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Hans J

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Eucrosia 2012
« on: May 29, 2012, 11:42:43 AM »
2012 seems for me a good year for my Eucrosia plants  ;D
After waiting some years for flowers are now two open ....

Eucrosia stricklandii
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Hans J

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Re: Eucrosia 2012
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2012, 11:46:28 AM »
Before some years I have received from a nice person bulbs of a Eucrosia cross - made from Harry Hay ....now I have the first flowers :

Eucrosia spec. L&B 3737 x E. aurantiaca
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Re: Eucrosia 2012
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2012, 11:49:36 AM »
here is a comparison of this plants :

left : E.spec. L&B 3737 x E. aurantiaca - right : E.stricklandii

enjoy
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Re: Eucrosia 2012
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2012, 11:56:30 AM »
I find flowers which send out such long anthers  etc. quite interesting....  I always wonder how they can manage to do that! 
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Re: Eucrosia 2012
« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2012, 12:10:32 PM »
All my 100 Eucrosia mirabilis seedlings died last winter at +0ºC
maybe other members have other experience

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Re: Eucrosia 2012
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2012, 10:05:58 AM »
I have never seen or heard of these strange beauties before. Thanks for showing
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Re: Eucrosia 2012
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2012, 11:44:48 AM »
Thank you Maggi and Pat for your interest  :D

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Re: Eucrosia 2012
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2012, 05:54:03 PM »
I am with you Pat I have never heard of this before. Hans is that one of its leaves that is showing in your picture, just wandered what the foliage looks like. Really nice plant.

Angie  :)
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Re: Eucrosia 2012
« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2012, 07:05:17 PM »
Hi Angie ,

I'm glad that you like it !
Yes - thats the leaves ...really big  :D

Here are more informations about this genus :
http://www.amaryllidaceae.org/Eucrosia/index.htm

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Re: Eucrosia 2012
« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2012, 10:07:14 PM »
Thanks Hans. :D

Angie  :)
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