really like blood lilies...they look so nice growing up against commercial buildings.

Sounds nice, Delonix...but, unless we have serious global warming, it'll never happen in Western Europe...

We need it - I've just had to turn the heating on!

Blimey, Meanie! But there's been that 'tinge' of Autumn here, too...

Certainly not nice Karen!

Meanie:

It's been roasting hot here...and you're turning on the heat!!! Oh my!!! I can't even comprehend having the heat on this time of year. It's all relative I suppose...all my neighbor's have been running their air conditioners 24/7 .

I daren't comprehend the gas bill!!!!

It's the very high electric bills here. This is why I rarely run my a/c. It has to be more than 100ºF/38ºC for more than a few days or if the night time lows don't go below 75ºF/24ºC., then I turn it on.

I've only got a fan... :(

Karenfrance:

That's better than no fan...which would be horrible!

I have 7 fans which are constantly running. They help out quite a bit most of the time.

Don't talk about leccy bills! Ours has just arrived - £618! Turns out their estimate was somewhat under when they finally read the metre a week or two ago..........

Not that much different here, Meanie! EDF...reckoned to be the cheapest in Europe! :(

... or, should I say, 'Old Countries, EEC'....

Our average was about £320 a quarter.........

Meanie:

Wow! £618! Do you live in a mansion?

Do you pay your electric/gas bill quarterly?

Here in San Diego, we pay the SDG&E (San Diego Gas & Electric) monthly. Some people pay 200 or 400 US dollars a month (especially with the a/c constantly running). My bill is definitely not this much, more like $75.00 a month.

We pay quarterly - it has been based on an estimate for about 15months now, as the metre reader always calls when we are at work! We finally had it read, so this rather huge bill includes a fair bit of catch up.

Meanie:

That's a pretty big hit, having to pay quarterly.

We have smart meters now. These meters send the information via satellite to SDG&E.

Not really - you know it's coming, although we weren't expecting that!

Am with you, Meanie...same happens here...you know it's coming...but it's always worse than you think... :(

On the bright side, the next estimate should at least be more accurate!

Hopefully, yes! :))

I love this Meanie. I've only ever seen them on gardening programmes. Are they a bulb? Can you put them outside or is it a greenhouse job??

They are bulbs Poppylover. Grew mine in the conservatory, but only because I wanted to control the water that they recieved - the most common reason for losing them is bulb rot. One bulb to a six inch tomato pot, in free draining (plenty of grit mixed in) compost. In its native habitat of South Africa it blooms early winter.

I'm adding them to my wish list. South Africa has so many beautiful flowers. Thx meanie.

Well worth the effort!