My Manfreda has started to bloom. It barely exceeded 5ft in height this season. I have several Polianthes growing but none are showing any signs of bloom yet. I have the variegated and non-variegated form of P. tuberosa, and also some seedlings of P. geminiflora (from PBS BX!). I'll collect Manfreda pollen in case any of my Polianthes decide to bloom later in the season. Dennis in Cincinnati On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com> wrote: > For comparison, mine is now about 5 feet, and still growing. Buds are > still tight, so it's not gonna bloom imminently. > > The first year it bloomed it was almost 8 feet tall. > http://badbear.com/dkramb/… > (I've posted this picture before.) > > Subsequent years have been more like 4 feet to 5 feet. > > Last year I had multiple bloom stalks. This year I'm back to one. > > Dennis in Cincinnati (5 miles from the statue formerly known as Touchdown > Jesus) > > > > > On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Jim McKenney <jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com > > wrote: > >> In the by lines to a recent post I mentioned that some hybrid lilies here >> are approaching 9 feet in height. >> >> Manfreda virginica, which is blooming for the first time here, has an >> inflorescence which is already over six feet high - and the lowest flower >> bud has yet to open. >> >> Is it something in the water - or just so much water? >> >> Jim McKenney >> jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com >> Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA >> zone >> 7, where Brodiaea californica has been impressive this year. >> My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ >> BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ >> >> Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS >> Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ >> >> Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> > >
