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Author Topic: Cyrtanthus 2022  (Read 1930 times)

PaulFlowers

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Cyrtanthus 2022
« on: March 14, 2022, 05:40:03 AM »
Lucky enough to have two species of cyrtanthus flowering. C. Flavus (yellow) and the unspellable C. brachyscyphus (Orange).

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Re: Cyrtanthus 2022
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2022, 05:34:27 AM »
Hi Paul,

I was recently given 2 seedlings of Cyrtanthus montanus. The bulbs are about 1.5 inches thick through the widest point. Do you have any notion of how close that is to flowering size?
Marc Rosenblum

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I am in USDA zone 8b where temperatures almost never fall below 15F -9.4C.  Rainfall 50" 110 cm + but none  June-September.  We seldom get snow; but when it comes we get 30" overnight. Soil is sandy loam with a lot of humus. 
Oregon- where Dallas is NNW of Phoenix

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Re: Cyrtanthus 2022
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2022, 05:45:17 AM »
MarcR - they are fully mature! Should flower late summer

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Re: Cyrtanthus 2022
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2022, 09:48:13 AM »
Beautiful your firework flowers.
I only have Cyrtanthus parviflorus which sends up nearly the whole year its firework rockets.
Seeds readily in all other pots if I want it and flowers under nearly all conditions.
greetings from Bayreuth/Germany zone 6b (340 m)
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Re: Cyrtanthus 2022
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2022, 05:58:57 PM »
Very nice!

Do you know if parviflora is the same as Cyrtanthus brachyscyphus?

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Re: Cyrtanthus 2022
« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2022, 07:05:23 AM »
This is a synonym of this species or vice versa.
I had the seeds from Botanical Garden Bayreuth.
greetings from Bayreuth/Germany zone 6b (340 m)
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Re: Cyrtanthus 2022
« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2022, 09:07:10 AM »
Seeds readily in all other pots if I want it and flowers under nearly all conditions.
Funny, mine flower also easily but don't make seeds even if I have three plants grown from seeds. I tried to crosspollinate but it gives nothing yet...
Yvain Dubois - Isère, France (Zone 7b)  _ south east Lyon

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Re: Cyrtanthus 2022
« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2022, 08:36:37 AM »
The same thing happened with me the first years.
Several times crosspollinating with the same flowers worked in the end sometimes. Maybe its the timing.
Since 2020 I just shake the flowering stems several times  and have always fruiting 10 to 30%.

I would send you seeds, but sending goods costs here 4.89 € Minimum rate only documents are less than half the price. These seeds are too delicate and fat to be send in a simple letter.
They make "Muesli" out of it, apart from being illegal.
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greetings from Bayreuth/Germany zone 6b (340 m)
Axel
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Re: Cyrtanthus 2022
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2022, 05:29:19 AM »
Cyrtanthus eucallus - the flower is a lovely orange colour. There should have been a few more

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Re: Cyrtanthus 2022
« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2022, 08:06:09 AM »
Just shaking the flowers from time to time produces seedstands with me.
greetings from Bayreuth/Germany zone 6b (340 m)
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Re: Cyrtanthus 2022
« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2022, 08:08:23 AM »
The seeds cling some time to the opening pod. Here are 3 already gone.
greetings from Bayreuth/Germany zone 6b (340 m)
Axel
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Re: Cyrtanthus 2022
« Reply #11 on: June 25, 2022, 05:36:48 AM »
Cyrtanthus cream - last flowered in February. The bulbs are small but the flowers massive

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Re: Cyrtanthus 2022
« Reply #12 on: June 25, 2022, 05:39:22 AM »
Cyrtanthus McKennii - fantastic scent and colour

 


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