Cryptostephanus blooming now?
J.E. Shields (Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:39:16 PDT)

I grow my Cryptostephanus vansonii in the Clivia greenhouse. The vansonii
seem to bloom at odd times throughout the year, but probably mainly in
winter. Maybe I should start keeping track of when they bloom?

Jim Shields
in central Indiana, USA

At 05:55 PM 9/3/2009 -0500, you wrote:

Dear Friends,
I was surprised to see a tiny pale flower in a shady area and
traced it back to a plant of Cryptostephanus vansonii. This is the
'pink' form although in the current warm weather I doubt it will show
much pink color.

This hasn't bloomed for me all that often and I seem to
recall it blooming in spring, not late summer. I checked out the wiki
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…
and see that Lee Poulsen blooms his in Oct. so maybe this
isn't so far off.

What is the usual bloom time in northern gardens? Any other reports?

Thanks Jim W.

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