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Specific Families and Genera => Amaryllidaceae => Topic started by: SJW on February 07, 2015, 11:52:45 PM
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Some photos of the current Hippeastrum trials at RHS Wisley.
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And some more.
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here two Hippeastrum from my collection are flowering :D
Hippeastrum "Pink Rascal" ( a so called Sonatini - Hybrid )
Hippeastrum "Chico" ( the flower stem is 70 cm heigh ) ...a hybrid with H.cybister or a selection of H.cybister
Enjoy
Hans
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Very pretty Hans.
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:D Thank you David !
Hans 8)
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Hi ,
in year 2013 I have bought this plant as:
Hippeastrum aff. mandonii
...now first flower :D
Hans
P.S. a friend has correct me ...this is not H.mandonii :'(
Here is the story : seeds of this plants are collect near Cuzco and came to Mike Salmon
From there came this plants to other People
Here is something from PBS :
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/HippeastrumSpeciesTwo (http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/HippeastrumSpeciesTwo)
Please look for Hipp. spec. Cuzco
Also Tomorrow plants sells this plant :
http://www.tomorrowsplants.com/plants08.htm (http://www.tomorrowsplants.com/plants08.htm)
look for the last plant on this page ..
So maybe my plant is X johnsonii ...or something similar .... :-\
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H. mandonii must be more greenish or lime-green in the centre, but mandonii or not: nice flower!
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Hello Rasa D ! I agree - it is a fine flower no matter the name
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Hippeastrum 'Red Velvet'
Hippeastrum 'Black Pearl'
Flowering at the beginning of April. Both now have a second scape with flowers about to open.
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My ordinary garden centre Hippeastrum just showing what you can achieve if you grow them on. It goes outside to get baked in the summer and comes inside for the winter. It is thoroughly neglected in a back room until the buds appear, at which time it gets some water. When the flowers appear it gets pride of place in the living room.
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These flowers are immensely "glamorous" in appearance, aren't they - and really quite readily available and growable - I wish more folk would take the trouble to grow them on and get great displays in future years - it's a shame that so many are treated as "throwaway" plants.
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A super specimen, Alan. We grow ours on but don't achieve a display like that, yet. They'll be relegated to the greenhouse this summer for a better baking than they get on the window sill.
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These flowers are immensely "glamorous" in appearance, aren't they - and really quite readily available and growable - I wish more folk would take the trouble to grow them on and get great displays in future years - it's a shame that so many are treated as "throwaway" plants.
when you grow these 'correctly' they tend to become rather invasive, in my experience they multiply exponentialy. I used to have hundreds of these, but due to lack of time years ago I lost them all. I'm restarting a collection now, mostly from seeds purchased on E-bay. I will soon have two seedlings flower for the first time.
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new flowers here for me ( for the first time )
Hippeastrum harrisonii
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How lovely, Hans!
A very elegant flower and not one I'd seen before,
cheers
fermi
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Thanks Fermi for your interest :D
It is a Special Hippeastrum - in winter you can hold it with a Minimum of 5° - in summer they like always wet feets and full sun !
Hippeastrum harrisonii is Very different from other Hippeastrum ...
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I've added the full plant name to that last post, Hans, so the search facility will find your information about the preferences of Hippeastrum harrisonii 8)
( Super plant, by the way. Elegant flowers and markings. )
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Thanks Maggi :D
If anybody is interested for a plant of Hippeatrum harrisoni for swap ( sorry only inside Europe ) so please write me a PM
I have some plants to give away ....
Sorry ...all gone !
Hans
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This Hippeastrum blossfeldiae is flowering but the bulb has no roots, as I discovered when it tipped over in the pot. Is this normal? Do the roots grow with the leaves?
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... but the bulb has no roots, as I discovered when it tipped over in the pot. Is this normal? ....
??? vine weevils? :-X
cheers
fermi
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but the bulb has no roots, as I discovered when it tipped over in the pot. Is this normal? Do the roots grow with the leaves?
I don't think it's normal, my hippeastrums pretty much keep all their roots even when dormant. When my bulbs loose roots it's because they are overwatered.
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flowering for the first time an unknown Hippeastrum seedling. the label says 'seedling', because at some moment I lost/mixed up labels and only could figure out which ones were seedlings or not. Anyway, 4 or 5 years of patience now rewarded with this flower.
And the flower is slightly fragrant :)
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these needed to adapt to their new growing environment / I needed to learn what suits them best :-\
flowered in 2013 - the year I purchased them, skipped 2014 however. I have kept the pots dry in the unheated greenhouse over the winter, although last winter was not very cold, they didn't have to experience temps below -4°C
One of the new Sonatini hybrids : "Viridi Rascal"
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I got this as Hippeastrum roseum (Rhodophiala rosea), which clearly it isn't. Any suggestions? Perhaps Hippeastrum gracilis?
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Another Sonatini hybrid flowering : Balentino
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Although for most people Hippeastrum flower at Christmas (or sometime in winter), I have put my bulbs to summer growing mode and winter dormancy - pretty much as in many southern gardens with mild winters. And it makes it so more easy to keep a nice collection. Since a few days my Red Lions are flowering.
The lush green vegetation behind the pots is just "Sinapis alba" which I grow in spring as green manure crop before I plant the tomatoes.
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One of the new Sonatini hybrids : "Viridi Rascal"
This is lovely, François. The Sonatini Hipps are all lovely plants.
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Hi Francois your hippeastrum sonatini rings a bell, are they supposed to be a lot hardier that other hippeastrum bulbs? I'm sure I read somewhere that they can be grown outside.
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Hi John,
The Dutch company I purchased the bulbs from claims "hardy & multiplying" and that they can take -10°C. Although some say their cold hardiness may be true but only if kept dry. About the multiplication, they do offset a lot. I may give it a try in the open when I have enough bulbs, but given the fact my soil is heavy clay I have some fears they will not survive winter. Crinum copes better with damp conditions over winter, I have a number of crinums growing outside and they really prosper.
Last winter they were in the unheated greenhouse, kept dry since October, and some of them already made a few leaves by the end of November and they survived totally undamaged the light frosts in the greenhouse
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Thanks for getting back Francois , I thought I had remember correctly. I wonder if they might do ok outside in other soil types? Can you recommend a supplier please.
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Hello John,
If I remember well I purchased my bulbs from Vantubergen, and I think this is the Dutch company that is the creator of the Sonatini hybrids. http://www.vantubergen.nl (http://www.vantubergen.nl)
Apparently you can only buy a mix of different plants now, but I placed my order in late winter and then you could choose between the different plants
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Thanks for the link Francois, I'll take a look.
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Hello,
This is my first post and I wondered of anyone could help me confirm the identity this hippeastrum species which has just flowered.
It was purchased from a reputable seller as Hippeastrum equestre but looking on the web it does not look correct for that species. But most of the photos out there seem to show different plants.
It looks more like blossfeldia, petiolatum, puniceum or striatum but I have no idea how to tell them apart.
Regards
Martin
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Hello,
This is my first post and I wondered of anyone could help me confirm the identity this hippeastrum species which has just flowered.
It was purchased from a reputable seller as Hippeastrum equestre but looking on the web it does not look correct for that species. But most of the photos out there seem to show different plants.
It looks more like blossfeldia, petiolatum, puniceum or striatum but I have no idea how to tell them apart.
Regards
Martin
Hello Martin,
There are a few hippeastrum specialists on the forum. I think Jim Shields, if he is still around here, may help you since he once created a hippeastrum species group on yahoo.
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In the meantime my last hippeastrum opened his first & only flower. Not sure about which one it is, it's one I have grown from seed (but lost the label). It could be 'Louisiana White' as I remember to have purchased seeds from that one, but that may not be an official registered cultivar name. Anyway, a rewarding result for me.
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Hi Hippeastrum fans ,
before some weeks I had flowers on my Hippeastrum harrisonii :
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=12782.msg333473#msg333473 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=12782.msg333473#msg333473)
I had the idea to try self pollination ( works somtimes by Hippeastrum )
and now I can report that my try has worked well ;D
I have now some seeds to give away ( for free )
If anybody is interested so please write me a PM
Have a nice weekend
Hans
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in this time with Tropical temperatures ( today 38° - tomorrow 40° ) are some plants here happy and flowering :D
Today is open Hippeastrum reginae ;D
Enjoy
Hans 8)
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A month before Christmas ... Hippeastrum Aulicum is earlier to flower this year than last year. Easy to grow on a windowsill, a bit tricky however to take a pic of the flowers.
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Super plant, François - how long do individual flowers last?
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Hi Maggi,
Each flower lasts a bit more than a week. But last year they lasted 2 to 3 weeks, but the plant was flowering later in 2014 and it was a bit cooler in the room where they are growing.