Zephyranthes and some other amaryllids... 2008-2009

[Hans J]

Alberto ,

I have written today to a specialist from USA - maybe he can help us what is the correct name -from this man I have also received the seeds ....

After my knowlegde if it is not a species and so it must be written in this form :

Zephyranthes 'Labufarosea' or Zephyranthes X 'Labufarosea' .....but not Z. labufarosea -if it is written in this form so it indicate that a species ....

Please correct me if I'm wrong !

If I have new informations so I will post it.....
Hans

[Paul T]

Hans,

If not a species, it is usually written as you have outlined.  Italics and lower case starting letter indicate species status.  Quotes and Uppercase starting letter indicate varietal name.

[Alberto]

Hans and Paul: I simply reported what written in the Howard's book. I think that as it was thought to be a species he wrote the name in italics and has not changed after he says it is an hybrid. That's all.
Hans you are right writing as you suggest.

Alberto

[Hans J]

Alberto ,

yes I have understand that have reportet  in this case has Howard made a missunderstandig name .

Paul - OK I'm rigth my writing ....thanks 

as all know :

"this plants show the motto of the german cacti society ":

In minimo quoque fidelis

 

[Hans J]

Hi all ,

here some new pics from today:

here is now the "true " Habranthus robusta ( seeds ex DKG )

[Hans J]

and some more :

Zeph. andersonii ( seeds ex PBS )
Zeph. martinezii ( seeds from UK )
Zeph. candida ( plants from friends )
Zeph. clorosolen ( plants from friends )

[Paul T]

Hans,

All great pics!!  Are you sure that is martinezii?  I've always seen it as palest pink/white with a pink throat, never striped like in your pic.  Then again, it could be as variable as laufarosea for all I know.  Whatever yours is I rather like it, and the clorosolen is just such a pristine white and lovely broad petals.... best white rainlily I've ever seen I think.

[Hans J]

Paul ,

I know this problem with Z.martinezii bit I'm pretty shure that my plants are correct named -but I grow also a lot of other types from this species - normaly I'm to lazy to make pics from martinezzi or tubispathus ....they they looks so nice this morning ....

Z. clorosolen is really something special - they are former under Cooperia and other - I think they are different from the other Zephyranthes.

To the pic from Z.clorosolen -thats was really a hard work -I must make 5 or 6 times pics from it -the color is so special !

Now after compere with Z."La Buffa Rosa" I think it's could really a hybrid with a similar plant...

[Gerdk]

Hans,
Super Zephyranthes, interesting colours!
How long do the flowers last? Are there differences between the species you cultivate?
I suspect they all belong to the ephemeral section.

Gerd

[Hans J]

Gerd ,

Thank you
The flowers hold for one or two days ( depending on the weather ) - but there are always new flowers !

[Paul T]

Gerd,

If you really want ephemeral.... try Zephyranthes minima.  An absolute cutie, flowers are about 1cm wide and white with red reverse.... but the flower only last a few hours at the most.  I had it for about 3 years before I ever managed to see an open flower.... they open mid morning and are closed by early afternoon.  Then it was another couple of years before I managed to sight another one.  last year I saw them regularly, but I think by then the clump was large enough that it produced so many flowers I couldn't miss them.  Every flower sets seed if allowed to.  I love it, but ephemeral is definitely something you'd use to describe it! 

[Hans J]

Hi all ,

here is now a other plant from this strain of hybrids ( found by Fairey & Schoenfeld in Mexico )
it is called

'Big Dude'

but my friend who given me this seeds wrote me :

 "this is not 'Big Dude', but seed collected from 'Big Dude' "

[art600]

Hans

I admired your snowdrops and paeonias, but your Zephyranthes and othe Amaryllidacae have me drooling.  I was wondering what to put in my fourth greenhouse (when erected), and now I know.

When you go on holiday, who looks after these treasures - a great responibility.

[Hans J]

Arthur ....

I must first look in my dictionary under "drooling" ...never heard before

There is no problem when I'm away ....

  I have a big monster with 6 heads -it watch by day and night for my collection

[Paul T]

Hans,

Drooling means Salivating.  Like when you smell something delicious and you start salivating, but in this case you see something nice plant-wise that you want to grow and you start salivating all over your keyboard.  Slobbering can also fit if needed.... it is just a bit more extreme.  Like those big drooly dogs that end up slobbering all over you, but in this case you're drooling so much over the plants that you see here on the forums that you end up slobbering all over the keyboard. 

I am so glad this is a gardening forum, or else this discussion could be quite risque!