Hippeastrum 2015

[Hans J]

Thanks Fermi for your interest 
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 ...

[Maggi Young]

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 
( Super plant, by the way. Elegant flowers and markings. )

[Hans J]

Thanks Maggi 

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

[johnralphcarpenter]

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?

[fermi de Sousa]

... but the bulb has no roots, as I discovered when it tipped over in the pot. Is this normal? ....

vine weevils? 
cheers
fermi

[François Lambert]

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.

[François Lambert]

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

[François Lambert]

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"

[johnralphcarpenter]

I got this as Hippeastrum roseum (Rhodophiala rosea), which clearly it isn't. Any suggestions? Perhaps Hippeastrum gracilis?

[François Lambert]

Another Sonatini hybrid flowering : Balentino

[François Lambert]

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.

[Matt T]

One of the new Sonatini hybrids : "Viridi Rascal"

This is lovely, François. The Sonatini Hipps are all lovely plants.

[johnstephen29]

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.

[François Lambert]

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

[johnstephen29]

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.