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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: Hans J on August 15, 2012, 10:26:58 AM
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Many flowers in this year from my Gloriosa collection :
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some new additons from last year :
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My goodness! What a fine selection of colours in these flowers!
I was given a Gloriosa from Bill Dijk - but it does not seem to want to break dormancy- it is just sitting in its pot. So sad :'(
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Maggi - dont give up - be patient
Take the pot on a warm and a little shady place and give it from time to time water ...
In winter you can look ( when they are resting ) if the tubers are still OK - maybe they came up in next year
Hans
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My goodness! What a fine selection of colours in these flowers!
I was given a Gloriosa from Bill Dijk - but it does not seem to want to break dormancy- it is just sitting in its pot. So sad :'(
Would you want to come out with the weather we have been having ;)
Hans, lovely flowers and I can see you are having another sunny day.
Angie :)
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Hans,
you have a great gollection of these glorious lilies! ;D
Do you get seed of the separate types? Or do you try crossing them?
cheers
fermi
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Angie ,
sorry to hear from your poor bad weather ...
Here we had last night a bit rain ...for the weekend is sayed 35° :-[
Best wishes
Hans
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Hans,
you have a great gollection of these glorious lilies! ;D
Do you get seed of the separate types? Or do you try crossing them?
cheers
fermi
Thank you Fermi :D
I have in last years always collectet seeds of Gloriosa ,Littonia + Sandersonia ...but there was never any big interest .....so I have given up -in this year I have cut all flowers when they are faded
Silverhill + African bulbs have from time to time seeds
Hans
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I was given a Gloriosa from Bill Dijk - but it does not seem to want to break dormancy- it is just sitting in its pot. So sad :'(
I have one from Kevock doing the same. I have stopped watering and will try it in the house next year to give it a bit more warmth when starting off. The end of the tuber is near the pot surface and is still quite firm. I sowed four seeds from T&M in the spring. Nothing happened for a long time so I tried them with some bottom heat and two germinated quite quickly. I have kept them in the house to keep them warm.