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Specific Families and Genera => Amaryllidaceae => Topic started by: Hans J on May 29, 2012, 11:42:43 AM

Title: Eucrosia 2012
Post by: Hans J on May 29, 2012, 11:42:43 AM

2012 seems for me a good year for my Eucrosia plants  ;D
After waiting some years for flowers are now two open ....

Eucrosia stricklandii

Title: Re: Eucrosia 2012
Post by: Hans J on May 29, 2012, 11:46:28 AM

Before some years I have received from a nice person bulbs of a Eucrosia cross - made from Harry Hay ....now I have the first flowers :

Eucrosia spec. L&B 3737 x E. aurantiaca

Title: Re: Eucrosia 2012
Post by: Hans J on May 29, 2012, 11:49:36 AM

here is a comparison of this plants :

left : E.spec. L&B 3737 x E. aurantiaca - right : E.stricklandii

enjoy
Hans 8)

Title: Re: Eucrosia 2012
Post by: Maggi Young on May 29, 2012, 11:56:30 AM

I find flowers which send out such long anthers  etc. quite interesting....  I always wonder how they can manage to do that! 

Title: Re: Eucrosia 2012
Post by: bulborum on May 29, 2012, 12:10:32 PM

All my 100 Eucrosia mirabilis seedlings died last winter at +0ºC
maybe other members have other experience

Roland

Title: Re: Eucrosia 2012
Post by: arillady on May 30, 2012, 10:05:58 AM

I have never seen or heard of these strange beauties before. Thanks for showing

Title: Re: Eucrosia 2012
Post by: Hans J on May 30, 2012, 11:44:48 AM

Thank you Maggi and Pat for your interest  :D

Hans

Title: Re: Eucrosia 2012
Post by: angie on May 30, 2012, 05:54:03 PM

I am with you Pat I have never heard of this before. Hans is that one of its leaves that is showing in your picture, just wandered what the foliage looks like. Really nice plant.

Angie  :)

Title: Re: Eucrosia 2012
Post by: Hans J on May 30, 2012, 07:05:17 PM

Hi Angie ,

I'm glad that you like it !
Yes - thats the leaves ...really big  :D

Here are more informations about this genus :
http://www.amaryllidaceae.org/Eucrosia/index.htm (http://www.amaryllidaceae.org/Eucrosia/index.htm)

Hans

Title: Re: Eucrosia 2012
Post by: angie on May 30, 2012, 10:07:14 PM

Thanks Hans. :D

Angie  :)