Haemanthus 2017

[fermi de Sousa]

Not usually a thread to which I can contribute but we discovered this Haemanthus barkerae in bloom this morning;
from Silverhills seed May 2003! But only planted out in 2007
cheers
fermi

[angie]

Not usually a thread to which I can contribute but we discovered this Haemanthus barkerae in bloom this morning;
from Silverhills seed May 2003! But only planted out in 2007
cheers
fermi

Very nice 

Angie 

[shaundouglas]

thats great news it can take many years for Haemanthus seed to produce blooms

[fermi de Sousa]

thats great news it can take many years for Haemanthus seed to produce blooms

Hi Shaun,
it probably would've flowered sooner if it hadn't been overgrown by a Calothamnus - half of which fell over during this summer which exposed the haemanthus!
cheers
fermi

[ollie]

Nice one Fermi - one of my favourite genus.  I have a red flowering form of this and also a hybrid with H coccineus.  I was also very lucky to be able to procure some seed of the pink form last year and they are all doing very nicely.

[Auricular]

Some photos of the last weeks

[Auricular]

4 more

[Auricular]

Another 4

[Maggi Young]

Marvelous selections of Haemanthus, including all sorts of named cultivars and subspecies  from you there, Bernie!
Listing the  main species so  a search can find your photos ....
 Haemanthus  barkerae
 Haemanthus  crispus
 Haemanthus  amarylloides
 Haemanthus  pubescens
 Haemanthus  canaliculatus
 Haemanthus  coccineus

[Maggi Young]

One for possible ID here : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=15725.0

[Steve Garvie]

Haemanthus coccineus

[angie]

Haemanthus coccineus

Delightful   

Angie

[Steve Garvie]

Many thanks Angie.