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Hans J

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Re: Haemanthus 2011
« Reply #45 on: July 23, 2011, 12:12:16 PM »
here now special for Bernie :
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Re: Haemanthus 2011
« Reply #46 on: July 23, 2011, 09:48:32 PM »
works for me too Hans  ;)
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Re: Haemanthus 2011
« Reply #47 on: July 23, 2011, 09:52:59 PM »
 ::) ::) .... ;D
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Re: Haemanthus 2011
« Reply #48 on: July 24, 2011, 09:21:18 AM »
I cant see the stamens!
But what are the little yellow things?
 ;) ;) ;)
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Re: Haemanthus 2011
« Reply #49 on: July 24, 2011, 10:19:35 AM »
....gold dust  :o Bernie ...gold dust  ;D
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Re: Haemanthus 2011
« Reply #50 on: July 24, 2011, 02:37:32 PM »
Ohhhhh gold dust!
 8)

I have good news:
-Haemanthus humilis "Glen Craig" will flower the first time for me (a dwarf form)
-both humilis hirsutus "Siky Leaf" will also flower
-one spec. Lüderitz is open, the second plant will flower in one week and the third start growing and will flower in some weeks
-all my x clarkei will flower, one is short before opening the flower
-in some weeks i can harvest my first carneus-seeds

 :D

Have a nice sunday

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Bernie
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Re: Haemanthus 2011
« Reply #51 on: July 25, 2011, 12:14:18 AM »
Bernie, do you and others think that interspecific hybrids of Haemanthus, like x-clarkii, show hybrid vigor?  Do they reach bloom size from seed in less time than the straight species do?  I can't seem to make up my own mind about this.

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Re: Haemanthus 2011
« Reply #52 on: July 25, 2011, 08:35:08 AM »
Hi Jim,

i dont know, my first hybrids i have sown 2 years ago (hirsutus x coccineus, i have sown the same cross last year).
This is to short to say anything but till now i dont see that my hybrids grow faster.

After how many years flowerd your hirsutus x coccineus the first time?


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Re: Haemanthus 2011
« Reply #53 on: July 25, 2011, 01:22:10 PM »
My [hirsutus x coccineus] seedlings started to bloom in 5 years -- that is, the fastest to bloom of the batch bloomed in 5 years.  The same applies to my crosses of [coccineus x barkerae] and [barkerae x coccineus] -- the first to bloom did so in 5 years.  Most in these batches first bloomed in the 6th year.

I have had species take an eternity to bloom, 10 to 12 years at worst; but those were all started before I had accumulated a lot of experience growing Haemanthus from seed, so it could be my own ineptitude that made them slow.  My fastest to bloom for species were a couple in the batch of lanceifolius that bloomed (last year) in 6 years.  That's why I wonder what others are finding.  I'm not sure of my own results at this point.

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Re: Haemanthus 2011
« Reply #54 on: August 02, 2011, 12:02:17 PM »
Here is flowering my Haemanthus  X clarkei  :D

...never so early before .....
« Last Edit: August 02, 2011, 12:13:37 PM by Hans J »
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Re: Haemanthus 2011
« Reply #55 on: August 02, 2011, 12:59:34 PM »
Hans, that's a very nice bloom.

I have an x-clarkei that I got from Mike Salmon years ago.  It doesn't bloom most years, and the umbel is a very washed-out pink, almost ivory.  It can, however, make huge leaves when I pamper it enough.

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Re: Haemanthus 2011
« Reply #56 on: August 02, 2011, 01:05:27 PM »
Thank you Jim  :D

My plant comes also orginal from Mike Salmon ....I have killed a plant in last year by to much sun  :'(
But K.Vickery sent me a replacement  :D

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Re: Haemanthus 2011
« Reply #57 on: August 02, 2011, 01:26:21 PM »
Terry Hatch told me that his x-clarkei were extremely varied in flower colors and mostly very attractive.  I'm thinking I should make the cross myself!

Jim
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Re: Haemanthus 2011
« Reply #58 on: August 02, 2011, 02:22:43 PM »
Good luck Jim !
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Re: Haemanthus 2011
« Reply #59 on: August 02, 2011, 04:29:12 PM »
Jim,

   They are quite beautiful, you seem to have a touch with Haemanthus, I say you do it!!!!!!   ;D
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