[pbs] Crinum Cecil H.
James Waddick
jwaddick at kc.rr.com
Thu Aug 26 20:30:58 EDT 2004
>What does the true 'Cecil Houdyshel' look like. I had one named that which I
>got from the old and now-defunct International Growers Exchange, and I
>thought it might have been some cultivar of C. bulbispermum - small pendant
>flowers, white with a reddish midstripe and an unpleasant musty odor. It
>succumbed to its first winter in the ground.
Dear Dell;
I think mine is the real thing-at least two others have
compared and agreed. It is a powellii type hybrid I believe, but not
the typical forms of either parent. The flowers are larger and a rich
but pale pink., They face sideways and open wider than my typical
powellii. The picture at
http://www.ibiblio.org/pbs/pbswiki/files/Crinum/CrinumxCecilHoudyshelAD.jpg
is pinker, wider and better than mine, but close enough I think I'd
have to agree.
Mine doesn't set much seed however. But it has wintered here
about 5 or 6 years.
Jim W.
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