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Author Topic: Scadoxus pole-evansii  (Read 2250 times)

steveball1966

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Scadoxus pole-evansii
« on: March 02, 2011, 01:22:49 PM »
Hi Everyone
I have got some SCADOXUS POLE EVANSI seed and need help on how to plant these and also how many years before they get to flowering size.
Steve
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Re: Scadoxus pole-evansii
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2011, 01:30:04 PM »
Welcome Steve!
 A few Forumists grow this plant so I hopethey will soon come and offer their advice.

Meantime, do you know the website of the Pacific Bulb Society? There is all sorts of useful information to be found there....
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/scadoxus
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Re: Scadoxus pole-evansii
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2011, 02:01:05 PM »
I've had difficulty growing Scadoxus pole-evansii from seed here in central Indiana.  They grow sporadically, going dormant at apparently random times and not in sync with one another.  I've lost many seedlings during dormancy.  There are still none that have reached bloom size, and my 25 original seeds are down to a half-dozen or fewer plants now.  So I, too, would welcome advice on care and culture of S. pole-evansii far outside its habitat.

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Re: Scadoxus pole-evansii
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2011, 11:52:47 PM »
You seem to be selecting those  bulbs that take forever to reach flowering size
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Re: Scadoxus pole-evansii
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2011, 09:56:58 AM »
Is this a SCADOXUS POLE EVANSI bulb because it does not look right anybody any idea

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Re: Scadoxus pole-evansii
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2011, 11:32:59 AM »
It does look like a Scadoxus bulb.
At least the bulbs of S. katharinae are like yours but I don't know how different the species' bulbs look like.
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