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Author Topic: Hymenocallis durangoensis  (Read 1955 times)

Alessandro.marinello

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Hymenocallis durangoensis
« on: September 15, 2009, 08:29:54 PM »
today in flower, Hymenocallis durangoensis, native to Durango state in Mexico
Padova N-E Italy climate zone 8

Onion

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Re: Hymenocallis durangoensis
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2009, 08:54:33 PM »
Alessandro,

superb plant :o. Must you protect this plants in your area, in winter?
Uli Würth, Northwest of Germany Zone 7 b - 8a
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Re: Hymenocallis durangoensis
« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2009, 09:59:48 PM »
Just wonderful, almost extraterrestrial  :o  the anthers floating in space  :D
Valais, Switzerland - 1,200 metres - Continental climate - rocks and moraine

Alessandro.marinello

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Re: Hymenocallis durangoensis
« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2009, 11:09:29 PM »
Onion
I do not possess a heated greenhouse, I hold this it within house, in winter
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Alessandro.marinello

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Re: Hymenocallis durangoensis
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2009, 08:54:00 AM »
Ragged
thanks for your description, sin the flower is of short duration, a single day
Padova N-E Italy climate zone 8

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Re: Hymenocallis durangoensis
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2009, 07:13:29 PM »
Alessandro,

have you coniferneedles at the surface on these pots of Hymenocallis?
Uli Würth, Northwest of Germany Zone 7 b - 8a
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Alessandro.marinello

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Re: Hymenocallis durangoensis
« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2009, 09:05:49 PM »
Onion
I hold pots of some genus (the Eucharis, caliphruria, Scadoxus and Haemanthus) under a Abies, thus do not have directed sun, they do not seem to have problems, and they do not grow infesting grass
Padova N-E Italy climate zone 8

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Re: Hymenocallis durangoensis
« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2009, 07:13:54 PM »
Alessandro,

at the first moment I thought, this is one of the secrets in the cultivation of the Amaryllidaceae you grow. But no secrets, only nature  ;) 
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Re: Hymenocallis durangoensis
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2009, 03:42:04 PM »
A little behind schedule in blooming,Hymenocallis littoralis
Padova N-E Italy climate zone 8

 


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