Tony the cross, must be Amaryllis belladonna with Brunsvigia, the inferior petal centers them turns out longer of the others Alessandro Marinello ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Avent" <tony@plantdelights.com> To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 2:30 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Brunsdonna flowering > Allessandro: > > Since I purchased the bulb from Holland as x Brunsdonna, I cannot verify > the > cross. It certainly seems to have Amaryllis belladonna as one parent, but > I'm open to other ideas for the second parent. > > Tony Avent > Plant Delights Nursery @ > Juniper Level Botanic Garden > 9241 Sauls Road > Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA > Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F > Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F > USDA Hardiness Zone 7b > email tony@plantdelights.com > website http://www.plantdelights.com/ > phone 919 772-4794 > fax 919 772-4752 > "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least > three > times" - Avent > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] > On Behalf Of alessandro.marinello > Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 6:36 PM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: Re: [pbs] Brunsdonna flowering > > Tony >From the form of the flower it seems not to be xBrunsdonna, but I can also > mistake, you have produced you this crossing? > Alessandro Marinello > Padova Italy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tony Avent" <tony@plantdelights.com> > To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 12:49 PM > Subject: [pbs] Brunsdonna flowering > > >> PBSers: >> >> >> >> We had a nice surprise this week when our first ever xBrunsdonna >> flowered.planted in 2005. I know this isn't big news for West Coast >> gardeners, but with its winter growing foliage, I didn't expect that it >> would ever build up enough energy to flower here, especially after such a >> cold winter. I like this kind of surprises. >> >> http://www.plantdelights.com/gallery/Misc/?page=2 >> >> >> >> Tony Avent >> Plant Delights Nursery @ >> Juniper Level Botanic Garden >> 9241 Sauls Road >> Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA >> Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F >> Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F >> USDA Hardiness Zone 7b >> email tony@plantdelights.com >> website http://www.plantdelights.com/ >> phone 919 772-4794 >> fax 919 772-4752 >> "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least >> three >> times" - Avent >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/