Nerine laticoma ssp. huttoniae or Nerine huttoniae

Nerine laticoma ssp. huttoniae or Nerine huttoniae
Paul Machado via pbs (Sun, 19 Jul 2020 13:41:48 PDT)

Hi Leo,
It is self fertile at least ours is. We acquired it from Charles Hardman
back in 2007 and it has bloomed for us every year since!
It is a strong bulb with at least 10-12 leaves now. Here in the California
central valley where it is currently 100 degrees, it grows in a 4 gallon
pot.
It is under a 60% shade house all year long and only goes dormant for a
little over a month every year. It is always the first to bloom here.
I have crossed it with Nerine filamentosa and the reverse cross and
currently have two seedlings of each cross growing quite well.
Ours are in a mixture of sand, perlite, pumice and a little organic potting
soil. It seems to love the mix and grows great in it.
We have over 1500 Nerines mainly sarniensis and a few other Nerine species.
We have transplanted even when flowering and have never had a problem and
they even have flowered the next season still.
We acquired our collection from Charles when he was cutting back growing
them, which also included the Greenoaks collection!
All the best,
Paul Machado

On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 12:43 PM Diane Whitehead via pbs <
pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:

I have one plant of Nerine laticoma from five seeds I bought from Penroc
in 2007. It flowered in December 2017. That must have exhausted it as it
currently has one skinny green leaf and doesn’t look as though it will
flower this year.

I have four small plants from seeds I collected as N. huttoniae somewhere
in the Eastern Cape in 2011. The four are in one of those small plastic
glasses and don’t look big enough to flower. I guess I should give each
its own pot and I wonder if they should be fertilized.

Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
cool mediterranean climate warm dry summers, mild wet winters 70 cm
rain, sandy soil

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