Congratulations. A lot of gardening is JUST WAITING. ________________________________ From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> on behalf of Nicholas plummer <nickplummer@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 7:20 PM To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net Subject: [pbs] Brunsvigia namaquana This week, I was surprised and delighted to see an inflorescence emerging from a pot of Brunsvigia namaquana bulbs that I have been growing with nary a flower since 2013. The pot was shoved to the back of the greenhouse together with a bunch of other dormant winter growers, and I almost didn't notice the flowers. Pictures here: https://sweetgumandpines.wordpress.com/2017/06/… [https://sweetgumandpines.files.wordpress.com/2017/…]<https://sweetgumandpines.wordpress.com/2017/06/…> First bloom: Brunsvigia namaquana<https://sweetgumandpines.wordpress.com/2017/06/…> sweetgumandpines.wordpress.com If you aren’t a plant geek, these little flowers probably don’t seem very exciting. They’re small, not very brightly colored, and sort of an odd shape. But I was surprised and d… Nick Plummer North Carolina, USA, zone 7 <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"> <style type="text/css" style="display:///none/;"><!-- P {margin-top:///0;margin-bottom:0/;} --></style> </head> <body dir="ltr"> <div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="12pt;color:/…;" dir="ltr"> <p>Congratulations. A lot of gardening is JUST WAITING.<br> </p> <br> <br> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <hr tabindex="-1" style="width: 98%; display: inline-block;"> <div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>From:</b> pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> on behalf of Nicholas plummer <nickplummer@gmail.com><br> <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 28, 2017 7:20 PM<br> <b>To:</b> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net<br> <b>Subject:</b> [pbs] Brunsvigia namaquana</font> <div> </div> </div> <div> <div dir="ltr"> <div> <div> <div>This week, I was surprised and delighted to see an inflorescence emerging from a pot of Brunsvigia namaquana bulbs that I have been growing with nary a flower since 2013. The pot was shoved to the back of the greenhouse together with a bunch of other dormant winter growers, and I almost didn't notice the flowers.<br> <br> </div> Pictures here:<br> <a id="LPlnk315154" href="https://sweetgumandpines.wordpress.com/2017/06/…" previewremoved="true">https://sweetgumandpines.wordpress.com/2017/06/…</a> <p></p> <div id="LPBorder_GT_14987093441570.1215450761899658" style="width: 100%; text-indent: 0px; overflow: auto; margin-bottom: 20px; display: inline-block;"> <table id="LPContainer_14987093441480.8816188422547004" role="presentation" style="width: 90%; overflow: auto; padding-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; border-top-color: rgb(200, 200, 200); border-bottom-color: rgb(200, 200, 200); border-top-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-top-style: dotted; border-bottom-style: dotted; position: relative; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr valign="top" style="border-spacing: 0px;"> <td id="ImageCell_14987093441490.1432447849209234" style="width: 250px; padding-right: 20px; display: table-cell; position: relative;" colspan="1"> <div id="LPImageContainer_14987093441490.3189105128492721" style="margin: auto; width: 250px; height: 165px; display: table; position: relative; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <a id="LPImageAnchor_14987093441520.8127806473924124" style="text-align: center; display: table-cell;" href="https://sweetgumandpines.wordpress.com/2017/06/…" target="_blank"><img width="250" height="165" id="LPThumbnailImageID_14987093441520.3494954142974539" style="border-width: 0px; width: 250px; height: 165px; vertical-align: bottom; display: inline-block; max-height: 250px; max-width: 250px;" src="https://sweetgumandpines.files.wordpress.com/2017/…"></a></div> </td> <td id="TextCell_14987093441530.28979498231618317" style="padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; display: table-cell; position: relative;" colspan="2"> <div id="LPRemovePreviewContainer_14987093441530.34611528031956623" style="float: right;"> </div> <div id="LPTitle_14987093441530.932723417778484" style="top: 0px; color: rgb(0, 120, 215); line-height: 21px; font-family: "wf_segoe-ui_light", "Segoe UI Light", "Segoe WP Light", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; font-weight: 400;"> <a id="LPUrlAnchor_14987093441540.9111537655765542" style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://sweetgumandpines.wordpress.com/2017/06/…" target="_blank">First bloom: Brunsvigia namaquana</a></div> <div id="LPMetadata_14987093441540.014424373644421451" style="margin: 10px 0px 16px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 14px; font-family: "wf_segoe-ui_normal", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400;"> sweetgumandpines.wordpress.com</div> <div id="LPDescription_14987093441560.24771215032056126" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 20px; overflow: hidden; font-family: "wf_segoe-ui_normal", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; display: block; max-height: 100px;"> If you aren’t a plant geek, these little flowers probably don’t seem very exciting. They’re small, not very brightly colored, and sort of an odd shape. But I was surprised and d…</div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p></p> <br> <br> <br> </div> Nick Plummer<br> </div> North Carolina, USA, zone 7<br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…
