Nerine 2008

[mark smyth]

No my fault. I looked in very briefly and responded with out seeing the smiley. All those on the forum who speak English as a second language do so very well putting us to shame

[johnw]

Smashing shots Mark, especially 'Nan'.

I have just about given up trying to photograph Nerines, my camera hates them all.

Had a wonderful true red bloom last week, an exceptional colour but only 2 flowers in the truss - maybe more next year. Also a very dark purple with an dark pink (almost red) centre. An attempt at a photo...but is much darker.



johnw - +8c and showers

[Pete Clarke]

Nerine crispa - bulbs bought from a garden centre earlier in the year. A nice small plant & flower.

[pehe]

Poul, I would not be too worried about expressing yourself in English.... believe me, we English Speakers can have PLENTY trouble understanding eachotherso we have great sympathy with you non-native speakers!! 
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Thanks Maggie!
This forum is very friendly and I would like to keep it that way. The Danish people has a reputation of being rude among foreign people. In fact we are not, but we are often very direct in our communication and that is not always appreciated. I am aware of that, and I try to avoid any misunderstandings.

Regards
Poul

[johnw]

A few  Nerine seedlings here today. The Coolpix seems to be much better with Nerines on Auto Close-up.

1 - dark purple - close to the colour but should be even darker.
2 - same but in focus but colour faded
3 - strong pink
4 - attempt at the red - colour off but getting close
5 - Early Snow
6 - light orange
7 - bi-colour
8 -  light pink
9 - another attempt at the red - colour off but getting close

johnw

[johnw]

Lastly a light red which seems impossible to get right.

johnw

[Hans J]

John 

what a fantastic collection !!!

Best wishes
Hans

[Alberto]

John, what a fantastic display! Really great!

Alberto

[pehe]

A few  Nerine seedlings here today.

johnw

A few! Then I would like to see them all.

As they are seedlings you must have lots of experience with germination time.
Early this spring I sowed some fresh bowdenii seeds, but so far none have germinated. When can I expect them? I have planned to keep the pot under cold glass (+2 degree) this winter - or is it better to keep them warmer?

Poul

[johnw]

Poul - It has been quite awhile since I sprouted Nerine seed but can recall they oftentimes send out roots while still in the pod. When I received seed from Smithers own hand-pollinated crosses many had sent out roots in the envelope. Hopefully they were fully ripe when you harvested your seed. N. bowdenii being hardy may be slower to germinate than sarniensis, it would be rather unwise of them to sprout at the onset of winter (though winter in their native haunts may be survivable). I am sure you will see roots before too long. Maybe others can comment on bowdenii as I haven't grown any from seed.

I would like to document all the Nerines here but the collection is hard to move about to photograph when they are all in bloom .... it gets very hazardous moving them.

Still plenty more to bloom and will shoot some of the better ones.

Should I save some seed for interested parties?

johnw

[ashley]

Early this spring I sowed some fresh bowdenii seeds, but so far none have germinated. When can I expect them? I have planned to keep the pot under cold glass (+2 degree) this winter - or is it better to keep them warmer?

Poul

Poul,

Freshly gathered bowdenii seed sown in sand last November/December all germinated for me under cold glass, but sporadically between about February and June as far as I can remember.  They remained in growth through our cool 'summer' and are now putting out more leaves.  Meanwhile the parent plants flowering in the garden are without leaves.  In my limited experience they seem easy but it may be important to keep the seeds from drying out before planting.

What a great display John!

[johnw]

Ashley - That's very interesting, we of course never get seed on the outdoor bowdeniis here. Either winter comes too early for them to ripen or someone steals the flowers. I guess it makes perfect sense that the hardy species would have the good sense to wait until spring to sprout.

N. bowdenii is not out yet here. I see you collected seed in November (?); when does it bloom there?

johnw

[Paul T]

John,

I would be VERY interested in some seed from your wonderful nerines.  I have a bunch of named ones, but never manage to set any seed on them at all.  The species however set seed freely, so I don't know what gives.    Would love to try a nice "lucky dip" to see what flowers resulted from seed from you, given how wonderful the pics you've just posted are.

[pehe]

Should I save some seed for interested parties?

Yes, please. I am very interested. Until last year I have only grown bowdenii, but now I have some sarniensis and I would like to try some of your beautiful hybrids.

Poul

[mark smyth]

Johnw you should use a plain pale grey background when photographing the Nerines