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Maggi Young

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Re: Amaryllis, cultivars and hybrids
« Reply #15 on: August 26, 2008, 01:52:22 PM »
Foly, I have to agree with you... they are rahther freaky bulbs!! ;D Even if some folks here grow them very well, I think for many of us they are mysterious and tricky!!  ???
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Re: Amaryllis, cultivars and hybrids
« Reply #16 on: August 26, 2008, 05:35:33 PM »
Just opened: Amaryllis belladonna 'Johannesburg'.
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Re: Amaryllis, cultivars and hybrids
« Reply #17 on: October 15, 2008, 02:20:05 PM »
Here is the photo of the seeds pod of Amaryllis belladonna .


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Re: Amaryllis, cultivars and hybrids
« Reply #18 on: October 15, 2008, 02:26:36 PM »
Seeing this picture reminded me that I did some decapitating of seed pods of belladonna so that they would not take to much energy but all seeds look the same it is just size differences. I planted the small (0.3-0.5cm) white (clear) seeds not to waste them. Is there any chance of them actually being ripe and becoming a plant?
That was in Portugal this weekend.
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Re: Amaryllis, cultivars and hybrids
« Reply #19 on: October 15, 2008, 02:36:03 PM »
I think they can germinate.

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Re: Amaryllis, cultivars and hybrids
« Reply #20 on: October 15, 2008, 02:46:18 PM »
Thanks Alberto they looked like they could.
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Re: Amaryllis, cultivars and hybrids
« Reply #21 on: October 16, 2008, 07:17:17 AM »
Joakim,

I think they'll be germinating, or at least a goodly amount of them anyway.
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Re: Amaryllis, cultivars and hybrids
« Reply #22 on: October 17, 2008, 07:23:32 PM »
Lovely photos everyone !
I also have a belladonna purchased in Madeira. The leaves grow happily every autumn/winter but no flower so far even though I have tried to "bake" the bulb during summer. I guess that it doesn´t get enough light during our dark winters.

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