Crinum Wamberal

Crinum Wamberal
J.E. Shields (Fri, 09 Jan 2004 05:04:50 PST)

David,

The flowers look rather like Crinum moorei to me, but I'm not so sure about
the leaves. C. moorei does prefer shade, but here (in containers) it
blooms in late summer. Of course, that is after having been stored cool
and bone-dry in the dark over winter. When my moorei do set seed, it tends
not to germinate; but it is large, rounded but "lumpy" in appearance, and
on the soft side compared to seeds of, e.g., Crinum bulbispermum.

Jim Shields
in central Indiana (USA)

At 03:36 AM 1/9/2004 -0800, David Sneddon wrote:

Found this crinum late spring (November in Australia) but didn't know if
it set seed then (hence some of you are seeing it again). I can now
confirm it does set seed which looks like the soft fruit of the macadama nut.

When placed in a sunny aspect the leaves become crispy (it's growing in
the shade in this pic).

http://ausbulbs.org/bulbgal/details.php/…

Any assistance to identify this would be appreciated.

*************************************************
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