What's in Bloom in Pots
J.E. Shields (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:39:52 PDT)

Nothing is in bloom in the hot, dry ground! Potted bulbs on the deck have
at least a couple things blooming:

Nerine hessioides has tiny pink flowers maybe 1/2 inch across. They are
very reminiscent of N. gracilis, but the peduncles are only about 10 inches
high, so the plant is a little more in proportion to its flowers. Gracilis
has much taller scapes. I got rid of my N. gracilis years ago.

Nerine filamentosa is starting to bloom, with one pot in flower an another
in bud.

Nerine [(filifolia x krigei) x ?krigei] has been blooming for a while and
two more bulbs are putting up scapes. One pot of Nerine filifolia is
putting up a bunch of scapes. There are a few scapes starting to come up
on Nerine cf. angustifolia "Den's Dwarf."

Three pots of Nerine sarniensis are in bud in the basement. I need to get
them up into the greenhouse.

More Cyrtanthus montanus are sending up scapes, and one overcrowded pot of
Cyrtanthus sanguineus has two bulbs with a flower each open.

Inside the greenhouse, more scapes are starting to appear on the pots of
Haemanthus coccineus. Most of the bloom-size H. barkerae seem to be in
bloom now. Three bulbs of Haemanthus [barkerae x coccineus] or the reverse
are in bloom.

Jim Shields
in sunny and dry Westfield, Indiana

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