Nerine 2010

[Lvandelft]

When I saw his name I thought Mr.Theo Herselman was Dutch.... but with the nerines I suppose he might be from South Africa.... or both?

The name is Dutch indeed but Theo came from Zimbabwe. He told us why and how  (No further comments here!)

[Lvandelft]

Exbury Theo Herselman 2       
Exbury Nerine orange's 2                         
Exbury Nerine pinks                             
Nerine sarniensis Best Head                     
Nerine sarniensis Dingaan     
Nerine sarniensis Cardinal                     
Nerine sarniensis Ceres                         
Nerine sarniensis Curiosity                   
Nerine sarniensis Caractacus             
Nerine sarniensis Hedwig

[Lvandelft]

Nerine sarniensis Keira                         
Nerine sarniensis Lavender Dust               
Nerine sarniensis Louise                 
Nerine sarniensis Lucy Loo             
Nerine sarniensis Mazoe                       
Nerine sarniensis Morning Star           
Nerine sarniensis Mysore         
Nerine sarniensis Pink Frost
Nerine sarniensis Mzilikazi               
                   

[Maggi Young]

Well, you might have been a little disappointed by the scale of the display the day before, Luit, but you cannot have had any such feeling when you were shown all  these delights - what a terrific range of plants and colours. 

[Brian Ellis]

 

[johnw]

Luit - Splendid to get into Exbury, thanks for the tour. Pink Frost, Best Head and Pink Frost are particularly fine.

Is it possible to increase the size of your picture of the white Hedwig so we can have a closer look?

Thanks

johnw

[majallison]

Beautiful pictures, Luit.  Theo Herselman is always very friendly & obliging if people want to visit the Exbury nerine houses in October (they're only open by special request).

[Lvandelft]

Is it possible to increase the size of your picture of the white Hedwig so we can have a closer look?

Thanks   johnw    

John you are lucky because I could not resist to buy a few plants and one of them is Nerine Hedwig, so I made some pictures at home.
You do have a good taste  

[Renate Brinkers]

Luit,
very impressive pictures, I have never seen so much different Nerines at one place.

[Renate Brinkers]

Hi all,

formery I liked Nerine - now I start to love them.
The flowers last for such a long time and this year is the first year with lots of flowers for me. I think fermi is right with his thought about repotting Nerine. I read this and had a look at mine in the last weeks. My observations is that most of the Nerine I planted two to three years ago and leave them in the pot or replanted it without disturbing the roots are flowering this year very well. From others, I got in the last two years only one or two of ten flowered this year.
In every case an observation I will continue.

Some pictures of the Nerine flowered this year, N.undulata, N.bowdenii (an unknown Hybrid) and the white one are still flowering. The first N.undulata and N.bowdenii opend flowers at the beginning of Oktober.
Maybe anyone has an idea what the white one could be.

[jshields]

Possibly a sarniensis hybrid.  They are a varied lot, and without a label it's hard to be sure.

[Renate Brinkers]

Jim,

thank you. It is always difficult without a label when there are so many Hybrids as in Nerine. As the floweres are short and compact with broad petals it is a big difference to all other Nerines I had flowering till now.

[majallison]

Renate, I would suggest that your unknown white is Nerine bowdenii Alba ~ partly because your plant doesn't appear to have any leaves at the moment (& therefore unlikely to be a sarniensis hybrid), also N. b. Alba has some pink in the flowers, but there are bowdenii clones (such as Bianca Perla) that are pure white.

[Lvandelft]

Luit,
 I have never seen so much different Nerines at one place.

So did I Renate

[Maggi Young]

Luit,
 I have never seen so much different Nerines at one place.

So did I Renate

I think most of us will never see such a collection, which is why it is so exciting to be able to share these photos... thank you!