Rhodophiala seedlings

Jane McGary janemcgary@earthlink.net
Mon, 16 Feb 2015 10:54:32 PST
Rhodophiala bagnoldii has bright yellow flowers. I think there are 
photos of it on the wiki. It is primarily coastal, growing in deep 
sand. I don't know the temperature range where it grows (Chilean 
coast around Copiapo and Huasco), but it is often very foggy there, 
and probably never below about 8 degrees C. The inland populations 
would get more sun than those at the coast. I don't have time right 
now to dig out my old Flores and Watson lists but I do recall there 
was some confusion in the numbers in one particular year. There is 
another species, Rhodophiala ananuca, in the same area; it has 
flowers of various shades from white to peach-pink. I haven't seen 
the two species growing in the same place, though.

I've only brought 3 species of Rhodophiala to flowering, so I am no 
expert on growing them and certainly won't become one as I no longer 
have a heated growing area. However, I have enjoyed finding them in nature.

Jane McGary
Portland, Oregon, USA





At 10:36 AM 2/16/2015, you wrote:
>I received some "seedex" in the UK this year labelled Rhodophiala 
>aff bagnoldii F&W 7443. Online, Cotwold Garden Flowers lists R. aff 
>bagnoldii separately from R. sp nov F&W 7443 so some confusion and 
>apparently the seedex donation came from more than one source.
>It has germinated this week and the initial shoots are mainly red 
>with a straw coloured base, (no green!) so I guess may end up as 
>pink flowers, but what temperatures would suit them best now. They 
>have germinated under 6C minimum, so are often below 10C at present 
>and get little direct sunlight. Would they benefit from higher 
>temperatures or light levels now or leave as they are until it warms 
>up in spring, say a month or so?
>
>Brian Whyer, Buckinghamshire, England, zone ~8 ish




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