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Re: Sternbergia 2008
« Reply #240 on: December 09, 2008, 08:49:32 PM »
Quote from: Gerry Webster on December 08, 2008, 09:02:05 PM
Quote from: David Nicholson on December 08, 2008, 02:34:57 PM
I always read this thread with great interest whilst quietly dribbling. I can't even get S. lutea to flower.

David - try S. sicula 'Dodona Gold'. It is very easy to grow & doesn't require excessive baking to promote flowering.

Gerry, thanks for the tip. I will try next year.
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Re: Sternbergia 2008
« Reply #241 on: December 09, 2008, 08:55:50 PM »
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I thought until now that would be the house where I live.
It's surrounded by AGR(A)icultural fields!  ;D ;D :D 8)
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Re: Sternbergia 2008
« Reply #242 on: December 09, 2008, 10:13:56 PM »
Quote from: Lvandelft on December 09, 2008, 08:55:50 PM
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most beautiful building in the world

I thought until now that would be the house where I live.
It's surrounded by AGR(A)icultural fields!  ;D ;D :D 8)

Luit, I had no idea your house was made of white marble!  ::) ;)


But what we still do not know is this...... how did the sternbergia get anywhere near the Taj Mahal!  ???
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Re: Sternbergia 2008
« Reply #243 on: December 09, 2008, 10:51:07 PM »
Maggi, I did not say it's made of white marble! just that it's the most beautiful building   :D ;D  :-*
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Re: Sternbergia 2008
« Reply #244 on: December 10, 2008, 06:56:50 AM »
Quote from: Maggi Young on December 09, 2008, 10:13:56 PM
But what we still do not know is this...... how did the sternbergia get anywhere near the Taj Mahal!  ???

If you believe the guides it's because the soil for the gardens was brought there from Kashmir. Which leads you to ask how did sternbergias get to Kashmir!
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Re: Sternbergia 2008
« Reply #245 on: December 10, 2008, 10:04:00 AM »
Quote from: fermides on December 10, 2008, 06:56:50 AM
Quote from: Maggi Young on December 09, 2008, 10:13:56 PM
But what we still do not know is this...... how did the sternbergia get anywhere near the Taj Mahal!  ???

If you believe the guides it's because the soil for the gardens was brought there from Kashmir. Which leads you to ask how did sternbergias get to Kashmir!
cheers
fermi
From Paul Christian's (Rare Plants) website on S. fischeriana: "Most of the stock in cultivation stems from introductions made from Kashmir where it is planted in cemeteries. It is probably not wild there, but is planted in Moslem cemeteries and is also an escape from these. The wild range is said to run from Turkey to China but makes no allowances for this".
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Re: Sternbergia 2008
« Reply #246 on: December 10, 2008, 10:30:25 AM »
This forum is SUCH a mine of information ... forget Google, just type SRGC!
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Re: Sternbergia 2008
« Reply #247 on: December 10, 2008, 10:48:42 AM »
Hi ,

sorry to say - but I agree with Gerd that this plant from India is a Zephyranthes ::)
thats never a St. fischeriana ( please look for the first pics from this topic )
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Re: Sternbergia 2008
« Reply #248 on: December 10, 2008, 11:04:49 AM »
... and it should not be in flower till spring ;)

Quote from: Pauli on December 08, 2008, 03:55:07 PM
Here winter is around the corner,  but  I see buds on Sternbergia candida!

This is really early :o - I should check mine - but I doubt to see much...


and Oron - it should be forbidden to you to post this type of pictures, think a bit in our health... ;) 8)
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Re: Sternbergia 2008
« Reply #249 on: December 10, 2008, 11:14:24 AM »
Hans - I wasn't  suggesting that Fermi's  plant is S. fischeriana but merely  drawing attention to the fact that Sternbergias are associated with Moslem cemeteries &, therefore, that an origin in Kashmir is not implausible. However, I bow to your superior knowledge of Amaryllids & your identification of it as Zephyranthes.
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Re: Sternbergia 2008
« Reply #250 on: December 10, 2008, 11:22:39 AM »
Good point, chaps, the plant may well be a Zephyranthes....  BUT, whether it IS or not, and the info about Sternbergia in Kashmiri cemeteries is fascinating....... NOW we have the question, how did the Zephyranthes get to Kashmir  ::) ::) :D
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Re: Sternbergia 2008
« Reply #251 on: December 10, 2008, 12:32:27 PM »
Gerry ,thats a missunderstanding .

In India is in this time spring/summer -so it cannot be a normal autumn flowering Sternbergia  ....the only yellow in spring is S. fischeriana ....

Shure I know also this informations with Sternbergias in Kashmir -why not ?
they grows from Azerbaijan, Iran, maybe Irak ....
In Orient is it usual that this plants ( Sternbergia ) are on cementeries ..., but I have it aso seen in France !

In India ,Thailand and other coutries are often Zephyranthes -look in Ebay and there are a lot of sellers which sells Zephyranthes ( also yellow )
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Re: Sternbergia 2008
« Reply #252 on: December 10, 2008, 12:41:41 PM »
Oron,
 your photo of the prolific flowering clump of S. clusiana is the most stunning I have seen !
  As far as I know 'Die Gattung Sternbergia' has not been translated into english,
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Re: Sternbergia 2008
« Reply #253 on: December 10, 2008, 03:43:10 PM »
Quote from: Hans A. on December 10, 2008, 11:04:49 AM
and Oron - it should be forbidden to you to post this type of pictures, think a bit in our health... ;) 8)

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Re: Sternbergia 2008
« Reply #254 on: December 10, 2008, 08:34:11 PM »
You have seen the weather report for my area?  :o
You are certainly right - your pictures brighten the day – on the other hand I feel my eyes jumping out of the orbit to often… ;) ;D
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