Pancratium canariense

[Renate Brinkers]

Here some pictures of my Pancratium canariense. I got it two years ago as I spent some time at Gran Canaria and it flowers the first time for me. Normaly the flower stalk should be among 50cm long and it should flower in autumn but this year everything flowers much earlier than other years.
The first flower opened today with a scent that remembers a bit at lemon.

[Paddy Tobin]

Renate,

Delighted to see the flower of this plant. I grow the foliage spectacularly well but have never flowered it. Your secret?

Paddy

[Paul T]

Congratulations Renate.  Well Done!! 

[Hans J]

Renate ,

nice to see this plant in flower - congratulation .
I will have to wait some years with my pot with seedlings .....

[Gerdk]

Good morning Hans!

Did you wake up early (like me)? 

Because of its long roots Pancratium was grown in a clay pipe (Tonrohr) at the Botanical Garden of Wuppertal.

Gerd

[Hans J]

Good morning Gerd ,

as you know :

"only the early cat catch the birds" 

[Renate Brinkers]

Thanks but I have not the feeling that I did something special.
I kept it dry and cold in winter. In summer I placed it on the most sunny place in the greenhouse and gave it just a bit of water every 8 to 10 days.
We had a really hot and sunny summer and then, two weeks ago from one day to another the temperatures had fallen down to 20 to 25°C at day (before we had weeks with tempertures of 25° to 30°) and at night to 11° to 15° - my idea is that this is the real reason for flowering.

[Renate Brinkers]

Gerd,
thanks for that idea, I will try it with P.maritimum. We saw P.maritimum in Andalusia and the bulbs have been very, very deep in the sand.

[Gerdk]

Good morning Gerd ,

as you know :

"only the early cat catch the birds" 

You love cats, I like birds - so " the early bird catches the worm " 

Gerd,
thanks for that idea, I will try it with P.maritimum. We saw P.maritimum in Andalusia and the bulbs have been very, very deep in the sand.

Renate,
Please try it - I saw the Pancratium in the greenhouse at Wuppertal, it grew perfectly.

Gerd

[Hans J]

Gerd :

do you know this ?

'Morgenstund hat Gold im Mund' ......( you know I'm a dental technican ) 

[Armin]

Renate,
a beautiful flower plant

[Renate Brinkers]

Gerd,
yes I will, cross your fingers for interesting pictures next year.

Thanks Armin,
now I hope for the next species - theres an unknown which didn´t flowered til now...

[Paddy Tobin]

Hans,

Has this anything to do with gold fillings in teeth? (You being a dental technician)

Or who put the gold in Morgenstund's mouth?

Paddy

[Hans J]

Hi Paddy ,

this is really a very old verb in germany - please look :

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgenstund_hat_Gold_im_Mund

this verb is orginal in latin and it is truly translatet :

aurora habet aurum in ore

this means if you stand up early so you can do a lot good things  ......in my work we says this verb because we must work always with gold ....

the opposite of this verb is
"Morgenstund hat Blei im Hintern" .....should I translate it ?

[Armin]

Paddy,
Hans,

"Morgenstund hat Gold im Mund" is the same as "The early bird catches the worm".

Cheers.