Chronic hippeastrum acquisition disorder
Karl Church (Fri, 13 Jan 2017 13:37:20 PST)

As a member of the Bulb Society and the Cactus and Succulent Society I've
found that this craziness (addiction) is quite common so don't feel alone.
While my addiction started only a few years ago, I completely understand.

Karl Church
Dinuba, CA
On Jan 13, 2017 12:47 PM, "Mike Rummerfield" <mikerumm@gmail.com> wrote:

" .... so unfortunately I'm running out of space. I think I'm just crazy. A
theory confirmed by my wife :-)"

Chad,
Yes - but such a wonderful crazy. Maybe time to put yourself into
irretrievable debt (and marital disharmony) to add on to that greenhouse?
Adding on to the house might be pushing it a bit. 🙃

I hope your Hippeastrum blooms this Spring.
Best of luck,
Mike

On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 11:52 AM, Chad Cox <clcox@ucdavis.edu> wrote:

Thanks all for commiserating with me.
Fred I too have a house full of plants(some seedlings) but haven't
experimented with hybridization yet; my wife is already angry so I may

have

to wait a bit on that plus I'm still waiting for one of my hippeastrum to
bloom. I'm hoping that will happen in Spring.
Rick I would have to say that the top of my list would be

angustifolium,

closely followed by teyucuarense, brasilianum, morelianum, and argentinum
to start. The truth is I am fascinated by many of the rare species in

this

genus and the fact that many are practically unheard of in cultivation
sparks my interest even more since I love challenges.
Mike thank you for calling to my attention that I suffer from yet
another condition, Clivia fever. I don't think I have it as badly as you
but I definitely have it. I've been looking for a nice red one for a long
time.
Jim yes I have both hippeastrum and clivia in my greenhouse too, but
was unable to limit myself to just those two and had to go get some
Phadranassa and Brunsvigia and Crinum and.... so unfortunately I'm

running

out of space. I think I'm just crazy. A theory confirmed by my wife :-)

Chad in Elverta CA

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Chad L. Cox, Ph.D.

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