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Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: pontus on September 17, 2014, 10:19:04 PM
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A few late flowering beauties from here :
Lilium glorosioides and lilium primulinum burmanicum :)
The first time in 10 years that I manage to get these 2 fabulous sp to flower, but as a swedish expression says "the one who whaits for something nice never whaits too long"!
I have finally got the trick to get glorosioides to do well. Plant it in 60% neutral or alkaline soil and 40 % (or less) acid soil, in a "long tom" pot, at least 20 cm's tall. (round pot). The bulb needs to be planted only 5 cm's deep. Then, plunge the pot into a large raised bed in half shade, with the pot rim 5-10 cm's deep under the soil. Make sure the bed never dries out but also never gets waterlogged and protect from slugs :)
Pontus
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Pontus
a wonderful gloriosoides,your cultural hints are very useful.
Mine are a couple of years of flowering.
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A few late flowering beauties from here :
Lilium glorosioides and lilium primulinum burmanicum :)
The first time in 10 years that I manage to get these 2 fabulous sp to flower, but as a swedish expression says "the one who whaits for something nice never whaits too long"!
I have finally got the trick to get glorosioides to do well. Plant it in 60% neutral or alkaline soil and 40 % (or less) acid soil, in a "long tom" pot, at least 20 cm's tall. (round pot). The bulb needs to be planted only 5 cm's deep. Then, plunge the pot into a large raised bed in half shade, with the pot rim 5-10 cm's deep under the soil. Make sure the bed never dries out but also never gets waterlogged and protect from slugs :)
Pontus
Really brilliant, your L. gloriosoides!
Just one question for better understanding: What's a "long tom pot"?
Is this a less conical kind of pot?
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A long tom pot need not be less conical than a "normal" pot, but it often is. The main point is that it is much longer than wide. Good for deep rooting or tap-rooted plants
We have discussed sources for these quite often, for instance here : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=5040.0 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=5040.0)
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