Dear All, I have only just entered this discussion so maybe repeating information already posted. Plate 17 on page 149 is a painting with the quote, "Original sketch of Haemanthus katharinae, named after me. Found in marshy place on road to the sea. February 26th, 1868. Natural size growing 5 feet high." More information follows for anyone more interested. This is from " Flower Paintings of Katharine Saunders" published by the Tongaat Group Limited 1979 Shelley Gage ----- Original Message ----- From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields@indy.net> Date: Monday, June 28, 2010 10:48 pm Subject: Re: [pbs] Haemanthus and Scadoxus Culture To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Jonathan Hutchinson raises an interesting point! > > Dee Snijman in her book, "The Genus Haemanthus. A revision" > (National > Botanic Gardens of South Africa, 1984) spells it "katherinae" as > does John > Bryan in "Bulbs" Revised Edition, Timber Press, 2002. I > suppose John and > Dee could both be wrong; Scadoxus was only a side issue in Dee's > book, and > John was covering the whole spectrum of bulbs in his. > > Perhaps you could share your source with us, Jonathan? > I've never seen the > original Baker description of the subspecies, nor the 1976 Friis > and Nordal > revision of Haemanthus and Scadoxus. I'd certainly like to > have a copy of > the Friis & Nordal paper. > > Jim Shields > > > At 12:48 PM 6/28/2010 +0100, you wrote: > >The correct spelling for the Scadoxus multiflorus subspecies is > actually > >katharinea, named after Katharine Saunders .... Not a lot of > people know that. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs- > bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] > >On Behalf Of J.E. Shields > >Sent: 27 June 2010 19:46 > >To: Pacific Bulb Society > >Subject: [pbs] Haemanthus and Scadoxus Culture > > > >I'll post some notes on these two genera here in response to an > inquiry.> > >....... > >SCADOXUS > > > >I only have experience with Scadoxus multiflorus katherinae, S. > >membranaceus, and S. puniceus. All three are summer- > growing and, under my > >conditions, deciduous in winter. All three go outdoors in > Spring (May, > >here) after all danger of frost is past and stay there till September > >(early autumn). > > > >S. puniceus is by far the easiest to grow. It blooms in > February, just > >before the new leaves appear. > > > >S, membranaceus and multiflorus katherinae bloom less reliably > for me; I > >have the feeling they would do better if they were grown > evergreen, but my > >greenhouse conditions do not seem to allow that. > > > >I hope this is of some help to enthusiasts of Haemanthus and > Scadoxus.> > >Jim Shields > >in hot and humid central Indiana > >USA > > ************************************************* > Jim > Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. > P.O. Box > 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ > Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA > Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 > or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/