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Specific Families and Genera => Amaryllidaceae => Topic started by: Alberto on May 22, 2009, 07:41:56 PM

Title: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: Alberto on May 22, 2009, 07:41:56 PM

Hi All, here temperatures are above 30°C and the blooming is going fast. Here two pictures of Scadoxus multiflorus var. multiflorus. The first I took yesterday, the second this evening.
Alberto

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: Paul T on May 22, 2009, 11:13:13 PM

Wow, that is a quick opening, isn't it!! :o

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: Hans J on July 22, 2009, 05:51:09 PM

Hi all ,

here are now some new pics from my Scadoxus collection :

First a unknow species ( self grown from seed )

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: Hans J on July 22, 2009, 05:52:32 PM

Now my Scadoxus multiflorus :

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: Hans J on July 22, 2009, 05:55:10 PM

and here is a hybrid between S.puniceus x S.katherinae

Scadoxus  X 'Koenig Albert'

Enjoy
Hans

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: Paul T on July 22, 2009, 11:46:44 PM

Hans,

All 3 are excellent.  I particularly like the density of the head on the last one.  Beautiful!!

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: Hans J on July 23, 2009, 06:28:25 AM

Paul - thank you  :D

I'm also happy for this old hybrid - I have it searched for a long time .
The flower looks for me more like a S.katherinae typ ....but in winter it is not evergreen .

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: arillady on July 23, 2009, 11:28:22 AM

Another group of bulbs that I have overlooked - what marvellous heads they have.

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: Alessandro.marinello on July 23, 2009, 12:33:39 PM

Quote from: Hans J on July 22, 2009, 05:52:32 PM

Now my Scadoxus multiflorus :

nice flower Hans

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: Paddy Tobin on July 23, 2009, 12:36:54 PM

Stunningly beautiful plants.

Paddy

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: Renate Brinkers on July 23, 2009, 10:36:03 PM

Hans,

a great plant, your Koenig Albert and wonderful pictures.
I also like the unknown one.

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: Paul T on July 24, 2009, 09:12:46 AM

Hans,
Interestingly, I have a shoot currently starting here on Scadoxus puniceus 'Magnificus' (I don't think the name is valid anymore, but whatever it is it appears different to the straight species I ahve seen elsewhere).  The red shoot is about 2 inches tall at the moment, but I think thick enough to be a scape, not just a growth shoot.  I think it is a bit early from memory, although I am fairly sure it has flowered very early in previous years too.

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: Hans J on July 25, 2009, 03:57:03 PM

Paul ,

please post pics from your Magnificus !

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: Paul T on August 16, 2009, 08:56:19 AM

Hans,

Sorry for the delay.... here is a pic of my Scadoxus puniceus 'Magnificus' bud emerging, from the 9th August...

Please click on the pic for a larger version.  If pics are too large, please let me know.

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: Paul T on August 18, 2009, 12:46:44 PM

Updated photo from today (18th August).  I'm not sure whether people are interested in seeing this as it continues to grow?

Please click on the pic for a larger version.  If pics are too large, please let me know.

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: Paddy Tobin on August 18, 2009, 01:43:35 PM

Keep it coming, Paul

Paddy

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: David Nicholson on August 18, 2009, 07:28:56 PM

Keep posting Paul. Hans J is on holiday at present and he certainly wouldn't want to miss these pics.

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: Paul T on August 18, 2009, 10:45:05 PM

I know that Hans is on hols.... I just wasn't sure whether anyone would be interested in seeing the progression of the buds emerging.  It wasn't a lonely plea from someone feeling unloved ;) but rather just finding out whether it was of interest to anyone seeing the process?

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: Paul T on August 29, 2009, 11:55:25 AM

Scadoxus puniceus 'Magnificus' buds emerging.... 27th August (9 days after last shot)

Please click on the pic for a larger version.

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: Hans J on August 29, 2009, 12:01:22 PM

Paul ,

thank you for your update -great to see the progress !!!
Here is flowering Scadoxus multiflorus  :D

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: Paul T on August 29, 2009, 12:05:52 PM

Hans,

So they're still flowering a month after you took those photos?  That's a good flowering period!!

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: George-Oz on December 27, 2010, 05:25:14 AM

Quote from: Paul T on August 29, 2009, 11:55:25 AM

Scadoxus puniceus 'Magnificus' buds emerging.... 27th August (9 days after last shot)

Please click on the pic for a larger version.

Did the flower ever open??
How tall is the plant fully grown??

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: Maggi Young on December 27, 2010, 11:52:14 AM

Hello George, great to have you join us       8)
   .... and it'll be good to get an update from Paul about that plant  ;)

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: Paul T on December 30, 2010, 11:43:38 AM

Maggi and George,

Yes, the flower opened.  I took pics as it progressed from memory, so I will see if I can go and find them and post them within the next few days.  Yes, the flowerhead opened George.  The flowers themselves are small and yellow, surrounded by the big red bracts.  The flowerhead stands to maybe 50 or 60cm, I've never actually measured it.  They flower every year for me.

And George..... Welcome!!  8)

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: George-Oz on December 31, 2010, 03:45:33 AM

Thanks Paul, I'm looking forward to see your photos.

This is my S.puniceus today. It did not flower this Year. Is it normal that it grows so big?


(http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x171/Picta_photos/puniceus.jpg)

Cheers
George...

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: Gail on December 31, 2010, 10:31:19 AM

Quote from: George-Oz on December 31, 2010, 03:45:33 AM

This is my S.puniceus today. It did not flower this Year. Is it normal that it grows so big?
Cheers
George...

I took this picture at the botanic garden in Brussels, Belgium - the plants there must have been about 100cm tall.

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: Paul T on December 31, 2010, 11:49:13 AM

George,

Yes, it grows like that, although I don't think mine are quite as elongated.  Is yours grown in some shade?  Mine in the shade do tend to get taller like your.

Gail,

That I think is a Scadoxus multiflorus (or multiflorus katherinae?) rather than puniceus?  Mine are nowhere near as fancy as that in flower.  ;D

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: George-Oz on December 31, 2010, 12:01:19 PM

thanks Paul, keep looking for your photos...  :D

Title: Re: Scadoxus 2009
Post by: Paul T on December 31, 2010, 12:08:13 PM

George,

I've just found some and prepared a couple for posting.  Here are a couple from when it was fully open last year.  Exactly the same bulb as in the original emerging picture.....  Please excuse the background in the long shot.... my front stairs complete with their myriad pots.  ::)  There's myriad pots EVERYWHERE at my place.  ;D

Kind of sad isn't it..... Just after 11pm on New Year's Eve and where am I..... posting pics on the SRGC.  I am NOT addicted to this forum.... I'm NOT!! :o