Haemanthus 2009

[Hans J]

Hi Angie + Eric ,

I grow a lot of Haemanthus and sometimes I have surplus of seeds ,seedlings or offsets.
p.e. I have in this time a lot of seedlings from Haemanthus albiflos ...
If you are interestet to swap or trade with me so please send me a PM - I can make you a list what is aviable in this time.

You should what is good for you with growing -Haemanthus can diveded in 3 groups :
evergreen ,summergrowing,wintergrowing

If you need further informations -please ask !

Best regards
Hans

[Eric Locke]

Paul ,as you say I"m sure we can arrange something later . Thanks

Angie my main interest is growing orchids, but I grow quite a large range of other bulbs too and am always trying something different given the chance. .

Hans I will be in touch.

Eric

[Maggi Young]

Angie, this link may be of intetest to you: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/amaryllids/haemanthus.html

 also these: http://www.bulbsociety.org/      
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/    and their discussion pages   http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php   

[angie]

Maggie

Thanks Maggie,  . Missed your happy face at the last meeting.

Angie

[angie]

Maggie

Oh! Maggie I forgot to say thanks for putting my location in for me . I think I will need to take some computer classes to keep up with all you experts.
Enjoying the links you gave me. Hans J said to look back at the older forumsabout Haemanthus and its great ( thanks Hans J ) its going to keep me busy all winter taking notes from all the topics. I was too busy reading all the new ones, never thought about going back to the first posts but what knowledge there is back there. Just wish my brain would take it in.

Thanks Angie

[cohan]

hi all, i tried this post under the haemanthus seed topic, but no results, so thought i'd try it here instead...

i've just received some H barkerae, coccineus and crispus in the mail, and indeed, 2 of the 3 species (not crispus) have germination in the envelope in the two weeks it took to arrive..

so now the next step(s) i've been looking a bit at old messages, but maybe i didnt dig far enough, i didnt (yet) find too much about culture; i have got that the medium should be gritty, but bearing in mind that i am an underwaterer, usually, what else should be in the mix? my possible components are a clayey loam which i use for cacti and succulents, or i can use a bit more humusy loam, i also have small fibre coir, besides the gritty things...

i read jim shields suggestion to sow individually in 4inch pots and leave for several years; would others agree? should i enclose the seedlings in plastic bags for humidity as i do with most other seeds? what about light and heat? i have artificial lights that are on about 14hrs and quite warm, i have warm or cool window areas with medium light (haworthia zone, second row from window, first row is pretty much occupied)..i'm trying to get lights set up in a cool room for winter growers, would use a 12 hr or less regime there...

[Hans J]

Hi Cohan,

please read the older topics for Haemanthus ....you will find a lot of informations for sowing !
I use plastic pots ( 9 x 9 )
My sowing material is for Haemantus : 75% mineralic ( coarse sand,gritt ...) + 25 % organic ( sowing soil without fertilizer )
I fill the pots and water it with boiling water ....after cool down you can sowing ( this methode is from Cameron McMaster )
Lay the seeds on the surface and fill it with gravel...but not cover it !!!
After this I make a plastic bag over this pot and I let it here in my room ( 20- 22 ° C )-soon as the root comes + the first leaves make away the plastic bag
When the leaves are a bit bigger you can give a little fertilizer
Please make no stop with cultivation when comes the 'normal'resting times for adult bulbs ( depending if summer - or wintergrower ) ....after 1,5 -2 years you can repotting ( if nessecary ) in single pots
To your other question : I use never artificial light - I have here a big window and I had never a problem ...later is it also not nessecary to give haemanthus in summer full sun ....
I grow also Cacti since more than 30 years ...it is a bit different -they have a other root system ...but if you have expierience with them so you will not have a big problem

Good luck
Hans

[Hans A.]

Lay the seeds on the surface and fill it with gravel...but not cover it !!!

Thanks Hans,
I think this is a very important point I ignored - just because of covering  some of mine faded away.
Otherwise I sowed them, as all other bulbous plants, in a mineralic based mix with only little organic soil in 11x11 pots to avoid repotting to early.
This ones were sown in July.

[Hans J]

Yes Hans !

All this fleshy amaryllids seeds like Clivia,Scadoxus,Haemanthus ,Gethyllis,Ammocharis ,Strumaria and other should be not covered !!!

A other point is before sowing this seeds to look from where the root tip come .....they should not look in the sky !!!

Greetings from Germany
Hans

[cohan]

thanks, hans, for the details;
i will dig some more in the older topics-i did already find some info on sowing (also in the current thread in seed section) so i think i am fine with soil and depth etc;
i just need to decide how many seeds to put in a pot, and especially how much light to give them;
i do have a lot of cacti, but there is not much room where they are, right in front of the glass, more room a little farther back (2nd or 3rd row of pots).. my tender plants never go outside, summer is not warm enough here..

[BULBISSIME]

Hans,
do you have a list of your winter and summer growing species, as some of mine seems to grow either in summer and in winter...

[Hans J]

Fred :

yes you are right !!!
Some Haemanthus have a clear resting time ...but some other ....I dont understand it .
Normaly are H.humilis ,montanus,carneus summergrowers .....but they seems not to read any books !
I water it from April until September ....but they start in July .....now they are dry since September -we have December and they are still green 

All my H.humilis and ssp. of H.humilis and forms are grown from me from seeds ....so they are not confused from changing the hemispheres

Evergreen are : albiflos,deformis,pauculifolius
Summergrowing are : humilis, hum. ssp. hirsutus ,canrneus,montanus,
all other are wintergrowers

[BULBISSIME]

Haemanthus paucifolius or pauculifolius... like a small H. albiflos, evergreen and flowering now

[angie]

Really nice I like the yellow tips.
Angie

[Alessandro.marinello]

Haemanthus paucifolius or pauculifolius... like a small H. albiflos, evergreen and flowering now

Fred
lovely, Which dimensions have the bulb? I possess also some, but still nothing flower