[pbs] Aquatic Crinum
Alberto Grossi
crinum at libero.it
Sun Aug 13 05:10:37 EDT 2006
Hi Joe and all.
My crinums (thaianum and calimistratum) are growing well, but they have not flowered. I do not know how big have to be the bulbs before blooming. It looks like it is worth to go on.
Ciao
Alberto
Italy
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Subject : [pbs] Aquatic Crinum
> -------------------------->>I grow thaianum and calimistratum (a var. of
> natans). They are >>completely submerged all time. In summer I put them into
> a >>little pond at full sun, in winter (I live in zone 8) I put>> them in an
> aquarium with temperature at 18-20°C. I have not>> seen the flower till now,
> but I hope to. There is little in>> literature about these items and less
> in horticulture. >>I am experimenting!
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> Hi Gang,
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> Last winter I wrote about Crinum thainum and C. natans, and a couple of
> other apparently fully aquatic Crinum species. Perhaps the plants are
> obligate aquatics, or perhaps they are facultative. Or maybe they really
> want to be submerged most of the time, but don't require 100% underwater
> existence.
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> Alberto (in Italy) provided a bit of information. I'd like to try growing
> these plants, and looked for them in a couple of aquarium/fish stores, but
> did not find them. No doubt, one or another will appear for sale in the
> future-fish stores seem to have erratic shipments of stock.
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> Anyway, I wonder if Alberto's plants bloomed this year?
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> Does anyone have a clue about hybrids between these plants and other Crinum?
> As near as I can tell, the genus has specialized in many ways to exploit
> seriously arid environments, forests, savannahs and grasslands,
> sometimes-flooded regions and bog-like areas, and streams. Such wondrous
> adaptation is not without precedent, but it is special and fun to learn
> about.
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> So, if you grow the 3 or 4 (or 5 or 6) aquatic Crinum, I'd enjoy hearing
> about your experiences and observations, whether in aquaria or in the
> garden.
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> Cordially,
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> Joe
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> Conroe TX
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> No rain for a week or more, and so I've been watering the summer-growing
> bulbs.
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Alberto Grossi
Italy
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