Nerine 2016

[Maggi Young]

At least a couple of the Nerine fothergilla 'Major' heads have opened up normally
cheers
fermi

And what a great colour they are.

[fermi de Sousa]

These three nerines have all flowered at the same time.
The largest is like a pink version of what I've grown up calling "N. flexuosa alba" but is now Nerine humilis as mentioned above!
The smaller one in the first pic (in the pot) came to us as N. crispa but is apparently now Nerine undulata.
The third one is the smallest of the three and was grown from seed as N. filifolia but it has wider leaves than it should so may actually be a hybrid....or some other species altogether - possibly even another form of N. undulata!
cheers
fermi

[johnralphcarpenter]

Nerine falcata flowering now.

[johnstephen29]

Great plant Ralph, I'll have to check mine to see if any flowers are showing. May I ask, do you leave your bubble wrap on all year round?

[johnralphcarpenter]

Yes, but only because I'm too lazy to remove it and then put it back. Probably easier in a greenhouse than my polytunnel.

[johnstephen29]

Oh right I checked my plant no sign of a flower

[johnralphcarpenter]

Got this as Nerine filamentosa, which it may or may not be!

[johnralphcarpenter]

Nerine 'Zeal Salmon'.

[johnw]

First Nerine to start flowering, a sarniensis hybrid from Sir Peter Smithers seed.


N. bowdenii flower stalks have appeared in the past few days.


Dry as a desert here, some major rivers have dried up and a few one can walk across.


john - +22c and what else, sunny. Humidity 78%.

[johnstephen29]

Hi can anyone please help me with identifying this nerine, I bought it as N. falcata, but from photos I've seen it's not that species. It looks more like N. Gracilis to me.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Don't know, John, certainly not falcata.

Here's Nerine 'Nikita'.

[Menai]

This nerine was grown from Archibald seed that was listed as N. bowdenii 3.595.100 "Distinct from other N. bowdenii we have grown possibly...N. b. wellsii..the most cold-tolerant nerine in existence" Sown in Dec 2003 and germinating in March 3 bulbs grew erratically and failed to flower until now. The leaves are bright green 400x20mm. Is this N. undulata? Maybe I need to keep it under glass in the winter?

Erle in Anglesey

[majallison]

Erle, that's a good Nerine bowdenii wellsii with the significantly crimped tepals & also the wellsii types are often earlier flowering than the bulk of N. bowdeniis as found here in UK; Nerine undulata is quite a variable species, but as commonly found in UK cultivation, the flowers are much smaller than N. bowdenii & also tend to appear rather later

[johnw]

Erie, that's very elegant and I very much like the white centre.  For comparison here's 

Nerine bowdenii ssp. wellsii (hardiest strain) ex AGS seed 1993 Harry Hay, cw Mont aux Sources   from 2008 seed thanks to GerdK.  They flowered in 2015 and as you can see the crinkling on this one increases a few days after opening.  A sibling flowered yesterday, far earlier than other bowdeniis here by at least a month if not two. john - .22" of rain today!

[Rimmer de Vries]

Some tiny nerines in a frog pond.

N masoniorum in fruit. And N. Platypetala in flower.
They look the same to me