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Albuca humilis
« on: December 29, 2011, 10:33:41 AM »
Not sure where to ask this, so feel free to move to the correct place if need be.
One of the few bulbs which survived last years freeze was Albuca humilis (an Archibald collection originally I believe). They survived as pots of seedlings. These were potted up and have been growing on ever since. They are STILL green leafed and showing no signs of dying down. The question is what do I do about it? Even with reduced watering they are still growing, the ones I stopped watering died down and the bulb withered away. They are in an unheated greenhouse by the way.

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Re: Albuca humilis
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2011, 10:46:26 AM »
Generally speaking, Eric, with young bulbs, if they want to stay green then we let them do that.
The longer they are green the bigger they will be and the greater their chance of survival when they do go dormant of their own accord.
Unflowered babies often seem inclined to stay green for extended periods.
For the Albuca, I'd give some fleece cover in the coldest weather and give a small amount of water when there is a warmer spell, to keep them ticking over.

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Re: Albuca humilis
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2011, 10:56:28 AM »
Same here

If they like to stay green , why not
here sometimes 18 months
seeds came in a week up this year

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Re: Albuca humilis
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2011, 12:52:35 PM »
Thank you, I will attempt to keep them going. Now the question is, what do I so with over 100 Albuca humilis? Assuming they survive that is!

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Re: Albuca humilis
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2011, 01:00:32 PM »
By the time they go dormant
you harvest them and you can offer them to other forum-members :)
There are always members who love to swap some

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Re: Albuca humilis
« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2011, 07:02:40 PM »
And you are preserving an orignal Archibald number, which is no slight matter.
Alberto Castillo, in south America, near buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Re: Albuca humilis
« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2011, 09:02:38 PM »
Out of interest, is Albuca humilis the same plant I had many years ago as Albuca ?species Basutoland, and which I thought was subsequently named as Albuca cooperi? Or are they different altogether?
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Re: Albuca humilis
« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2011, 09:09:54 PM »
After a quick Google, I think the sp from Basutoland IS A. humilis while cooperi is quite different. Thought I'd lost my humilis but found a stray bulb in bud a few days ago in something else's pot. Very pleased about that. It is highly perfumed.
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Re: Albuca humilis
« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2011, 11:42:39 PM »
cooperi is from the winter growing region.
Alberto Castillo, in south America, near buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Re: Albuca humilis
« Reply #9 on: December 30, 2011, 09:25:18 AM »
Is it important to preserve the collection number when these are third generation seedlings and have been in the same greenhouse as a non-numbered set of bulbs of the same species?
To put folks minds at rest, these are the small, scented, white with a green striped flowered Albuca. I have A. shawii still, but the others all perished last winter.

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Re: Albuca humilis
« Reply #10 on: December 30, 2011, 09:41:22 AM »
.......these are the small, scented, white with a green striped flowered Albuca..............

..... as are the ones I grow under Albuca species ex JCA 15856. I wonder if they are the same?
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Re: Albuca humilis
« Reply #11 on: December 31, 2011, 07:38:15 PM »
Probably they are David. When I had my originals from Basutoland, from a seedlist probably, they had no number attached so could have been from either a garden source or collected wild. It was a long time ago as my mother had it too for a number of years and she died in 1989. So I'll call mine humilis with some confidence. It is a delightful little bulb. Just imagine an upward growing, summer flowering green and white snowdrop, with a pert little yellow nose. Scented as well. :D
Lesley Cox - near Dunedin, lower east coast, South Island of New Zealand - Zone 9

 


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