"Nerine" identification

Paul ottopauld@hotmail.com
Thu, 31 Jan 2019 16:53:37 PST


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> On Jan 31, 2019, at 3:51 PM, Paul Machado <farmerguys08@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Michael,
> We grow a number of Nerines here in California and none of our plants look
> like your plants.
> They look more like our Lycoris to me with that lighter center midrib.
> If interested, we have a Nerine website up, http://www.nerine.website/ that has
> pictures and historical info.
> All the best,
> Paul Machado
> 
>> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 3:26 PM Michael Kent <kenttoto@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I received these bulbs (see the picture attached) from a friend a few years
>> ago. He identified them as "some Nerine, I don't remember which." I had
>> seen his bulbs blooming previously, but, that was before I got amaryllid
>> fever, and all I really remember about the bloom is it was small, red and
>> Nerine-like.
>> 
>> I have been waiting for my bulbs to bloom so that I could identify the
>> specific Nerine, but have had no blooms. I recently saw a specimen of
>> Lycoris radiata at a local conservatory, and realized that the foliage
>> looked just like my "Nerine." The posted picture of the plant blooming fit
>> with what I remember of the plant's bloom.
>> 
>> Are there Nerine's that have a lighter green leaf midrib, or is that more
>> typical of the Lycoris family. I'm suspecting the identification as Nerine
>> is incorrect because, over this past summer, he had some Hymenocallis
>> narcissiflora in bloom, and also identified it as "some Nerine."
>> 
>> Thanks for any input.
>> 
>> Mike
>> In the frozen Finger Lakes area, Zone 6A, where it is currently 7 degrees,
>> and dropping...
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