Yes, Maranta leuconeura var. erythroneura is flowering again. Not only does it have the inflorescence this flower is on, a second one made an appearance the other day and is about to burst forth into bloom!
Maranta is also sending out offshoots again. There are five or six above-ground ones that I've seen. I nipped off one of the previous ones and brought it in to the office.
My South African squill (Scilla violaceae as I've always called it--my horticultural friend says that the name had been changed to Ledebouria socialis for a while. Dave's Garden supports that, and it made me realize I've been spelling "violacea" with an extra E. Sigh.). No matter what these plants are called, they're flowering like crazy-time at the zoo. The photos here are from the eager inflorescence I mentioned before, but this bulb shot out a second inflorescence, and three other bulbs did, too, for a total of five flower spikes!
I couldn't decide what the most beautiful shot was. I took a lot. These little flowers are difficult to focus on!
I am happy to be able to get these bulbs to flower. Maybe they'll get all fertilized and I'll have seeds to play with?
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