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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #45 on: August 16, 2012, 08:18:03 PM »
Quote from: Angelo Porcelli on May 23, 2012, 09:21:16 AM
Hans, which species are involved in the hybrid Red Prince?

I've always understood that C. 'Red Prince' is a one of the progeny of what were considered to be bi-generic hybrids of Vallota purpurea and various smaller Cyrtanthus. These crossings were carried out both in New Zealand and California in the late 1950's and early 1960's. The Vallota is of course now Cyrtanthus elatus so Red Prince should be considered a hybrid of two Cyrtanthus species, probably C. elatus x C. mackenii.
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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #46 on: August 16, 2012, 08:25:07 PM »
 C. 'Red Prince' has indeed been called a C. mackenii hybrid previously in the Forum:


http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=4361.0
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=2856.msg67050#msg67050
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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #47 on: August 17, 2012, 03:27:09 AM »
Hans,

That Cyrtanthus spiralis is gorgeous, both the flowers and the cool leaves.  How big and the flowers and the leaves?  It's hard to tell from the pic.

 Congratulations on the Cyrtanthus montanus..... I've grown that species for years and never managed to flower it yet, but hopefully one day.  I managed to finally flower Cyrtanthus falcatus, which is the same age as my montanus, so hopefully it might be a bit more co-operative this year.  ;D 

Roland,

You've positively got a brevi of beauties there.  I'd never noticed there were so many of the species starting with brevi. :-\

Thanks for the pics everyone.
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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #48 on: August 17, 2012, 08:28:28 AM »
Fantastic plants Hans
I like the leaves from the C. spiralis

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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #49 on: August 17, 2012, 08:48:17 AM »
Paul ,

I'm glad that you like it

To your question about C. spiralis :
the stem has a length of 30 cm
the diameter of the umber is 13 cm
the lenght of a flower is 7cm
the leaves are 1,2 cm broad

I dont know why so many people have problems with this plant - they grows well for me and I have near every year a flower ...maybe it is a good clone ?
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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #50 on: August 17, 2012, 08:51:06 AM »
Thank you Roland !

my compliment to your C. breviflorus ...I have really problems with this plant

Which conditions have your plants ?
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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #51 on: August 17, 2012, 03:52:39 PM »
only a try :

knows maybe anybody here ( from the northern hemisphere ) a source for a Cyrtanthus flanaganii bulb ?

It is possibly to buy seeds from the southern hemishere ....but it makes no sense to buy it now and sow it in our spring

Maybe anybody has surplus seedlings ( more than one year old )

Please send me a PM
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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #52 on: August 20, 2012, 08:33:50 PM »
Cyrtanthus obliquus, the only bulb of my batch of obliquus to bloom so far.  This one has 6 leaves; the others all have only 4 or fewer leaves.

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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #53 on: August 20, 2012, 08:42:40 PM »
Congratulations Jim
perfect flower

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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #54 on: August 20, 2012, 08:46:08 PM »
Quote from: bulborum on August 20, 2012, 08:42:40 PM
Congratulations Jim
perfect flower

Roland
And from me too Jim.
I hope mine will flower soon, I grew them from Silver hill seeds a few years ago now.
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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #55 on: August 20, 2012, 08:53:54 PM »
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I hope mine will flower soon, I grew them from Silver hill seeds a few years ago now.
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These are 10 years old, grown from wild-collected seeds from Croft Wild Bulbs, from the Kei-Stutterheim area.  This is still the only bulb of there to bloom so far.

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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #56 on: August 20, 2012, 09:43:07 PM »
Have to feed them up then.   ;)
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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #57 on: August 30, 2012, 10:09:29 PM »
Cyrtanthus montanus is flowering again here...
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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #58 on: August 30, 2012, 11:03:44 PM »
Heavy flower Peter
looks as a load of seeds

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Re: Cyrtanthus 2012
« Reply #59 on: September 08, 2012, 11:04:42 AM »
here is flowering Cyrtanthus sanguineus ex Horse Shoe Falls /Zimbabwe  :D

the flowers are maybe a bit smaller than my other C.sanguineus :
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=4151.msg110548#msg110548
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