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Alessandro.marinello

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Bulbs from South America 2011
« on: April 12, 2011, 09:00:49 PM »
my first Alstroemeria in flower this year

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Re: Bulbs from South America 2011
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2011, 09:08:32 PM »
It's lovely Allessandro, I think mine are all dead this year after such a cold winter  :'(
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Re: Bulbs from South America 2011
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2011, 09:27:25 PM »
Thanks Peter
sorry for your plants, I have held to +7, but it resists also to +2
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Re: Bulbs from South America 2011
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2011, 09:46:50 PM »
my new green house will be +2, I had some alstromarias for 8 years. 2 survived last winter at -15 but not this one at -18!  :'(
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Re: Bulbs from South America 2011
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2011, 10:32:28 PM »
Leucocoryne purpurea
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Re: Bulbs from South America 2011
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2011, 03:13:02 PM »
I seems the leucocoryne is pleasantly scent in the morning as well.

 
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Leonia, New Jersey

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Re: Bulbs from South America 2011
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2011, 08:45:18 PM »
Comes from a mild region in norther Chile with a hot dry summer.

Chilean bulbs and corms are comparatively very difficult to grow.
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Alberto Castillo, in south America, near buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Re: Bulbs from South America 2011
« Reply #7 on: April 17, 2011, 07:26:32 PM »
I'm not sure this is the right place to post some oxalis.
Oxalis laciniata x enneaphylla "Ione Hecker"
Oxalis laciniata "Gwen McBride"
Oxalis adenophylla x enneaphylla "Anne Christie"
Oxalis adenophylla
Oxalis adenophylla "Purple Heart"
Oxalis laciniata "Ridgeway Jewel" (a seedling form O. "Seven Bells")
« Last Edit: April 18, 2011, 09:39:53 PM by Maggi Young »
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Luc Scheldeman
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Re: Bulbs from South America 2011
« Reply #8 on: April 17, 2011, 07:33:18 PM »
Most probably as they are native of southern South America
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Alberto Castillo, in south America, near buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Re: Bulbs from South America 2011
« Reply #9 on: April 18, 2011, 09:59:06 PM »
Friends, my apologies for getting the South African and South American threads mixed up . :-[ :-[
 I have tried to sort them out... if you can find any more stray posts in either South African Bulbs 2011 or Bulbs from South America 2011, please send me a note and I'll fix it.  :-X

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Re: Bulbs from South America 2011
« Reply #10 on: May 07, 2011, 06:16:31 PM »
Tristagma nivalef nivale F&W 10284
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Re: Bulbs from South America 2011
« Reply #11 on: May 07, 2011, 06:30:29 PM »
Exceptionally well grown, Peter. Tristagmas are difficult to tame.
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Re: Bulbs from South America 2011
« Reply #12 on: May 07, 2011, 06:46:23 PM »
Thankyou Alberto, it was indeed difficult to please in a pot but grows well in the ground. It's root system goes very deep.
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Re: Bulbs from South America 2011
« Reply #13 on: May 07, 2011, 07:45:51 PM »
That's right, Peter. Patagonian bulbs and tubers grow in screes in slopes. Tropaeolums, Tristagmas, Rhodophialas, and Alstroemerias (although not bulbs) all grow under those conditions where the roots are cool.
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Re: Bulbs from South America 2011
« Reply #14 on: May 07, 2011, 08:08:23 PM »
It has Tropaeoleum polyphyllum for company Alberto and a lot of gravel.
I believe many people associate screes with hot condidions but I think of stones and gravel top dressing as a way to insulate the roots in order to keep them cool and /or  stop them drying out.
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