Nerine 2008

[Alberto]

Hi all, Nerine are going to bloom.
Here is N. gaberonensis, with pink flowers. it is told it is evergreen, but it is deciduous in winter almost with me.
Alberto

[Renate Brinkers]

Hi Alberto,

really apart flowers. I never saw this species before.

[Brian Ellis]

Very nice Nerine Alberto, most attractive.

[Paddy Tobin]

Nice one, Alberto!

Paddy

[Paul T]

Alberto,

Aren't species Nerine so cool.    Can't say I've come across that species before, and I do like the way the flowers are so swept up, quite distinct from any other species I've seen (or at least seen in person).  Great to see it.  Thanks very much. 

[johnw]

Alberto - New to me as well, thanks, quite neat.  I was shocked Friday night to see leaves emerging on N. undulata, N. flexuosa 'Aba' and a flower stalk shooting up on N. 'Fothergillii Major'.  These had just been cleaned and repotted a few days ago. they are incredible at detecting a slight drop in night time temperaures. hopefully the warm weather will keep the rest shut down as 27c today and 19c at the moment.

johnw

[Alberto]

This is N. filifolia. It is an easy species to grow from seed!

Alberto
 

[Paul T]

Alberto,

It's one that never sets seed for me here.  I get seed from undulata, masoniorum, flexuosa alba, angulata etc every year, plus some years from pudica and humilis but I can never recall ever getting a seed from filifolia.  I wonder if we have an infertile clone here in Aus, or whether there just needs to be more than one clone of this species to produce seed?

[Alberto]

Usually I collect a lot of seeds from my plants! and they are from only one source.
Alberto

[Paul T]

Alberto,

Yours were grown from seed though weren't they?  Which means that they're multiple clones, not just offsets from an original plant.  All of my filifolias came from a purchase years ago.  Other species I mentioned will set seed with just a single flowerhead, but even with masses of flowerheads on the filifolia I've never known a seed to mature.

[art600]

This is N. filifolia. It is an easy species to grow from seed!

Alberto
 

Ah but first find the seed.

[Alberto]

Arthur, they are not difficult to find

Alberto

[David Pilling]

This is N. filifolia. It is an easy species to grow from seed!

Ah but first find the seed.

They are available from

www.africanbulbs.com

in April, £2.50 for 8-15 seeds.

How many years does it take to flower?

[Hans J]

Hi all ,

here is a Nerine from my collection :

Nerine laticoma

[Paddy Tobin]

Hans, What an odd shaped flower! Good colour with the dark striping.

Re N. filifolia, I have never had seeds on my plants but it produces offsets at an amazing rate and there are always plenty to spread around.
Paddy