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Specific Families and Genera => Amaryllidaceae => Topic started by: orpheos on January 14, 2011, 08:28:04 PM

Title: bulbs from south africa
Post by: orpheos on January 14, 2011, 08:28:04 PM

Hello everyone
I have received in recent days some bulbs from South Africa. Most of them are winter growing, but they are resting now ... it's the first time I received bulbs from the southern hemisphere, what should I do?  ??? should I force them to grow with irrigation or should I wait for any signs from them?
they have been repotted and placed with all my others bulbs in a greenhouse with minimum 7-8°C
Matteo

Title: Re: bulbs from south africa
Post by: Alessandro.marinello on January 16, 2011, 06:08:08 PM

Hi Matteo
you must leave dry ground till their awakening, the temperature goes well

Title: Re: bulbs from south africa
Post by: orpheos on January 19, 2011, 05:09:14 PM

thank you Alessandro  ;)

Title: Re: bulbs from south africa
Post by: orpheos on February 19, 2011, 02:25:55 PM

one have put out a stem.. here you are the sequences;) i hope you enjoy it;)
it's an Haemanthus sanguineus

Title: Re: bulbs from south africa
Post by: Brian Ellis on February 19, 2011, 02:34:57 PM

How exciting Matteo, such a lovely flower 8)

Title: Re: bulbs from south africa
Post by: Hans J on February 19, 2011, 04:34:02 PM

Hi Matteo ,

nice flowers !
But sorry to say : this is not a sanguineus ...it is a coccineus ( look for the blotches on the flower stem )

Please pay your attention : this Haemanthus ( coccineus + sanguineus ) are flowering in fall -not in spring !
So your bulb has still the old growing circle ( from the southern hemispheres )

Hans

Title: Re: bulbs from south africa
Post by: orpheos on February 19, 2011, 05:22:14 PM

hi Hans
i've received it as a sanguineus from a nursery in south africa :( ...    it arrived to me recently so i think it's normal that it still have the wrong growing circle for my emisphere..

Title: Re: bulbs from south africa
Post by: Hans J on February 19, 2011, 05:32:33 PM

Matteo ,

I know ...many nurseries have problems to see the differences between both species ( sometimes they grows in the same area )

To the growing circle :
You have to look that your plant adjust in the circle for the nothern hemishere ....thats always the problem with plants from South Africa

Hans

Title: Re: bulbs from south africa
Post by: angie on February 19, 2011, 07:54:32 PM

Matteo, nice Haemanthus. 8) nice to see the pictures of flower opening.

Angie :)