Haemanthus 2012

[Auricular]

Hello forum,

after a long time without showing pictures here are some from me.
First some leaves only.


    amarylloides ssp. polyanthus Kamieskroon 
    amarylloides ssp. amarylloides Viskuil
    barkerae Calvinia
    barkerae Nieuwoudtville
    coccineus Darling Giant
    coccineus Dwarf Port Elizabeth
    coccineus Dwarf Port Elizabeth2
    coccineus Spoegrivier Giant
    crispus ordinary versus Giant

[Auricular]

some more

    dasyphyllus
    graniticus
    humilis ssp. hirsutus Klipspringer Diamond Mine
    humilis ssp. humilis King William´s Town Dwarf
    namaquensis Kourkammaberge
    namaquensis Springbok

[Auricular]

...nearly since 2 years i wait for a sign of life...fortunately now 3 of my 4 humilis ssp. humilis dwarf Grahamstown start their growth

[Maggi Young]

Large photos for an average screen  Bernie, but what great detail in them! Fascinating to see the detail in these sharp photos -  just the sort of degree of detail that some folks might never realise is there on their plants!

[Auricular]

Haemanthus humilis var. humilis "The Giant"

[Auricular]

and some flowers:

    humilis ssp. humilis Hanover
    x clarkei 
    coccineus Giant Colchester
    humilis ssp. hirsutus Mooi River 
    namaquensis Narapberg

[Auricular]

Oh sorry!!! Now i realise that the pictures are maybe really to big!
 
Should i resize them that they are smaller?

[Hans J]

simply fantastic Bernie !!!

[Maggi Young]

The sharpness and detail is worth leaving these at that size, Bernie - but perhaps in future it would be better to make them around 780  x 600 pixels   

[ArnoldT]

Heamanthus cocineus 'Gifberg'

[Angelo Porcelli]

Here one of my Haemanthus albiflos x coccineus, I used a broadleaf form of albiflos, which flowers in September instead of November - Dicember like the other albiflos plants I grow and the coccineus mother in the second photo. I have not well understood which hybrid is correctly named H. x clarkei, I see many of you posting photos of a deciduous plant which grows like coccineus, but mine are all evergreen, holding 2 pairs of leaves, growing like any albiflos. Leaves are quite big also, but a few individuals have more round and short leaves and I will probably select them among the others.

[Paul T]

Angelo,

I grow one of these crosses as well, and mine looks more like a pink albiflos in shaping.  I wish mine had more of the shape of coccineus to it, but I'm just happy to have a pink Haemanthus. 

[Angelo Porcelli]

Still Haemanthus season here, with sanguineus which enjoys a full sun spot in the ground and a broadleaf form of albiflos, a bit pale for too much sun ! This one flowers several weeks before the other albiflos I grow

[Paul T]

That is a beautiful albiflos, Angelo.  So very different to the ones I grow here.  The leaves almost look large enough to be coccineus.    Good sized flowerheads too by the look of it.  Well done.

[Hans J]

here some pics from my H.albiflos ( we had a little sun today )

First is my oldest H.albiflos ( received 1997 )- in this year now with 16 flowers !!!

next is now my own cross from this year ( H. albiflos X H.incarnatus )...I hope for nice flower in few years

Like Angelo says - H.albiflos have a lot different clones which flowering in different times
the first start middle - end of September ,than now this big group ....and in the greenhouse are more which have just buds

Hans