Nerine 2018

[ChrisB]

Hi Fermi
I’ve got a number of nerines and the outdoor ones do quite well. But when it comes to the indoor ones I really struggle to even get them to flower at all. We had a speaker come this year to our HPS group and he said crowd them in the pot and plant the bulbs 50% above the soil. I did this but my sarniensis has now lost its leaves. And my chunky clump of filifolia has yet to flower at all.  Help!  Btw, the amaryllis cerise you gave me are getting bigger now and the crossyne is also ok, but still too small to flower I think. 

[ashley]

... but this does seem early in the season.

Certainly does.  Here they're all still sound asleep, and probably will be for another month or so.

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi Fermi
I’ve got a number of nerines and the outdoor ones do quite well. But when it comes to the indoor ones I really struggle to even get them to flower at all. We had a speaker come this year to our HPS group and he said crowd them in the pot and plant the bulbs 50% above the soil. I did this but my sarniensis has now lost its leaves. And my chunky clump of filifolia has yet to flower at all.  Help!  Btw, the amaryllis cerise you gave me are getting bigger now and the crossyne is also ok, but still too small to flower I think.

Hi Chris,
I don't have much experience of growing nerines in pots other than keeping some under shade-cloth to reduce the effect of frost. I think Ashley or John W would be better able to advise you.
Glad to know that you are going well with the Amaryllis and Crossyne - they do take a while to get to flowering size - feed well and keep as warm as possible when dormant. Good luck!
cheers
fermi

[Jupiter]

I was walking in the bush in an old gold mining area a few weeks ago with my son Hugo, and we found clumps of a bulb in an old abandoned cottage. I'm pretty sure they were Nerine as they had narrower leaves than Amaryllis and smaller fruit arranged radially around the umbel, pinkish in colour. I will dig some up and move them to my garden and we will see! Fingers crossed they'll be something interesting.

[Rimmer de Vries]

Nerine came as N. masonoirum in bloom for past few weeks.

[Rimmer de Vries]

Nerine rehmannii

[Rimmer de Vries]

This one came as Nerine platypetala. Looks Alot like N masonoirum (on right in second photo)

Differences i see are slightly wider leaf diameter and one petal points down in N platypetala.
Is this tagged correctly?

[PaulFlowers]

Nerine sarensis in the rain. The temperatures been dipping down to 5 already

[PaulFlowers]

Nerine from exbury looking amazing - so far my favourite has been 'dingaan' but it didn't set any viable seeds.

Like this year, in future years I'm going to give a monthly spray to keep the roots alive through summer and a soak in early July. Even if they're all so early at least they're flowering.

The garden nerines are also sending up flowers too

[johnralphcarpenter]

Nerine 'Ophelia'.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Nerine 'Malvern'.

[Karaba]

This one came as Nerine platypetala. Looks Alot like N masonoirum (on right in second photo)

Differences i see are slightly wider leaf diameter and one petal points down in N platypetala.
Is this tagged correctly?

Maybe an hybrid ?
Compared with pictures on the web, your "N. patypetala" is quite different (color, form of the petal, form of the flower) and I see less differences between this nerine and your N. masoniorum.

[Gerdk]

This is Nerine bowdenii var. wellsii - turned out to be winter hard, even if left outside in a pot

Gerd

[johnralphcarpenter]

Nerine 'Cassius'



x Amarine 'Belladiva'

[johnralphcarpenter]

Nerine 'Afterglow'



Nerine 'Ancilla'



Nerine 'Wolsey'