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Specific Families and Genera => Amaryllidaceae => Topic started by: jshields on August 06, 2013, 11:21:56 PM

Title: Eustephia 2013
Post by: jshields on August 06, 2013, 11:21:56 PM

Eustephia darwinii is blooming in the greenhouse.  What's not to like about August?
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Eustephia darwinii is native to Peru.  Dormant in summer, blooms before the leaves appear.

Jim

Title: Re: Eustephia 2013
Post by: PeterT on August 07, 2013, 09:02:03 AM

Wonderful Jim,  is Peru summer dry, winter wet?
Automne here too with cold heavy morning dews and bulbs shooting.

Title: Re: Eustephia 2013
Post by: jshields on August 07, 2013, 07:57:16 PM

Peter, we'll have to ask Bill Janetos about the climate in Peru.  My bulbs came to me by way of Southern California, so they may have been acclimated to that climate before I saw them.

Jim