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angie

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Re: Haemanthus 2010
« Reply #120 on: December 06, 2010, 11:55:17 AM »
Quote from: BULBISSIME on December 06, 2010, 08:02:40 AM



Money or time  ::) ;D ;D

Angie :)

Angie , I'm afraid it will be Money AND Time  ;D
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I fear you may be right. Better live a bit longer and start saving ;D
One thing with all this snow we have here I haven't been going out so saving money ;D ...more money for plants ;D ;D ;D

Angie :)
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Re: Haemanthus 2010
« Reply #121 on: December 06, 2010, 12:41:13 PM »
 ;D ;D ;D
« Last Edit: December 08, 2010, 02:51:12 PM by Hans J »
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Re: Haemanthus 2010
« Reply #122 on: December 06, 2010, 01:13:58 PM »
Has anyone anywhere actually seen a plant of Haemanthus nortieri bloom in cultivation?  I'd like to see a picture.....

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Re: Haemanthus 2010
« Reply #123 on: December 06, 2010, 01:27:16 PM »
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Re: Haemanthus 2010
« Reply #124 on: December 06, 2010, 01:33:37 PM »
Thanks, Maggi.  I guess we should ask Jacob how he did that!

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Re: Haemanthus 2010
« Reply #125 on: December 07, 2010, 04:38:25 PM »
...im very happy today
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here it is:
my new Haemanthus nortieri

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Re: Haemanthus 2010
« Reply #126 on: December 07, 2010, 04:51:56 PM »
Congratulations!  That is a very impressive bulb.

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Re: Haemanthus 2010
« Reply #127 on: December 07, 2010, 04:57:38 PM »
Hi Jim,

yes thats really a "monster-bulb", for nortieri thats very big!

 ;D

Im so happy that the bulb suvived the cold weather in the little box an when i hold the nortieri in my hand im also happy that i have "changed" 200€ for the plant

 :o

Best wishes

Bernie
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Re: Haemanthus 2010
« Reply #128 on: December 07, 2010, 06:24:11 PM »
Herzlichen Glückwunsch Bernie !!!
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Re: Haemanthus 2010
« Reply #129 on: December 07, 2010, 06:50:33 PM »
Bernie, if that nortieri eventually blooms, please send me a good picture of it for my blog and my web site!

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Re: Haemanthus 2010
« Reply #130 on: December 07, 2010, 06:51:59 PM »
Really nice bulb,  can't wait to see it flowering.
Nice to see you happy.

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Re: Haemanthus 2010
« Reply #131 on: December 07, 2010, 06:55:33 PM »
@Jim:
i will send you a picture when it blooms (hopefully 2012 or so).
if you are interested, here in this thread are some pictures of my plants on this and the following sites:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=4905.45

@Angie:
yes im really happy after one week worried about my bulb and the cold temperatures
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Re: Haemanthus 2010
« Reply #132 on: December 08, 2010, 08:07:23 AM »
Good morning,

here are some photos showing my experiments wiht colchicine:
Haemanthus humilis hirsutus "silky leaf"
on the left side the untreated plants & right the colchicin-treated plants.
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Re: Haemanthus 2010
« Reply #133 on: December 08, 2010, 08:26:19 AM »
and here the differences in leaf-thickness, the colchicin-seedlings have "succulent" leaves
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Re: Haemanthus 2010
« Reply #134 on: December 08, 2010, 08:27:36 AM »
and for Hans:

Haemanthus albiflos "Tidbury´s Toll"

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