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Title: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: Maggi Young on January 10, 2012, 02:03:32 PM
Jim Waddick shared this link on the pbs .... looks an interesting site for Hippeastrum fans..

 http://www.emaryllis.com       8)
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: Maggi Young on January 24, 2012, 10:41:33 AM
details of a book that may be of interest:
http://www.nerineandamaryllidsociety.co.uk/52589.html
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: ArnoldT on January 24, 2012, 05:57:24 PM
Hippeastrum papilio flowering in the house.
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: ArnoldT on January 28, 2012, 08:15:45 PM
Hippeastrum papilio
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: JoshY46013 on January 28, 2012, 09:41:29 PM
Arnold, very beautiful clone, is yours a commercial form?
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: ArnoldT on January 28, 2012, 11:42:39 PM
Josh:

Don't know I think it was a PBS BX distribution. I'll check my files and see if I can track it down.
Title: Re:Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: ArnoldT on January 28, 2012, 11:44:21 PM
BX distribution.  BX 250 # 14.  From Bob Hoel
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: fermi de Sousa on February 01, 2012, 08:25:15 AM
We had rain on Sunday night and by Wednesday morning these rain-lilies were already up and will be in bloom tomorrow! Hopefully there is enough pollen to do some cross-pollinating!
cheers
fermi
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: fermi de Sousa on February 02, 2012, 08:34:32 AM
This morning, the Habranthus tubispathus are open and in front are the spears of Lycoris incarnata about to explode out of the ground!
cheers
fermi
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: fermi de Sousa on February 02, 2012, 08:36:26 AM
Others are also opening:
Habranthus tubispathus "Salmon Pink form"
cheers
fermi
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: JoshY46013 on February 02, 2012, 04:03:31 PM
Fermi, I love to documentation!!!

Where do you live?
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: angie on February 02, 2012, 04:12:22 PM
Fermi thats so lovely, aren't you lucky  ;D

Angie  :)
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: fermi de Sousa on February 02, 2012, 10:51:02 PM
Josh,
I'm in Central Victoria, Australia - the the South-East part of the country.
Angie,
thanks, yes, I'm lucky as these are plants that grow without us having to do much for them except divide them when they get congested.
This morning more were open,
Zephyranthes "Grandjax"
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Habranthus martinezii
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and Zephyranthes macrosiphon (I think)
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cheers
fermi
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: fermi de Sousa on February 06, 2012, 08:19:19 AM
Some more pics from the weekend,
Habranthus martinezii
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Habranthus robustus
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Habranthus martinezii being meanced by a Habranthus robustus "Russell Manning"
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and the result of that pairing!
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Zephyranthes primulina
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and for something different, Lycoris incarnata
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and the first of our local Calostemma purpureum
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cheers
fermi
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: fermi de Sousa on February 20, 2012, 08:11:27 AM
More Amaryllids!
Dark form of Amaryllis belladonna
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White Amaryllis belladonna
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A "vacant" block nearby which is resplendent with belladonna lilies!
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Back in our garden, Lycoris sprengeri
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Calostemma purpureum
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cheers
fermi
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: johnw on February 20, 2012, 05:56:07 PM
Rats!  Even vacant lots do better with Amaryllis belladonna than me. :'(

johnw
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: ronm on February 20, 2012, 05:59:45 PM
LOL!! you brightened my day with that one John. Very good,  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: fermi de Sousa on February 20, 2012, 10:26:26 PM
Rats!  Even vacant lots do better with Amaryllis belladonna than me. :'(

johnw
Me too, John.
These bulbs are so suited to conditions in Southern Australia that they survive for decades on complete neglect. Often you will come across patches of belladonnas in "the bush" where a house might have stood a generation or two ago but virtually no sign of habitation is left except some "non native" plants like belladonnas, narcissus and roses!
I struggle to get regular blooms on ours despite providing "ideal" conditions! At least they are more tolerant of our frosts and droughts than some of the more tender nerines and lycoris.
cheers
fermi
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: bulborum on February 20, 2012, 10:55:40 PM
Can't wait till summer comes here

Roland
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: fermi de Sousa on March 06, 2012, 08:47:12 AM
More belladonnas, seed raised and showing some variation
cheers
fermi
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: fermi de Sousa on March 06, 2012, 08:47:13 AM
More now in flower,
Calostemma purpureum, a second, taller growing clone
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and the rarer, or at least shyer to flower, Calostemma luteum, first time in about 5 years!
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cheers
fermi
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: PeterT on March 06, 2012, 08:57:55 AM
Congratulations Fermi !
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: bulborum on March 06, 2012, 10:48:08 AM
Stunning Fermi

I have to wait 4 more years
The seeds Pat send me are just 10 cm high

Roland
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: JoshY46013 on March 06, 2012, 04:05:41 PM
Fermi,

  My C. luteum are on their third season, how long do they take to flower from seed?
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: bulborum on March 06, 2012, 06:16:25 PM
Probably 2 or 3 years
depends on your feeding , soil , potting soil

Roland
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: angie on March 06, 2012, 08:54:58 PM
Fermi those flowers are beautiful. I keep saying this you are so lucky.

Angie  :)
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: fermi de Sousa on March 08, 2012, 07:56:25 AM
Fermi those flowers are beautiful. I keep saying this you are so lucky.

Angie  :)
Yes, Angie, I am! I don't grow these - they grow themselves.
Lycoris sp. red
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Lycoris elsae
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cheers
fermi
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: mark smyth on March 08, 2012, 09:05:27 AM
I rescued some ?Hyacinths from an old garden. Is it possible these are just forced bulbs planted out or better still ......?
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: bulborum on March 08, 2012, 09:41:55 AM
Mark

Looks for me China Pink

Roland
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: arillady on March 08, 2012, 09:46:52 AM
I haven't seen the Calostemma luteum before - lovely Fermi.
Calostemmas on the way to Eden Valley are all in seed whereas just outside our driveway the really dark pink ones are just starting to open up.
The whitish pink ones have mainly gone to seed now. Not as many flowered as last year.
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: bulborum on March 08, 2012, 09:53:29 AM
Where are the pictures Pat
I have to wait 4-5 years for your seeds do flower :D

Roland
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: arillady on March 08, 2012, 09:58:08 AM
Will take camera with me tomorrow Roland. :)
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: arillady on March 10, 2012, 10:02:30 AM
Took some photos today of the Calostemma purpureum for Roland ;)
But I have different programmes on this laptop now and I can't find a simple resizer that I had before. Anyone know of a simple one I can download? Not particularly keen on this Windows Live Photo Gallery programme.
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: daveyp1970 on March 10, 2012, 10:10:01 AM
PIXresizer Pat free and easy
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: bulborum on March 10, 2012, 10:37:05 AM
Tiny pick free
the best and easiest I found till now
I use 600x800 for the fora
you see direct the results if you want

Roland

http://www.efpage.de/eTinypic.html
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: bulborum on March 10, 2012, 11:17:44 AM
Cyrtanthus breviflorus start flowering here

Roland
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: arillady on March 11, 2012, 09:57:22 PM
Roland I downloaded the resizer and am working out how to use it
I thought I had the name on the file.
Took these photos a couple of days ago of the mass of the dark pink Calostemma purpureum and the smaller not so common whitish one.
You can see how the bulbils(?) form and then become so heavy that the stems bend over and the bulbils fall off on the ground.
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: bulborum on March 11, 2012, 10:28:51 PM
Looks almost as a weed
fantastic pictures Pat
happy to see how they grow in the nature

I am still searching an easy program
to rename more pictures in one go

In the moment I use FastStone Image Viewer and F2

but there must be an easier way
Maybe one of the other forum members
knows an easier way to rename multiple pictures

R
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: Paul T on March 12, 2012, 10:32:48 AM
Excellent pics, everyone.  Yes, just getting into the Amaryllids area for the first time in months.  ::)

Fermi, those rainlilies are glorious, but those Lycoris.  I am so jealous.  I was so pleased with one stem on my Lycoris incarnata this year for the first time..... then I saw your lot.  And my 2 stems on Lycoris elsae are bleak compared to yours.  Wow!!!!!

Love those Calostemmas, Pat.  The 2 white bulbs you sent me last year both put up flowers this year, which really surprised me given they'd been moved last summer.  Short stems, also affected by our cooler and wetter summer I think.  No other Calostemma flowered for me at all this year, and I had hoped more would.  :'(  Very, very strange summer!!
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: Ezeiza on March 12, 2012, 08:15:53 PM
Pat, try jpge resizer. Free and extremely simple. You can resize tenths or hundreds of pics in one operation.
Title: Re: Assorted Amaryllidaceae 2012
Post by: Michael J Campbell on August 15, 2012, 02:03:27 PM
Zephyranthes primulina
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