Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum

Specific Families and Genera => Amaryllidaceae => Topic started by: Alessandro.marinello on July 06, 2009, 09:00:18 PM

Title: crinum oliganthum
Post by: Alessandro.marinello on July 06, 2009, 09:00:18 PM

flowering of crinum oliganthum, Crinum little  of the Caribbeanses

Title: Re: crinum oliganthum
Post by: Paul T on July 06, 2009, 10:29:13 PM

Alessandro,

Interesting species.  Does it always have just a single flower per stem?  The only other singular flowered species I can think of is the Australian species Crinum uniflorum (I think I have the name right, I've only read about it, never seen it).  How big is your plant?

Title: Re: crinum oliganthum
Post by: Alessandro.marinello on July 07, 2009, 09:21:17 PM

Paul
the leaves are wide 1 cm stem is 18 cm flower 7 cm in diameter, possess this plant from three years, this is the first year of flowering

Title: Re: crinum oliganthum
Post by: Paddy Tobin on July 07, 2009, 09:31:05 PM

Alessandro,

A beautiful dainty crinum.  Very beautiful.

Here I grow Crinum x powelii which has pink flowers and C. x powellii 'Album' which, obviously, has white flowers. These are big plants, growing to one metre or more in height. I received one bulb of each from a friend some twenty years ago and now have large clumps of both in the garden. I recall the bulbs were very big when I received them and I imagine there must be a great collection of them by now.

Paddy