Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Specific Families and Genera => Amaryllidaceae => Topic started by: JoshY46013 on February 29, 2012, 09:05:14 PM
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Hi Guys,
I thought I'd start a Hippeastrum thread for 2012!
Hippeastrum blossfeldiae
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Hi Guys,
I thought I'd start a Hippeastrum thread for 2012!
Hippeastrum blossfeldiae
Follow you
Hippeastrum morelianum
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Great start to a new thread, Folks, thank you.
Welcome Stephen! 8)
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Stephen,
That is a striking green throat, isn't it!! :o
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Stephen,
welcome on the forum. An exquisite beauty 8) 8) 8)
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A note that there are some magnificent Hippeastrum pictured on display at the thread of 'Remarks from the Weekly KAVB Flower Show - Lisse' -
http://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1315.msg240434#msg240434
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in these days I've this one in blooming on 3 stems
I don't know if it is an hybrid or a selected clone (searching on the net seem to be the last one)
Hippeastrum cybister 'chico'
the latter 3 photos are made this afternoon, the first 2 two or three days ago
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Wow, Matteo - three stems is a lot!
Great flowers, very sculptural. How big is the bulb?
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the bulbs (one big + one offset ) are in a 20-25 cm pot.. i think the bulb its about 10-15 cm in diameter... 2 stem are from the mother bulb and 1 from the puppy
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the bulbs (one big + one offset ) are in a 20-25 cm pot.. i think the bulb its about 10-15 cm in diameter... 2 stem are from the mother bulb and 1 from the puppy
My goodness... that is a good size, but not as big as I thought it might be to do so well. Must be great growing conditions.
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They are, Maggi, this species comes from a hot dry region, where it grows in full sun (nothing like the Tarzan jungle people think Hippeastrum comes from). The bulbs must be deeply buried and this is why large pots are important.
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Maggi,
I have a cybister grown from seed many years ago (when I've posted pics elsewhere in the past it was identified as the "Reggae" strain). I was surprised at how small the bulbs of these need to be to flower. No self respecting Hippeastum hybrid would ever flower with a bulb maybe 6 or 7cm wide. I have a main bulb that flowers every year now, then had 2 and gave one away to someone, now I have 2 flowering sized ones and lots of offsets. I really need to repot as I haven't in a few years, which is why I think only 2 are of flowering size. The flowers are striking to me.... very weird and cool. ;D I just love them.
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Mystery species from Peru, possibly H. machupijchensis
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First bulb to flower from seeds of Hippeastrum harrisonii from the IBS SX in 2007. H. harrisonii prefers swampy habitats in nature, and this pot is sitting in a tray with water standing in it. Pots not standing in water, even with periodic drip irrigation, are not nearly so large.
Jim
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Jim, what a beauty.
Flower markings are so pretty and SUCH an elegant trumpet. 8)
...and five years from seed for such a wonderful flower seems reasonable to me!
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Congratulations Jim, for this awesome flower of Hippeastrum harrisonii, it worthed the 5 years of waiting ;)
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Jim, what a beauty.
Flower markings are so pretty and SUCH an elegant trumpet. 8)
...and five years from seed for such a wonderful flower seems reasonable to me!
I have to gree Maggie, congratulations Jim!
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My first Hippeastrum flower from seed :D
Hippeastrum petiolatum
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Jim,
That is a cracker! Never seen a Hippie like it. Brilliant! I didn't realise there were swamp growing species. It is an absolute beauty.
Cris,
Intense colour, isn't it!! And congrats on the first flowering from seed.
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Super Hippeastrum, Cris! Parabéns :)
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First bulb to flower from seeds of Hippeastrum harrisonii from the IBS SX in 2007. H. harrisonii prefers swampy habitats in nature, and this pot is sitting in a tray with water standing in it. Pots not standing in water, even with periodic drip irrigation, are not nearly so large.
Jim
Pretty flower. :o
It looks like H. breviflorum. But actually I only saw them in pictures...
Stephen
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First Hippeastrum flower for me in this year :
Hippeastrum X Sonatini "Helios"
Enjoy
Hans 8)
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Also Hippeastrum petiolatum??
I got it from my friend .
Stephen
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My hippeastrum pot surprised me with a second flower in July, in total 5 stems. 8)
After 1st. flower ended March (12 stems) I moved the pot bof May outside where it was hit by late frost. Almost all emerged leaves withered...
I thought I had lost it!
The pot was left unattended and recovered pleasing me with a 2nd. bloom. :D
Checking my records I had a 2nd. bloom (1 stem) already in August 2011.