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Specific Families and Genera => Amaryllidaceae => Topic started by: Alessandro.marinello on April 01, 2010, 10:14:55 PM

Title: Rauhia decora
Post by: Alessandro.marinello on April 01, 2010, 10:14:55 PM

Rauhia decora in flower ,native to Peru

Title: Re: Rauhia decora
Post by: Gail on April 01, 2010, 10:33:06 PM

Interesting - not a genus I've heard of.  Is it fragrant?

Title: Re: Rauhia decora
Post by: Alessandro.marinello on April 01, 2010, 10:54:20 PM

Gail
not to be fragrant

Title: Re: Rauhia decora
Post by: Michael on April 01, 2010, 11:04:56 PM

I really like these oddities :D

Title: Re: Rauhia decora
Post by: Heinie on April 03, 2010, 07:26:26 PM

Alessandro,

Beautiful flowers. I acquired a few one year old seedlings last week. The already show the grey patches on the leaves. Some are growing out a 3rd leaf now.

Title: Re: Rauhia decora
Post by: Alessandro.marinello on April 03, 2010, 09:24:19 PM

Hi Heinie
I have taken this in dimensions from flower, bulb is 9 cm in diameter, creed I catch up the dimension flower after 7-9 years
Alessandro

Title: Re: Rauhia decora
Post by: fermi de Sousa on April 15, 2010, 04:52:08 AM

Alessandro,
that is one seriously curious plant!
This link shows how wonderful the foliage is as well http://www.bulbsociety.org/GALLERY_OF_THE_WORLDS_BULBS/GRAPHICS/Rauhia/Rauhia_decora/Rauhiadecora.html (http://www.bulbsociety.org/GALLERY_OF_THE_WORLDS_BULBS/GRAPHICS/Rauhia/Rauhia_decora/Rauhiadecora.html)
I had wondered what Heinie meant by "grey patches"on the foliage!
Did you grow yours from seed? If so is this the first flowering?
cheers
fermi

Title: Re: Rauhia decora
Post by: Heinie on April 15, 2010, 05:35:14 AM

Fermi,

I should have written "silver speckles" like it is described by Huntington Botanical Gardens at this link http://www.huntington.org/BotanicalDiv/ISI%202008/isi/2008-27.html and "dark spots" as on the photo at this link. I will try to get a photo of my seedlings today.