[pbs] Pink Rhodophiala bifida bloom time
Robt R Pries
rpries at sbcglobal.net
Wed Sep 5 17:37:10 EDT 2007
Tony; It has been alledged that the common red
flowered Rhodolphiala across the south is a sterile
triploid. Supposedly it is also a sturdier plant
because of this. Do you see any of the red flowered
forms setting seed and are they really different in
vigor from the red-flowered plants that came from you
pink flowered seed?
--- Tony Avent <tony at plantdelights.com> wrote:
> Diana:
>
> We got our original Rhodophiala bifida carmine pink
> from seed sent in by
> Alberto Castillo several years ago. Our original
> plants set seed and we
> now have about 750 flowering size 3-year old plants
> in ground beds.
> Most are exactly like the typical red R. bifida
> except for some oddballs
> with narrow petals, and some shorter than normal.
> For us typical R.
> bifida flowers in early-mid September. The first of
> these carmine pink
> seedlings flowered in late July-early
> August...probably about 10
> plants. A few flowered in mid-August...probably
> another 10 plants, and
> the majority are just beginning to flower now. We
> get a small
> percentage of a stunning ruby-red flowered forms
> from these seed also.
> There is obviously a great deal of variability in
> color, form, and bloom
> time. Once again, a thanks to Alberto for sharing
> these new genetics.
>
>
> Tony Avent
> Plant Delights Nursery @
> Juniper Level Botanic Garden
> 9241 Sauls Road
> Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA
> Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F
> Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F
> USDA Hardiness Zone 7b
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>
>
>
> Diana Chapman wrote:
> > 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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