Haemanthus 2010

[BULBISSIME]

Michael,

how can you get this short leaves ?
Is it a special form or lot of light ?
I grow mines in shade and of course have long leaves, but I thought they didn't like bright light.?

[Michael J Campbell]

They might need shade in their native habitat but not this far north, it is more sun they need here. That one was grown in a unshaded greenhouse all last summer, I don't have room in my shaded house for it. I suppose it depends on how much sun you get,if you get lots of sun it probably would like a little shade,but we don't usually have that problem.

[BULBISSIME]

Thank's Michael,
I'll try with more sun this year...

[angie]

Wow Michael amazing, cant wait till I get mine to flower, thanks for sharing
Angie

[Ezeiza]

Michael, in shade they develop those huge Rolling Stones tongue shaped leaves. To compensate. It is logic that with a lot of sun the leaves will have a smaller surface for photosynthesis.

[Luar]

I suppose Haemanthus unifoliatus is meant to have a single leaf but my bulb, which I imported from a plant nursery in Japan almost 20 years ago, tends to produce two leaves.  The bulb has never multiplied and flowered for me only for the first time last year.  Besides, it does not grow very large in size.

[BULBISSIME]

Superb Luar !!
One of my plants also always produces 2 leaves, but never flowered.
Congratulations !

[Ray]

After looking at Luar's pic of Haemanthus deformis I think this is what I have.bye Ray

[Paul T]

Howdy All,

I'm going to post a few pics in different topic from the last few months of pics I have taken in my garden while I haven't been here on the forums.  I'll try to stick to just the unusual things that fit in somewhere specific in the forum.

This one was a first flowering for me... Haemanthus albiflos x coccineus..... my first pink flowered Haemanthus.  Very much like a pink albiflos in this case, but still quite lovely.  I nearly lost this years ago to rot, but a tiny piece survived and eventually took off growing.  I have no idea whether it will take after the albiflos side and offset, or the coccineus side and more likely not. 

Enjoy.

[Alessandro.marinello]

Hello to all
I have two Haemanthus in flower, H. carneus and H. pauculifolius that it does not seem to be, someone could help me

[Paul T]

Both are lovely, Alessandro.  Nice shades of pink.

[arillady]

They are much lovelier and a better shape than some Haemanthus.
Did you grow from seed?

[Renate Brinkers]

Alessandro,

congratulations to flowering Haemanthus carneus, looks great.

Unfortunately I donīt know which Haemanthus the second one could be. I also donīt think that it is H.pauculifolius because it should be white and it should have leaves. I have some and they are evergreen, but no flowers till now.

[Alessandro.marinello]

Thanks Renate
creed is other H. carneus, the flowers are equal and also the period of flower

[JoshY46013]

My Haemanthus Montanus is waking up today   I saw the first sings of a leaf poking through   No bloom tho