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Maggi Young

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Re: Hippeastrum 2018
« Reply #15 on: September 16, 2018, 01:29:38 PM »
Looking good, Michael - always kept outside or do you take them in for winter?
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Re: Hippeastrum 2018
« Reply #16 on: September 17, 2018, 03:50:52 PM »
Hi Maggie, these are in pots and I put under cover if lots of rain is forecast. They have done very well this year. I did put a bit more effort into feeding them when I fertilised the clivia at the same time.
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Re: Hippeastrum 2018
« Reply #17 on: September 17, 2018, 03:59:43 PM »
Your method  works!
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Re: Hippeastrum 2018
« Reply #18 on: November 15, 2018, 09:58:56 PM »
Hippeastrum aulicum are blooming in the greenhouse.  These were grown from seed from Mauro Peixoto in Brazil.  They all seem to be trying to bloom at once.  The individual bulbs are producing flowers that vary in form from plant to plant.

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The bulbs that bloomed first are starting to produce seed pods, so there must be some bugs flying around in the greenhouse that I  haven't seen.

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Re: Hippeastrum 2018
« Reply #19 on: November 18, 2018, 08:56:51 PM »
Very nice Jim

How many years from seed to flower?

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Re: Hippeastrum 2018
« Reply #20 on: November 20, 2018, 12:32:26 PM »
I'm not keeping such detailed records anymore.  I will have to poke around in those pots for plastic labels that have notes such as first bloom date.  I'll guess the time to first bloom from seed runs 5 to 10 years, depending on species and origins.

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