Jim, wow, that's service! Thanks. You've confirmed what I had assumed (always chancey). I may have to get back to you about this hybrid! Sounds like my sort of thing. Ciao, Jamie V. ----- Original Message ----- From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields104@insightbb.com> To: "Discussion List for geophytes of the world (Bulbs)" <BULBS-L@NIC.SURFNET.NL>; "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 7:48 PM Subject: Re: [BULBS-L] [pbs] Crinum popping out > Jamie, > > Start the seeds on the surface of the potting mix, and spray with a bit of > water occasionally if they are slow to germinate. Most crinum seeds are > all too eager to germinate, but some will wait a rather long time before > sprouting. > > I grow mine in full sun in summer. They can take full sun here at latitude > 40 degrees N. You are right, use a gritty, freely draining mix and keep > potting them up into larger containers each year until you can just barely > move the pot! I feed and water regularly in the growing season, and I > actually have many of my big (5-gal and 7.5-gal.) pots of crinums on a drip > irrigation system in summer when it gets hot and dry here. > > Crinum macowanii has a very extensive range in southern Africa. I have > plants or seedlings from plants that grew in Zambia and Namibia, as well as > in the Republic of South Africa. Thus, some may well be much more > cold-tolerant than others. I'd proceed with caution on this score. > > I love the flowers of macowanii. I have pictures posted at URL = > http://shieldsgardens.com/amaryllids/Crinum.html/ > > I also have seedling bulbs of Crinum [bulbispermum X macowanii] and of C. > [bulbispermum X lugardiae] available this year at URL = > http://shieldsgardens.com/Bulbs/… > > I don't know what the flowers of these hybrids will look like, so I'm > awaiting their eventual bloom on pins and needles. They won't bloom yet > this year, unfortunately. > > Regards, > Jim Shields > in central Indiana > > At 07:22 PM 5/21/03 +0200, Jamie wrote: > >Jim, > > > >can you expand a bit on Crinum macowanii, I just received some seeds, yo!, > >they are huge things, bigger than most bulbs I grow, and would like a bit of > >advice. Any advice, actually. I take it a loose, moisture retentive mix > >suites them. How about lighting? I've seen photos of C. macowanii in the > >wild and they look pretty exposed. How cold can they go? First winter > >better under shelter? > > > >I hope you are taking shots of these new hybrids, I'm very curious. > > > >Danke..... > > > >Jamie V. > > > > > Bitte schön! Es ist gern geschehen! ("Es isch gern g'scheh") > Jim > > > ************************************************* > Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. > P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ > Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA > Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA > Member of INTERNATIONAL CLIVIA CO-OP > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >