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Title: Bessera elegans - the purple form
Post by: Hans J on July 06, 2012, 05:02:02 PM: Here is flowering my Bessera elegans "purple form" ;D

my "normal" Bessera has not any buds or flowers until today ...

enjoy Hans 8)
Title: Re: Bessera elegans - the purple form
Post by: fleurbleue on July 06, 2012, 05:08:04 PM: Purple :o You have said "Purple" Hans ! It's just for me ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Bessera elegans - the purple form
Post by: Hans J on July 06, 2012, 05:16:36 PM: I'm glad that you like it !

Here is the normal form ( pictures from 2009 ):
Title: Re: Bessera elegans - the purple form
Post by: Maggi Young on July 06, 2012, 05:42:18 PM: Both forms are very elegant but there is something extra special about the shading on the purple form.
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Post by: Tony Willis on July 06, 2012, 05:46:03 PM: Hans

that purple form is super,not one I have seen before
Title: Re: Bessera elegans - the purple form
Post by: Hans J on July 06, 2012, 06:33:58 PM: Thank you Maggi and Tony ;D

Hans
Title: Re: Bessera elegans - the purple form
Post by: Melvyn Jope on July 06, 2012, 07:56:02 PM: A beautiful colour form Hans, many thanks for showing us.
Title: Re: Bessera elegans - the purple form
Post by: Hans J on July 06, 2012, 08:13:33 PM: Thank you Melvyn - it is a pleasure to share those pics with other plantfriends !

Hans
Title: Re: Bessera elegans - the purple form
Post by: WimB on July 06, 2012, 09:15:35 PM: Very beautiful form, Hans. :) At first it reminded me of a Fuchsia!
Title: Re: Bessera elegans - the purple form
Post by: Hans J on July 06, 2012, 10:19:04 PM: Thank you Wim :D

maybe I should cross it with a Fuchsia ?
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Post by: angie on July 06, 2012, 11:15:35 PM: Hans thats really lovely 8) the purple one is special.

Angie :)
Title: Re: Bessera elegans - the purple form
Post by: Hans J on July 07, 2012, 08:03:48 AM: ;) Thank you Angie - I hope that I will have a good multiplication ;D

Hans
Title: Re: Bessera elegans - the purple form
Post by: Gerry Webster on July 07, 2012, 11:37:47 AM: I've never seen Bessera before - many thanks Hans for drawing my attention to such a handsome plant. I see that the red form is available quite cheaply from 'Rare Plants'.
Title: Re: Bessera elegans - the purple form
Post by: Hans J on July 07, 2012, 11:50:54 AM: Thank you Gerry !

the normal form is easy aviable ..no problem !

Good luck
Hans
Title: Re: Bessera elegans - the purple form
Post by: Paul Cumbleton on July 07, 2012, 05:29:44 PM: Most garden centres in the UK now stock the usual red form - and at about half the price of Rareplants! expect 10 bulbs for about £2.99

Paul
Title: Re: Bessera elegans - the purple form
Post by: Gerry Webster on July 07, 2012, 06:14:09 PM: Quote from: Paul Cumbleton on July 07, 2012, 05:29:44 PM
Most garden centres in the UK now stock the usual red form - and at about half the price of Rareplants! expect 10 bulbs for about £2.99

Paul
Thanks Paul. Why does your price comparison not surprise me?
Title: Re: Bessera elegans - the purple form
Post by: bulborum on July 08, 2012, 06:25:05 PM: There is a giant overproduction in Holland
from the ordinary one

Fantastic colour Hans
do you know the crossing or is it a mutation

now waiting for a white one

Roland
Title: Re: Bessera elegans - the purple form
Post by: Hans J on July 08, 2012, 06:54:03 PM: Sorry but I have no further informations

Hans
Title: Re: Bessera elegans
Post by: Rimmer de Vries on August 30, 2014, 05:06:22 PM: has anyone had success starting Bessera elegans from seed?

the seed is ripe now at end of August in N. hemisphere , in nature i expect the seed to drop now and get started before the winter drought.
or should i wait to start in May?

Thanks Rimmer
Title: Re: Bessera elegans - the purple form
Post by: Hans J on August 30, 2014, 08:15:47 PM: Hi Rimmer ,

I have sown seeds of my Bessera purple form last year in spring ( March )
My idea was it is a summer growing plants ...so it should sown in spring

I had only few seeds ...but they all comes up - and they looks well
....my mother plant ( Bessera purple form ) is died in mean time ...so I hope the color is stabil with the seedlings

Hans
Title: Re: Bessera elegans - the purple form
Post by: Rimmer de Vries on August 31, 2014, 02:33:27 PM: here are some photos my Bessera elegans blooming in mid July 2014
about 50% of the flowers made seed pods though i crossed all of them.