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orpheos

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bulbs from south africa
« on: January 14, 2011, 08:28:04 PM »
Hello everyone
I have received in recent days some bulbs from South Africa. Most of them are winter growing, but they are resting now ... it's the first time I received bulbs from the southern hemisphere, what should I do?  ??? should I force them to grow with irrigation or should I wait for any signs from them?
they have been repotted and placed with all my others bulbs in a greenhouse with minimum 7-8°C
Matteo
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Re: bulbs from south africa
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2011, 06:08:08 PM »
Hi Matteo
you must leave dry ground till their awakening, the temperature goes well
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Re: bulbs from south africa
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2011, 05:09:14 PM »
thank you Alessandro  ;)
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Re: bulbs from south africa
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2011, 02:25:55 PM »
one have put out a stem.. here you are the sequences;) i hope you enjoy it;)
it's an Haemanthus sanguineus
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Re: bulbs from south africa
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2011, 02:34:57 PM »
How exciting Matteo, such a lovely flower 8)
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Re: bulbs from south africa
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2011, 04:34:02 PM »
Hi Matteo ,

nice flowers !
But sorry to say : this is not a sanguineus ...it is a coccineus ( look for the blotches on the flower stem )

Please pay your attention : this Haemanthus ( coccineus + sanguineus ) are flowering in fall -not in spring !
So your bulb has still the old growing circle ( from the southern hemispheres )

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orpheos

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Re: bulbs from south africa
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2011, 05:22:14 PM »
hi Hans
i've received it as a sanguineus from a nursery in south africa :( ...    it arrived to me recently so i think it's normal that it still have the wrong growing circle for my emisphere..
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Re: bulbs from south africa
« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2011, 05:32:33 PM »
Matteo ,

I know ...many nurseries have problems to see the differences between both species ( sometimes they grows in the same area )

To the growing circle :
You have to look that your plant adjust in the circle for the nothern hemishere ....thats always the problem with plants from South Africa

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Re: bulbs from south africa
« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2011, 07:54:32 PM »
Matteo, nice Haemanthus. 8) nice to see the pictures of flower opening.

Angie :)
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