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Hans J

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Cyrtanthus 2012
« on: February 04, 2012, 04:04:47 PM »
here are flowering a lot of my Cyrtanthus ( mackenii forms & hybrids )

Cyrtanthus mackenii ' Christina'
Cyrtanthus mackenii 'cream' ex PT
Cyrtanthus mackenii 'red' ex AM
Cyrtanthus X 'Devils Delight'

enjoy
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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2012, 04:31:32 PM »
Very nice Hans.
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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2012, 04:34:44 PM »
Well done Hans
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Hans J

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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2012, 04:41:10 PM »
Thank you David + Peter !

some flowers more will open in few days  :D

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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2012, 06:30:04 AM »
Wunderbar Hans,  what is the Cyrtanthus X 'Devils Delight'  a cross of???

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Hans J

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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2012, 07:43:10 AM »
Hi George ,

nice to hear from you  :D

Yes - 'Devils Delight' is a cross between C.obrienii X C.macowanii

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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2012, 08:35:34 AM »
Fantastic Hans...
are you on facebook?
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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2012, 09:33:45 AM »
Fantastic Hans...
are you on facebook?

George

Oh no ...I dont like facebook
I will write you a PM

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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2012, 09:56:56 PM »
Hans
beautiful collection
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Hans J

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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2012, 10:02:00 PM »
Thank you Alessandro   :D

your plant is really fine !
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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #10 on: February 14, 2012, 09:41:52 AM »
Hans, another fine collection. Your Cyrtanthus mackenii 'cream' ex PT is my favorite. Nice to have something flowering this time of year.

Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to seeing some more of your wonderful plants in flower this year.

Angie  :)
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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #11 on: February 14, 2012, 09:57:05 AM »
Thank you Angie  :)

Please send me a bit sun and warm from Scotland ...so maybe more flowers will open

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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #12 on: February 14, 2012, 06:43:13 PM »
Hans, we have just been really lucky this winter. You might be having a cold winter but at least you know you will get a warm summer. Our summers are sometimes not worth calling summer.

Angie  :)
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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2012, 12:59:51 PM »
new flowers from today :

Cyrtanthus mackenii "Himalyan Pink"
Cyrtanthus mackenii "Yellow Clarion" ( from a nice forum member ) ;)

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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #14 on: February 22, 2012, 02:39:28 PM »
Hans - What a lovely range of colours in your various Cyrtanthus.  I have to wonder how you treat these. I ask because I repotted a Cyrtanthus brachyscyphus into a 50cm pot one year ago, it grew very (too) vigorously and flowered heavily throughout the late winter and was still giving a reasonable show in late autumn. Now it is in a greenhouse, badly congested and with only a few flower stalks.  The largest bulbs are not leafing out and sit atop the soil.

Seems that what I once thought a slow and deliberate plant with liuttle increase for quite a number of years has suddenly become a thug of sorts.

I wonder if the larger bulbs are not getting senescent.  Should I toss the larger bulbs or pot them on singly? Do you have to divide and repot every year?  If so I will have to find homes for quite an excess.

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« Last Edit: February 22, 2012, 02:51:06 PM by johnw »
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