[pbs] Pink Rhodophiala bifida bloom time
Diana Chapman
rarebulbs at suddenlink.net
Wed Sep 5 14:25:29 EDT 2007
Hi Lee:
Yes mine do the same thing, although I have two different clones of the pink
R. bifida, and one has already bloomed, while the other is just sending up
buds. Honestly, I can't see why the pink one is called R. bifida, since it
seems quite a bit different from the red one in form, being much smaller and
daintier, tepals more pointed, striated, etc., but I call it R. bifida Pink
Form because everyone else does. The other clone I have was collected from
the Buenos Aires region and is also a slightly darker pink - this is the one
that blooms earlier.
Diana
Telos Rare Bulbs
www.telosrarebulbs.com
> Along with some oporanthous bulbs such as a Lycoris x albiflora that is
> slightly tinged with a hint of pink, and several Amaryllis (or possibly
> Amarygias) of various colors, I had all of my pink Rhodophiala bifidas
> bloom the past couple of weeks and none of the red ones have bloomed
> (yet), including those in a large pot of mixed colors (reds and pinks)
> from seeds I think Alberto Castillo sent out to a BX a number of years
> ago. Does anyone know why that might be?
> (Especially since almost all of the pink ones have now wilted, possibly
> because of this ridiculous heat wave we've had that ended this morning.
> Yet there isn't even a sign of scape tips emerging from the red
> flowered ones. Thus, the red blooming will be separated from the pink
> blooming by a month or even more.)
>
> --Lee Poulsen
> Pasadena, California, USDA Zone 10a
>
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