I wonder if the following information might be of help when taken into consideration with the others. Firstly I would suggest it is fair to comment that plant growth is a response to a variety of factors, these are further modified by whether the plant[s] in question are in general terms native to [a] arctic/alpine zones; [b] boreal zone; [c] temperate -northern or central; and those for which I have no experience such as [d] mediterranean and [e] arid or desert zones. In respect of [a], [b] and [c] above it is the case generally that onset of growth, particularly trees and shrubs, is governed by 8 degrees Celcius x Xdays of 8C. the value of Xday is a variable due to several factors such as latitude, altitude and continentality, however rainfall patterns will also have an effect. To use Silver Birch - Betula pendula (Roth) as an illustration, the most northerly stand of any tree species are those found growing at North Cape in North Norway. Betula pendula grows there and the trigger for it to achieve bud break is shall we say Xdays x 3 in order to get a fast start with onset of spring in a climate with an incredibly short growing season. However, this tree species also grows in Spain north of Madrid where the trigger for onset of growth could be Xdays x 12. Therefor if trees are grown from seed from the first location at at almost any point further south in a cline towards the Spanis location there is an increased risk as it goes further south of being induced into growth too soon and then to be damaged or even killed by frosts at that location. As a general rule in Europe, seed from any species should not be moved further north in commercial forestry by more than 2 degrees north before the benefit of extra growth/yield is risked by increased incidence of frost damage. I suspect that the points noted belwo for Lilies my have an analogy with the Birch. Until it is tried we wont know. This is one of the investigations which I am undertaking in relation to my book on; Lilies and their allies, Cardicrinum, Lloydia, Nomocharis and Notholirion. Here at circa 58 degrees North I expect to have virtually all the species lily to record data on, germinability, optimum sowing time such as autumn or spring, ambient temperatures and humidity as well as day length. I am also intending to record times of onset of growth, time to flowering, time of flowering, duration of flowering and onset of senecense in the autumn = your fall. For a smaller cohort of species this will be replicated with the help of others, one each hopefully in Russia and China, plus at least one location in north America, preferably two, i.e. one west one east. All of the replicates will clearly be at more southerly latitudes, but have other variables such as weather and day length. From this we should all learn which species we can work with safely wherever we live. It will also hopefully aid the horticultural industry to evaluate where to take their work and with what species, or what species to avoid, If it doesn't work out then I will have had the pleasure of working with beautiful plants and interesting generous people who have participated. In terms of improved germination, seeds are most likely to be successful in germination if the species comes from areas [a], [b] and [c] above if they have a chance to be vernalised, i.e. subjected to freezing and thawing as would happen in their natural habitats. In arid regions I am assuming this is analagous with dry season - rainy season. All plants must have a rest period if they have evelved outwith the tropics and even there there are permutations of the above but not of interest to those on this forum. Jane McGarry has the right idea interms of adding snow to the pot but not for the reasons offered. Another route would be to put the seed, mixed perhaps with peat of sand into a freezer bad and placed in the fridge at c. 0-2C for a couple of weeks, out for a couple to warm up to ambient outdoor temp, then back in for however many times it is convenient and necessary. As a rule here at Auchgourish botanic Garden in the central Scottish Highlands seed is sown as soon as it is collected or arrives from others or botanists working in nature. That way vernalising takes its normal course. One little wrinkle to watch out for amongst e.g. some lilies and arisaema as these have a different strategy in that they produce their bulb or corm under ground in the first year before poking above ground in the second. I know this because I have fallen victim to the trick but I do get there in the end, however slowly. Regards, Iain PS. I believe an American man called Dirr has published book[s] on seed germination, it might pay to check it out. ----- Original Message ----- From: <pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 4:29 PM Subject: pbs Digest, Vol 57, Issue 13 > Send pbs mailing list submissions to > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pbs-owner@lists.ibiblio.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > > > List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/> > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: What promotes blooming? (Arnold Trachtenberg) > 2. Bulbs blooming (Adam Fikso) > 3. Re: What promotes blooming? (Jane McGary) > 4. Re: Off Topic - Fishing - Chinese Lycoris (Jim McKenney) > 5. Re: What promotes blooming? (jegrace) > 6. Re: What promotes blooming? (MARK MAZER AND FREDRIKA MAZER) > 7. Re: What promotes blooming? (MARK MAZER AND FREDRIKA MAZER) > 8. Re: What promotes blooming? (Vicki Demetre) > 9. Re: What promotes blooming? (Diane Whitehead) > 10. Re: What promotes blooming? (Rogan Roth) > 11. Re: What promotes blooming? (J.E. Shields) > 12. Re: What promotes blooming? (fierycloud2002) > 13. Re: What promotes blooming? (J.E. Shields) > 14. Re: What promotes blooming? (Diana Chapman) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:35:22 -0400 > From: Arnold Trachtenberg <arnold@nj.rr.com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] What promotes blooming? > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <470E50CA.5000308@nj.rr.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Allen: > Thanks for stepping forward and I appreciate your insight and experience. > > I work with orthopaedic injuries and we often find that are days where > the barometric pressure is dropping people complain more about aches and > pains then on clear days. So, we now know that in different parts of > the body of most mammals there are many different receptors that respond > to temperature, pressure, hot and cold. The receptors located in the > joints are known as 'baroreceptors' and respond to changes in ambient > pressure. One could infer that it was very important in another time to > know when the weather was going to change to either get to cover or move > to high ground. > > I often wonder if these receptors would allow birds and other animals to > predict weather and seismic events. > > Arnold > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:59:56 -0500 > From: "Adam Fikso" <adam14113@ameritech.net> > Subject: [pbs] Bulbs blooming > To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <002301c80c28$29207fc0$7b617f40$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > > > > > All who've noticed the occasional sudden bloom after a rain.. Given > that > the bulb is big enough (a critical issue) and that fertilizer has been > adequate the year before to grow flowers instead of leaves (lots of > phosphorus and potassium) and given that other necessities are in place, > e.g., sufficient elapsed time since the last blooming, or since dormancy > where this is a factor. I suspect that the major factor is the acidity in > the rain releasing nutrients that have been bound up by local > alkalinity. > Around the root system. I note that this also coincides with an increase > in > or a shift in mycorrhizal activity, e.g., a surge of fungi of various > sorts > in the rest of the yard. Not just in spring which is normative, for many > plants but at other times. This is a multifactorial matter that varies > for each species and genus, but many genera fortunately have common needs > (having evolved under similar conditions), otherwise we'd have a harder > time than we do, trying to grow plants that have not been researched and > standardized for commercial purposes. > > > > Some plants don't care, as it were, given that they've completed a > necessary > dormancy, and been cooled and primed to bloom-and their genetics unhinged > by decades of breeding -- get triggered by warmth and water. The > Narcissi, > and Hyacinths with sufficient predictability of bloom to lead glass and > pottery manufacturers to mass produce hyacinth vases for just this > purpose. > One can still find them (some made nearly a hundred years ago --on eBay.) > I'm sure that some of our European members can comment here. Mr. De > Jager? > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:18:18 -0700 > From: Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] What promotes blooming? > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.0.20071011101213.016d4eb8@mail.earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > I think there's something in the idea that atmospheric precipitation > affects plants differently from irrigation with water from other sources, > but almost all my bulbs are grown under cover and watering them with well > water from a hose doesn't seem to affect their growth and flowering > adversely. However, those in the open often flower a little ahead of those > in the frame. > > It seems that some kinds of bulbs respond more to moisture, and some kinds > more to temperature. Many fall-blooming bulbs will flower right in the > paper bags in which they're stored if they're not planted soon enough; > presumably this is innate timing of some kind, since they will do this > without any temperature drop. I have seen this in Colchicum, Crocus, > Leucojum, and Sternbergia. > > One trick that's sometimes recommended to get recalcitrant seeds to > germinate is to pile snow on the pots. Somebody told me more oxygen gets > into the soil as the snow melts, but I don't know if that could be true. > I've tried it and haven't noticed any clear effect. My seed pots are > normally watered with well water, but some rain does blow in on them, > since > I keep them on the edge of a roofed deck. > > Jane McGary > Northwestern Oregon, USA > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:21:47 -0400 > From: "Jim McKenney" <jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Off Topic - Fishing - Chinese Lycoris > To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <000001c80c3b$f8397ce0$2f01a8c0@Library> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Jim, I'm interested in this. Let me know what will be happening. > > Regards, > > Jim McKenney > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] > On Behalf Of James Waddick > Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 9:40 AM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: [pbs] Off Topic - Fishing - Chinese Lycoris > > Dear Friends, > > After years of nagging many Chinese friends. I have a > potential source for importing some interesting and uncommon Chinese > Lycoris species. I am just sort of wondering what interest is out > there. Rather than 'sell' anything - even a possibility - please > contact me privately at jwaddick@kc.rr.com for details or > guesses at details. > > Thanks and best Jim W. > -- > Dr. James W. Waddick > 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. > Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 > USA > Ph. 816-746-1949 > Zone 5 Record low -23F > Summer 100F + > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:48:19 -0400 > From: "jegrace" <jegrace@rose.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] What promotes blooming? > To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <1192142949_39076@mail.rose.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I like the idea of barometric pressure and will need to test- I had been > thinking it was something having to do with lightning > > I can tell you for a fact that several of my Zephyranthes, Habranthus, > Crinum and Rhodophialas can tell the difference between natural rain and > anything I can come up with. I have tried hose water, sprinklers, (both > city water) and rainwater from a barrel. Depending on the bulb some of > the > more "easy" ones respond to quantity, a few more to quality (rainwater) > but > most of them stubbornly wait for the real thing- rainwater from the sky. > > Size, age, temperature and timing definitely come into play but I still > think some bulbs have other triggers. > > Erin Grace > Thomasville, GA, USA > Zone 8b, AHS heat zone 9 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:26:23 -0500 > From: "MARK MAZER AND FREDRIKA MAZER" <markmazerandfm13@earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] What promotes blooming? > To: "jegrace@rose.net, Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <410-2200710411232623796@earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: jegrace <jegrace@rose.net> >> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >> Date: 10/11/2007 5:49:09 PM >> Subject: Re: [pbs] What promotes blooming? >> >> I like the idea of barometric pressure and will need to test- I had been >> thinking it was something having to do with lightning >> >> I can tell you for a fact that several of my Zephyranthes, Habranthus, >> Crinum and Rhodophialas can tell the difference between natural rain and >> anything I can come up with. I have tried hose water, sprinklers, (both >> city water) and rainwater from a barrel. Depending on the bulb some of > the >> more "easy" ones respond to quantity, a few more to quality (rainwater) > but >> most of them stubbornly wait for the real thing- rainwater from the sky. >> >> Size, age, temperature and timing definitely come into play but I still >> think some bulbs have other triggers. >> >> Erin Grace >> Thomasville, GA, USA >> Zone 8b, AHS heat zone 9 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:26:33 -0500 > From: "MARK MAZER AND FREDRIKA MAZER" <markmazerandfm13@earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] What promotes blooming? > To: "jegrace@rose.net, Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <410-2200710411232633515@earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: jegrace <jegrace@rose.net> >> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >> Date: 10/11/2007 5:49:09 PM >> Subject: Re: [pbs] What promotes blooming? >> >> I like the idea of barometric pressure and will need to test- I had been >> thinking it was something having to do with lightning >> >> I can tell you for a fact that several of my Zephyranthes, Habranthus, >> Crinum and Rhodophialas can tell the difference between natural rain and >> anything I can come up with. I have tried hose water, sprinklers, (both >> city water) and rainwater from a barrel. Depending on the bulb some of > the >> more "easy" ones respond to quantity, a few more to quality (rainwater) > but >> most of them stubbornly wait for the real thing- rainwater from the sky. >> >> Size, age, temperature and timing definitely come into play but I still >> think some bulbs have other triggers. >> >> Erin Grace >> Thomasville, GA, USA >> Zone 8b, AHS heat zone 9 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:55:21 -0700 > From: Vicki Demetre <vickidemetre@earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] What promotes blooming? > To: markmazerandfm13@earthlink.net, Pacific Bulb Society > <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <C58537BE-5B83-41D6-9D42-324CE665BE10@earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > This is a bit off the subject but related - does anyone have an > idea of what can prompt or encourage Nerine bowdenii to flower? I > have several (in containers) which have nice foliage, but > no flower stalks as yet. Is it too soon to get nervous? > > Vicki D. > > > On Oct 11, 2007, at 4:26 PM, MARK MAZER AND FREDRIKA MAZER wrote: > >> >> >> >>> [Original Message] >>> From: jegrace <jegrace@rose.net> >>> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >>> Date: 10/11/2007 5:49:09 PM >>> Subject: Re: [pbs] What promotes blooming? >>> >>> I like the idea of barometric pressure and will need to test- I >>> had been >>> thinking it was something having to do with lightning >>> >>> I can tell you for a fact that several of my Zephyranthes, >>> Habranthus, >>> Crinum and Rhodophialas can tell the difference between natural >>> rain and >>> anything I can come up with. I have tried hose water, sprinklers, >>> (both >>> city water) and rainwater from a barrel. Depending on the bulb >>> some of >> the >>> more "easy" ones respond to quantity, a few more to quality >>> (rainwater) >> but >>> most of them stubbornly wait for the real thing- rainwater from >>> the sky. >>> >>> Size, age, temperature and timing definitely come into play but I >>> still >>> think some bulbs have other triggers. >>> >>> Erin Grace >>> Thomasville, GA, USA >>> Zone 8b, AHS heat zone 9 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> pbs mailing list >>> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >>> http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >>> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:18:29 -0700 > From: Diane Whitehead <voltaire@islandnet.com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] What promotes blooming? > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <D4C653BE-722A-494B-A03C-47CC4C05DBA7@islandnet.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > > From: lamon ready <lamonready@hotmail.com> > Date: October 11, 2007 7:51:06 PM PDT > To: <pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: what promotes blooming > > > i'm not sure about just rain, but a thunderstorm gives a (electrical) > charge also to the rain situation, if i remember what i've read > elsewhere correctly. > > lamon > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:12:30 +0200 > From: "Rogan Roth" <Roth@ukzn.ac.za> > Subject: Re: [pbs] What promotes blooming? > To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <470F2C6E.2298.0024.0@ukzn.ac.za> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Just a few thoughts from this side of the Atlantic, > > Smoke / ash: smoke and ash from veld fires has a profound effect on the > germination of certain seeds and it seems to have an effect (unproven of > course) on mass flowerings of certain plants such as Aloe and Cyrtanthus > (our 'fire' lilies) - this could also be due to other factors such as > higher light levels, less competition, etc., after the fire has removed > most of the surrounding vegetation. > > Nitrates: lightning activity 'fixes' atmospheric nitrogen and makes it > available to plants at leaf and root level. > > Acidity: rainwater typically has a pH of 5 or less (acidic) due to the > absorption of atmospheric carbon dioxide - domestic water (well water?) is > more than likely to be alkaline in reaction (pH>7). > > Any other ideas? > > Regards > Rogan. > > > > > > Please find our Email Disclaimer here: http://www.ukzn.ac.za/disclaimer/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:03:11 -0400 > From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields@indy.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] What promotes blooming? > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20071012075920.02708e70@pop.indy.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > I'd like to know too! I have several different Nerine bowdenii > batches. Only one of them, from a nurseryman in the Netherlands and used > there for cut flower production, blooms every year -- and that one only > blooms 4 or 5 out of 9 bulbs (not always the same 4 or 5). > > Some are in communal pots, many are in individual 1-gal. pots, others are > individually potted in 5.5" sq. X 6" deep pots -- most of these have never > bloomed! > > What are the secrets? > > Jim Shields > in central Indiana, where all the pots are now inside the grenhouses. > > > At 05:55 PM 10/11/2007 -0700, you wrote: >> This is a bit off the subject but related - does anyone have an >>idea of what can prompt or encourage Nerine bowdenii to flower? I >>have several (in containers) which have nice foliage, but >>no flower stalks as yet. Is it too soon to get nervous? >> >>Vicki D. > > ************************************************* > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:17:36 +0800 (CST) > From: fierycloud2002 <fierycloud2002@yahoo.com.tw> > Subject: Re: [pbs] What promotes blooming? > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <539319.11953.qm@web73105.mail.tp2.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=big5 > > Hello: > Maybe these links help. > http://www.actahort.org/books/430/430_32.htm > http://pubhort.org/actahort/books/… > > Fierycloud, Taiwan. USDA Z11+ AHS Z12+. > > --- "J.E. Shields" <jshields@indy.net> ???G > >> I'd like to know too! I have several different >> Nerine bowdenii >> batches. Only one of them, from a nurseryman in the >> Netherlands and used >> there for cut flower production, blooms every year >> -- and that one only >> blooms 4 or 5 out of 9 bulbs (not always the same 4 >> or 5). >> >> Some are in communal pots, many are in individual >> 1-gal. pots, others are >> individually potted in 5.5" sq. X 6" deep pots -- >> most of these have never >> bloomed! >> >> What are the secrets? >> >> Jim Shields >> in central Indiana, where all the pots are now >> inside the grenhouses. >> >> >> At 05:55 PM 10/11/2007 -0700, you wrote: >> > This is a bit off the subject but related - >> does anyone have an >> >idea of what can prompt or encourage Nerine >> bowdenii to flower? I >> >have several (in containers) which have nice >> foliage, but >> >no flower stalks as yet. Is it too soon to get >> nervous? >> > >> >Vicki D. >> >> ************************************************* >> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > ?]?w?w???????A?O?@?z?? Yahoo!?_???b?????Q?b???s???I > http://tw.info.yahoo.com/seal/index.html > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:11:08 -0400 > From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields@indy.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] What promotes blooming? > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20071012103306.026e9568@pop.indy.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed > > Hi F.C., > > Thanks for the references. I think my summer temperatures may be too high > here: 30 - 35?C in summer rather than the recommended 17 - 25?C. My late > winter storage, in a greenhouse at 10 - 20?C, may also be too warm for the > N. bowdenii. > > I have a miniature Nerine that flowers like a trooper! It is one of my > most reliable bloomers in cultivation. I received it as Nerine gibsonii, > but Graham Duncan said it wasn't gibsonii. It is only 5 - 6 inches tall, > but blooms faithfully every summer, and is just now finishing up for this > season. Flowers look like miniature bowdenii blooms, 25 - 30 mm across, > compared to bowdenii with flowers 50 - 60 mm across. There are 4 or 5 > florets per umbel. Leaves (2 or 3 per bulb, I think) of the miniature are > thread-like, making it (I suppose) some sort of near relative of > filifolia, > filamentosa, and some of the others, but it flowers later than filifolia > and filamentosa. It is self-fertile and seems to come true from seed. > Peduncle and pedicels are sparsely covered with very short hairs. > > Anybody want to guess what my "NOT gibsonii" might be? > > Best wishes, > Jim Shields > in central Indiana, USA, where all the pots are now in the greenhouses. > > At 08:17 PM 10/12/2007 +0800, you wrote: >>Hello: >>Maybe these links help. >>http://www.actahort.org/books/430/430_32.htm >>http://pubhort.org/actahort/books/… >> >>Fierycloud, Taiwan. USDA Z11+ AHS Z12+. > > ************************************************* > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 14 > Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:22:31 -0700 > From: "Diana Chapman" <rarebulbs@suddenlink.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] What promotes blooming? > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <000501c80ce3$b5d05ce0$ed396f4b@DJ9SK221> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Nerine angustifolia? I will send you a picture privately. > > Diana > Telos > > . > > I have a miniature Nerine that flowers like a trooper! It is one of my > most reliable bloomers in cultivation. I received it as Nerine gibsonii, > but Graham Duncan said it wasn't gibsonii. It is only 5 - 6 inches tall, > but blooms faithfully every summer, and is just now finishing up for this > season. Flowers look like miniature bowdenii blooms, 25 - 30 mm across, > compared to bowdenii with flowers 50 - 60 mm across. There are 4 or 5 > florets per umbel. Leaves (2 or 3 per bulb, I think) of the miniature are > thread-like, making it (I suppose) some sort of near relative of > filifolia, > filamentosa, and some of the others, but it flowers later than filifolia > and filamentosa. It is self-fertile and seems to come true from seed. > Peduncle and pedicels are sparsely covered with very short hairs. > > Anybody want to guess what my "NOT gibsonii" might be? > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 57, Issue 13 > ***********************************