Crinum x powellii & Eucomis pole-evansii
Kelly Irvin (Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:39:33 PDT)

Jim:

I'm sorry for the poor description. This is about 8 feet of row. The
tallest inflorescence is just over 4 feet. They are in a nursery row.
They survived in the ground in my former location for a couple of years,
but I would not call those winters zone 6 winters. They've survived a
couple more winters here in my new location, but I don't believe we've
received temperatures below 9°F in these two years, nor were any of the
severe temperatures long-lasting.

I believe the bulb has to be quite mature to bloom. I have one in a two
gallong tree pot which really holds close to 3 gallons. It's growing
fine, but has not bloomed in the pot. Neither has it received winter
chilling, only winter rest.

A stout 4 foot stalk is still impressive. From my own perspective, I'd
like to come up with something like it, but a tad shorter with a little
less leaf and a little more color interest from the flower, and
especially the stalk. I daubed some E. montana pollen this morning from
an especially freckled darker specimen, but the anthers did not yield
much pollen, and I have no idea if what I did manage out of it is
viable. I have an especially purple stalked E. comosa from which I hope
to extract pollen in the next couple of days, again for pollinating the
E. pole-evansii.

Mr. Kelly M. Irvin
10850 Hodge Ln
Gravette, AR 72736
USA
479-787-9958
USDA Cold Hardiness Zone 6a/b

http://www.irvincentral.com/

Jim McKenney wrote: