Impatiens grandis and lost email message
Pelarg@aol.com (Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:18:40 PDT)

I also have I grandis, but have not seen flowers on mine, it seems to
require short days/long nights to flower. I once saw it in bloom in a greenhouse
at the NYBG, it is quite pretty. It is easy from cuttings and the foliage is
quite glossy but it won't flower in summer, at least in my experience. Since
I keep plants indoors under lights for the winter, it doesn't get the
required long nights, thus no flowers. Outdoors in favored climates or in
greenhouses or rooms where lights never come on at night during the winter, it would
make a nice show.
Ernie (_pelarg@aol.com_ (mailto:pelarg@aol.com) ) Z6/7 Tuckahoe NY where
Crocosmia aurea is putting on a nice show
PS I got an email in my aol spam folder a few days ago, it had something in
the subject line about re namchabarwensis post, but I inadvertently deleted it
with other contents before I realized it wasn't a spam message. I did not
see if it was addressed to me personally or to the group, so if someone sent
me an email of such nature, please resend it.

In a message dated 8/25/2008 4:44:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
bonaventure@optonline.net writes:

Well, I hope mine starts seeding around soon! A broken stem stuck into moist
mulch/humus appears to be thriving. The first few flowers, crossed with
capensis, glandulifera, and balsamina, don't appear to do anything.

Very OT for a bulb group, but if you want to see a nice Impatiens that
warrants inclusion into our discussions of tinctoria and flanagae, see grandis
from India. It is threatened in the wild.

What I hope for in breeding Impatiens is the vigor of reseeding hybrids (in
my climate) with capensis and/or balsamina in their background and exotic
larger flowered blood included.

Bonaventure
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