Growing Cybistetes etc.
Kevin D. Preuss (Thu, 19 May 2005 18:18:34 PDT)
My two plants are several years old an are still in full growth. But then
again they never flower. Probably too humid for summers.
I have lost all my Brusnvigia and haemanthus. Maybe i can not get the
patterns down right or my climate just ain't conducive to these types of SA
plants.
...On another note can anybody tell me how diverse Crinum maowanii is? Can
some plants produce up to 20 seeds/pod with a dzen blooms or is just blooms
w/ few seeds most common? One plant mislabled (USDA/Customs held these for
more than a year and then mixed up the stock...) seems to be a C. macowanii,
it has burgandy stripes on the tepals, whle most others are white w/ pinkish
keels.
Kevin D. Preuss
St. Pete, FL
http://www.amaryllis-plus.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dell Sherk" <dells@voicenet.com>
To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 9:03 PM
Subject: [pbs] Growing Cybistetes etc.
Dear Leo and all,
It is common wisdom, I think, and it has worked for me, to grow amaryllid
seedlings for 2 or more seasons before letting them go dormant. This
builds
up the strength/size needed to survive a dormancy. I think it also renders
the hemisphere difference inconsequential. But I grow all amaryllids in
containers here in Zone 6-7 and can control conditions - except for light.
Regards,
Dell
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