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Heinie

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Boophone haemanthoides
« on: February 09, 2010, 08:15:53 PM »
One of my Boophone haemanthoides in flower now.









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Re: Boophone haemanthoides
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2010, 08:31:56 PM »
wow that is incredible.Heinie do you find it easy to cultivate and is it a large growing plant.
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Re: Boophone haemanthoides
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2010, 09:50:52 PM »
Heinie
beautiful and enough :o
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Re: Boophone haemanthoides
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2010, 10:43:03 PM »
Look at the perfect drainage in form of lateral slits in the first photo
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Re: Boophone haemanthoides
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2010, 06:30:02 AM »
Quote from: daveyp1970 on February 09, 2010, 08:31:56 PM
wow that is incredible.Heinie do you find it easy to cultivate and is it a large growing plant.
It looks quite expensive - especially if it comes with its own mobile phone :o ;D ;D ;D
Splendid plant, Heinie!
cheers
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Re: Boophone haemanthoides
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2010, 07:09:33 AM »
That's an amazing plant!  Is it scented?
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Re: Boophone haemanthoides
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2010, 08:36:24 AM »
Hi Heinie ,

first my compliment to your succsessful growing of this wonderful plant !!!

I have a little doubt about the name of your plant .....for me it looks like a form ( wintergrowing ) of B.disticha - the color of your plant is really pretty !

Please look here :
http://www.bulbsociety.org/GALLERY_OF_THE_WORLDS_BULBS/GRAPHICS/Boophane/Boophane_haemanthoides/Boophanehaemanthoides.html

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Re: Boophone haemanthoides
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2010, 12:34:01 PM »
Dave,
I have seen bulbs the size of a soccer ball in habitat.

Ezeiza,
I cut similar side slots in all my pots with a 1mm angle grinder blade which assists in good drainage of the water.

Fermi,
I had to place the cell phone there for the photo for a friend because he could not believe the measurements of the bulb.

Gail,
It has a very sweet scent.

Hans,
It is B haemanthoides indeed from the Nieuwoudville area and confirmed as such by a number of very knowledgeable members at IBSA when I took the plant in to a meeting last week.
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Heinie
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Re: Boophone haemanthoides
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2010, 01:04:53 PM »
Heine, we have those vertical cuts in all the containers we have the bulb collection in.
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Re: Boophone haemanthoides
« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2010, 01:05:22 PM »
Heinie, a really good work with your bulb!
It si typical of haemanthoides to have cream flowers turning pink when old!

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Re: Boophone haemanthoides
« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2010, 01:10:45 PM »
Heinie ,

B. haemanthoides should have a flower like a Haemanthus .....if you look in PBS so you will find some similar plants like your plant :
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Boophone

« Last Edit: February 11, 2010, 07:09:25 AM by Hans J »
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Re: Boophone haemanthoides
« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2010, 04:06:36 PM »
Hans,
If you look at the 1st and 2nd photos above you will notice that it is similar to the Haemanthus flower with the RED bracts mostly upright (see 1st photo below) where the B disticha flower head forms a ball shape with GREEN bracts (see 2nd photo below). There is also a difference in the seed setting. The B disticha forms a triangular seed pod like a Brunsvigia and the B haemanthoides sets a seed pod similar to a Crinum.





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Re: Boophone haemanthoides
« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2010, 04:58:27 PM »
Heinie ,

OK - you are rigth !!!

Sorry for the trouble but it is all very confusing ....
I have now in meantime received a confirmation for the ID from a important person in the bulb world ....

You can be really lucky with this wonderful plant

Hans
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Re: Boophone haemanthoides
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2010, 06:04:24 PM »
Hans,
It is very easy to compare the two species when they flower side by side. Here is a photo of the B haemanthoides in this topic and two of my B disticha bulbs that has just completed their flowering cycle together.



Here the triangle seed pods can be seen on the B disticha on the left
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Re: Boophone haemanthoides
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2010, 06:23:17 PM »
Thank you Heinie  ;)

never to late with learning !
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