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Specific Families and Genera => Amaryllidaceae => Topic started by: steveball1966 on March 02, 2011, 02:41:48 PM

Title: Crinum buphanoides
Post by: steveball1966 on March 02, 2011, 02:41:48 PM

I have got a 6 year old bulb that has just arrived from S.A Its quite large how many years do they take to get to flowering size

Title: Re: Crinum buphanoides
Post by: majallison on March 02, 2011, 10:06:51 PM

About 25, according to an article in Herbertia, 1984

Title: Re: Crinum buphanoides
Post by: David Nicholson on March 02, 2011, 11:22:30 PM

That cuts me out then ;D

Title: Re: Crinum buphanoides
Post by: jshields on March 02, 2011, 11:47:33 PM

It sounds as if I have several seedling bulbs of C. buphanoides that I'll not likely live to see bloom!  Maybe I should work up a trade with someone at least 20 years younger than I am.

Jim
in Westfield, where the snow is gone and the waters are receding...

Title: Re: Crinum buphanoides
Post by: steveball1966 on March 03, 2011, 09:16:05 AM

The flowering time is about 8/9 years according to a good source they take slightly longer than other crinum plants