Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Specific Families and Genera => Amaryllidaceae => Topic started by: Alex on January 04, 2018, 10:51:22 PM
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Flowering now in the warm section of the greenhouse - Paramongaia weberbaueri. It is like a huge daffodil, flowers are probably about 20cm across though I haven't measured.
Alex
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Wow!
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Alex
A GREAT achievement.
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Fabulous! I've flowered the summer growing Paramongaia (which I had from Alex's dad), but have never managed to coax my winter-grower into bloom ~ unfortunately, the two plants sit side by side on the kitchen windowsill & growth on the winter-grower seems to precipitate the summer-grower also breaking into growth a week or two later & both are now in full leaf at this, the most sunless part of the whole year....
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Yes, I can't claim too much credit here as I got it some months back from my Dad, who grows quite a few of them as Malcolm says. I don't think he does anything very special for them other than keep them in a 15C minimum greenhouse all year round, and they bloom well for him, but maybe they get a bit more seasonal variation in temperature there than they would on a kitchen windowsill.
Alex
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That is lovely Alex, is it scented?
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So nice, I would like to see it in real, the flower seems enormous and normal at the same time !
Now that I grow Pamianthe peruviana (thanks Hans), I would like to have a try with Paramongaia. If someone have some few seeds to offer (sell), it would be very kind ;) (I know that seeds of Paramongaia are rare but it don't cost to ask ;D) I already saw some offer of offset but they are too expensive.
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They are beautiful !
Congratulations
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Anticipation.
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Sorry to re-enliven this thread...... but I was wondering what we know about the plant's temperature requirements over winter?
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I keep it on the kitchen windowsill ~ warmest & sunniest room in the house, also the most humid (I do a lot of cooking)...
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Thanks - yes, much that I have read about it suggests people give it around a 10C to 12C min over winter.... I was just wondering why this is the case, as I think that the area it comes from drops substantially colder. Maybe I'm wrong, and clearly the bulbs are worth so much money that people maybe don't want to risk experimenting!
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I find that the leaves flop if gets over 60F (15C) in winter. But is fine at 45-50F (7-10C)
Although i have read that seed pods abort below 50F (10C). Seeds on my plant have always aborted even with pollen from others’ plants, regardless of temp.