[pbs] Haemanthus pauculifolius

Mary Sue Ittner msittner at mcn.org
Tue Mar 25 10:56:28 EDT 2008


Hi Luc,

Several years ago I organized a topic of the week for more than two years 
where we had a subject we discussed over a couple week period. Often there 
was a wonderful introduction to start us off provided by a knowledgeable 
member of our group. Cameron McMaster provided such an introduction on 
Haemanthus.
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/Haemanthus/HaemanthusTOW.htm
And here were some of the posts from that week (under Haemanthus):
http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/pbs/2004-December/subject.html

Haemanthus pauculifolius is an evergreen species. I leave H. albiflos out 
year round although I shelter it a bit from the rain when we have a lot of 
it in winter, but I've found some of my other summer rainfall Haemanthus 
seem a lot happier staying in my greenhouse where it is warmer in summer. 
Your climate may be suitable to leaving it outside. After experimenting 
with a number of them in my covered structure outside in summer I moved 
them back to the greenhouse. Although this species was slow for me 
(purchased from Telos), it now seems to be growing quite happily in a pot 
and it's bloomed the last two years in the fall and I think it is most 
attractive. I keep the soil moist.
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/HaemanthusSpeciesThree#pauculifolius

Mary Sue



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