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Specific Families and Genera => Amaryllidaceae => Topic started by: Auricular on March 25, 2014, 11:52:00 AM
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There is no "Haemanthus 2014" Thread till now.
Time to start one
;D
Some of my nortieri
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Different Haemanthus sanguineus
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Haemanthus dasyphyllus
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These look wonderful.
what soil mix do you have these potted in
what watering regime do you use and
where are you located?
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Hi Rimmer,
i use pure mineralic soil, normally a mix of pumice, lava and zeolithe.
I start watering around september and stop when they want go dormant and the leaves start to get yellow.
Watering is different from plant to plant and it depends also on the temperatures.
When it is warmer i water about once a week, more sensible species like namaquensis only every 2 weeks and also not as much as the easiere species like coccineus .
In winter, especially when it is very cold and the greenhouse windows are closed all the time, i water every 2 weeks and the sensible species sometimes only once a month.
I live in Bavaria, southern Germany
:-)
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Hi Haemanthus fans
I can offer fresh seeds of H.deformis for swap :
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=11716.0 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=11716.0)
Hans
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The first Haemanthus to bloom this spring is Haemanthus montanus. Said by someone to be the most cold-hardy species of the genus, it looks like 5 out of 7 pots of montanus survived a temperature drop to 16 F this past winter -- the last night (of about a dozen) when the temperature outdoors dropped below 0 F (-18 C), two of the heaters in the Haemanthus House failed. It remains to be seen how many others of various species died or survived.
Jim
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I'm in this days really glad for my summerflowering Haemanthus - maybe a result of the hot days in last time ?
Here a view from today of a tray with many flowering plants ;D
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now some single pics :
Haemanthus humilis
Haemanthus humilis Giant
Haemanthus humilis Keibolo
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some more :
Haemanthus humilis hirsutus
Hamenathus humilis pale form
Haemanthus carnus
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...and more flowers will open in next days 8)
I have to say that all this plants are grown from seeds ( sowing in 2005 + 2006 ) - the seeds came from Cameron Mcmaster ( African Bulbs Nursery )
My hope is to produce in this year also some seeds ;)
Have fun
Hans
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So many flowers! You must be pleased with these, Hans.
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:D :D :D :D
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A brilliant show Hans.
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Thank you David :D
I celebrate my success with a good cigar and a nice drink ...
Hans 8)
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That's the way to go Hans. ;D
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Thank you David :D
I celebrate my success with a good cigar and a nice drink ...
Hans 8)
Don't celebrate too much , Hans - we must ride the Tourmalet and to Hautacam tomorrow (https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/cycling/tour-de-france/stages/18.html)! :o ;)
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But surely Maggi - just what the anti-doping rules allow !
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But surely Maggi - just what the anti-doping rules allow !
Well, only one cigar....... ;)
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Hi Hans
Wow thats a great show of Haemanthus flowers Hans. You must be giving them perfect conditions. Bet you have a big smile :)
Angie :)
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Hi Angie ,
yes ...you are right !
;D ;D ;D ;D
Hans 8)
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Some photos from the last weeks:
Haemanthus coccineus from Bulletrap
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Haemanthus humilis ssp. humilis "Grahamstown Dwarf"
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Haemanthus crispus pink
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Haemanthus coccineus
Small form from unknown location in the Eastern Cape
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'Giant Colchester' (also Eastern Cape)
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This wonderful Haemanthus species comes from a hill between Steinkopf and Aggeneys (sorry but i will not disclose details) and grows there under rocks at a seasonal stream.
I'm not sure what species it is, maybe graniticus?
First i thought thats a ssp of amarylloides but the spathe valves are to thick for amarylloides.
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Haemanthus humilis ssp. humilis "Bloemfontein"
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Haemanthus humilis ssp. hirsutus "Klipspringer Diamond Mine"
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Haemanthus dasyphyllus "Donkiekop"
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This my darkest selfmade Haemanthus x clarkei
As motherplant i used an albiflos that is since generations here in Bavaria, pollen donor was a brilliant red coccineus with narrow leaves (red markings on the whole undersurface and nice red margins)
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Super photos , Bernie. :)
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Great images of these stunning bulbs!!!
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Really nice plants there. I have a few in flower now. They are bulking up quite nice, faster than I thought they would.
Angie :)
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Hi all ,
I'm glad to report that the pollination of my Haemanthus was successful and the seeds are now ripe
I can offer for swap or sale :
Haemanthus humilis v. humilis
Haemanthus humilis "Giant"
If anybody is interested please send me a PM
Hans
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Wow Hans you have done well, it must be all that sun that you have over there ;D
Angie :)
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Haemanthus (coccineus x barkerae) and the reverse cross, #2069.
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These bulbs survived a heating failure in February when the outdoor temperature fell below 0 F (-18 C) and the inside temperature dropped to 16 F (-9 C). Not everything in that greenhouse was so lucky.
Jim
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I can well imagine the casualties from such conditions, Jim. Makes you wonder sometimes how we keep so cheerful, doesn't it?
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I try to see a positive side of this catastrophe, namely that now I have room to try some new plants. That is reaching a bit...
That same night, heaters failed in another building, where most of my Crinum collection was stored. I lost at least 2/3 of those including some painfully rare things from Dave Lehmiller's collection. There is no bright side to that one.
The two separate failures occurred on the last night of a 10-week cold spell that saw temperatures drop below 0 F (-18 C) on more than 10 nights.
Jim
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There are a few Haemanthus survivors showing up so far. Almost all of the H. barkerae have bloomed. Out of ca 20 bulbs of H. coccineus, only two have bloomed so far, both from the same locality in the Gifberg. About half of my bulbs of H. [coccineus x barkerae] have bloomed. Two out of about 8 H. unifoliatus have bloomed, and only one out of about 20 H. lanceifolius has bloomed.
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Haemanthus coccineus "Gifberg"
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Haemanthus barkerae
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Haemanthus lanceifolius
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Haemanthus unifoliatus
The last surviving bulb of H. namaquensis, which did not even put up leaves last year, is trying to put up a pair of leaves now. As noted elsewhere, the low temperature hit 16°F (ca. -9°C) when some of the heaters failed last winter, in late February.
Jim
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Jacob Uluwehi Knecht ( @jacobuluwehi on Twitter) has posted this super photo:
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Jacob writes : "Shy bloomer Hæmanthus paucifolius going to bloom. Had this for 5 yrs, finally blooming. #Amaryllidaceae #SouthAfrica
I mostly grow slow-to-mature species, so five years is average, only I expected this species to not take so long. Hæmanthus paucifolius seems to need to form big clumps of many 'deceptively-mature-but-not ' bulbs before it blooms... not hard to grow, just tricky to bloom"
Another comment from Craig Gibbon in South Africa, was : "I've only ever seen this sp once in the wild and that was in a deep gorge in the Barberton mountains in cool, deep shade."
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Hæmanthus paucifolius in bloom now
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I received this last year as "white paintbrush lily".
my guess was Hæmanthus albafloss but someone told me it was a hybrid because of ht wide leaves , anyone know for sure?
it has grown very fast, in 2013 it was a much smaller bulb about 1/3 the size it is now.
the flowering photos were taken on October 13.
the seed and leaves photos were taken this week
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I received this last year as "white paintbrush lily".
my guess was Hæmanthus albafloss but someone told me it was a hybrid because of ht wide leaves , anyone know for sure?
it has grown very fast, in 2013 it was a much smaller bulb about 1/3 the size it is now.
the flowering photos were taken on October 13.
the seed and leaves photos were taken this week
Rimmer,
I would say it's simply albiflos. That species is rather variable, and by far more common than any hybrids of Haemanthus.
Jim
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some better pics of Haemanthus pauculifolius inspired by Jacob's wonderful photo.
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Here some photos from my Haemanthus collection, no flowers now but different leaves
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2 more
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Your glass houses are very neat, Bernie :) How much easier to accommodate the plants with upright-growing leaves than the ones with flat-spreading foliage- I imaging the chances of damaging those is quite high.
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Loverly collection Bernie
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Thank you very much :D
I hope for many flowers next year
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I'm in this days really glad for my summerflowering Haemanthus - maybe a result of the hot days in last time ?
Here a view from today of a tray with many flowering plants ;D
Hi Hans
What do thes trays of plants look like today?
I fear they are too close together for the leaves.
Thank you Rimmer