[pbs] More Nerine coming
Paul Tyerman
ptyerman at ozemail.com.au
Tue Aug 5 19:28:07 EDT 2003
Jim,
>
>N. krigei needs a winter cold period in order to bloom the following
>season. Try storing them in the fridge for a month or so in mid-winter.
>
>I had thought that some of them might need hot summer temperatures to bring
>on bloom, but now I'm not so sure about that. We are seeing more bloom
>this summer than usual in the Nerine, and it has been very mild overall,
>only a couple of days reached 90 F (32 C). We have also had plenty of rain
>here, which may be encouraging the summer growers.
We get down to -8'C at least in winter (most years) and up to maybe 40'C in
summer, so the hot and cold shouldn't be a problem <grin>, unless it
doesn't like that cold? It may also be jsut plain maturity so I am hoping
we might get some flowers this year as I repotted last season.
>
>I have one N. gracilis in flower, and several pots of N. rehmannii starting
>to bloom. I should get a picture of at least the rehmannii to post to the
>Bulbs_Images list.
I am not on the Bulbs-Images so could you either send it to me privately or
else put it on your webpage? Thanks in advance.
>
>In my climate, hybrids of N. sarniensis are difficult, even in pots. I am
>not sure how one should get them through a Midwestern summer in condition
>to bloom in the Fall. Mine rarely do bloom, and a couple die each year.
I don't know exactly what the hybrids I grow are based on. I have maybe 20
dfferent named varieties in colours ranging from whites through to dark
reds and pinks. A couple even have a blue-mauve line on the outer tips of
the petal which has me wondering whether they have Lycoris crossed into
them or not as I cannot think of a Nerine species that includes blue? I
sort of thought that Lycoris and Nerine were not THAT compatible though? I
imagine Jim Waddick would know for sure though if he happens to be reading
this? Otherwise, where does blue occur in Nerines?
I am not familiar with 'Pink Triumph' so can't comment on its growing
conditions <grin>. My hybrids have such names as 'Afterglow', 'Ancilla',
'Bagdad', 'Coconut Ice', 'Cuckfield', 'Jill', 'Kenilworth', 'Killi',
'Knight Templar', 'Lady E. Keane', 'Lucinda', 'Old Rose' and 'Optomist' and
I know that some of these are Austrlaian hybridised and others are UK
hybridised at least. Not sure where they all came from though.
Cheers.
Paul Tyerman
Canberra, Australia. USDA equivalent - Zone 8/9
mailto:ptyerman at ozemail.com.au
Growing.... Galanthus, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, Cyclamen, Crocus,
Cyrtanthus, Oxalis, Liliums, Hellebores, Aroids, Irises plus just about
anything else that doesn't move!!!!!
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