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fermi de Sousa
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April 14, 2022, 03:14:26 PM »
Hi Paul (Flowers),
thanks for the moraea pics.
Just be careful with M. setifolia if it sets seed for you - it has a habit of turning up in other pots!
Moraea polystachya is just starting here but we'll have to wait a few months for the spring flowering types,
cheers
fermi
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Mr Fermi de Sousa, Redesdale,
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April 15, 2022, 06:21:46 AM »
Maggi - thanks for article link - fascinating! All my lurida are variations on a yellow/black/cream theme and all equally stinky
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Diane Whitehead
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April 17, 2022, 03:18:22 AM »
There are certainly a lot of Moraeas.
I haven't had flowers yet, just incredibly long leaves on pendula, setifolia, spathulata and tripetala.
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Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
cool mediterranean climate warm dry summers, mild wet winters 70 cm rain, sandy soil
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April 18, 2022, 05:58:40 PM »
Dianne,
These should all be flowering by now, especially the setosa.
You could be giving them too much nitrogen. Try withholding nitrogen fertilizers and you might try light application of 0-10-10.
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Marc Rosenblum
Falls City, OR USA
I am in USDA zone 8b where temperatures almost never fall below 15F -9.4C. Rainfall 50" 110 cm + but none June-September. We seldom get snow; but when it comes we get 30" overnight. Soil is sandy loam with a lot of humus.
Oregon- where Dallas is NNW of Phoenix
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October 04, 2024, 07:33:30 AM »
this Moraea elegans - chocolate scented
tempts me if it ends up in the SRGC 2024/2025 exchange.
sometimes it takes 2 or 3 years before they germinate? as I leave the seedling pots in the greenhouse where it freezes, that explains my failures in this genus.
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Moraea germination from dry, especially commercial, seed is very patchy here, verging on zero across quite a few species.
I suspect that they are perhaps worse than so many Iridaceae in that really dry seed is a pain to germinate (fresh-from-the-capsule seed of the few that I have sown (not Moraea) generally germinate like cress). ID is sketchy for species offered, but one or two Iridaceae (no Moraea) that I have bought from Lifestyle (RSA) soon after they are listed and sown immediately on receipt have given OK or better germination (Lifestyle packets mostly contain 100 seeds, so even just 5-10% germination is fine.) They will germinate out of season, but better than not at all.
Possibly good candidates for potassium nitrate soaking - I am trying this year - nothing to lose (seeds have been waiting a couple of weeks already............... I must find the time......)
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