Hi Joe, I would guess Nerine undulata. When they are in bloom, get us some good pictures. See mine at: http://shieldsgardens.com/amaryllids/nerine.html/ Best regards, Jim Shields in central Indiana (USA) At 11:08 PM 1/5/2006 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Gang, > >I was given a clump of Nerines about 3 years ago; there were identified as N. >sarniensis. They came in the mail mostly intact and I've been giving them >what I think they want, which amounts to dry summers and not too cold >winters, >and almost no fertilizer. > >They bloom in Januray, about 2-3 months after they leaf out. The flowers are >dainty and pink-lavender, about 1-inch-across or perhaps a bit larger. After >thinking about it I've decided they are probably not N. sarniensis. > >The flowers remind me of the ones in the link, but mine are paler and don't >have a stripe. >LINK: http://ohric.ucdavis.edu/photos/fullsize/… > >I don't grow any other Nerines and I'm wondering what these bulbs are. Maybe >they are one of the many hybrids, but I thought N. sarniensis types produced >larger flowers. > > >Cordially, > >Conroe Joe ************************************************* 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
