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Hippeastrum 2012
« on: February 29, 2012, 09:05:14 PM »
Hi Guys,

  I thought I'd start a Hippeastrum thread for 2012!



Hippeastrum blossfeldiae

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Re: Hippeastrum 2012
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2012, 08:17:12 AM »
Quote from: JoshY46013 on February 29, 2012, 09:05:14 PM
Hi Guys,

  I thought I'd start a Hippeastrum thread for 2012!



Hippeastrum blossfeldiae


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Re: Hippeastrum 2012
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2012, 09:54:15 AM »
Great start to a new thread, Folks, thank you.
Welcome Stephen! 8)
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Re: Hippeastrum 2012
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2012, 01:05:05 PM »
Stephen,

That is a striking green throat, isn't it!! :o
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Re: Hippeastrum 2012
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2012, 07:51:15 PM »
Stephen,
welcome on the forum. An exquisite beauty 8) 8) 8)
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Re: Hippeastrum 2012
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2012, 08:34:43 PM »
A note that there are some magnificent Hippeastrum pictured on display at the thread of 'Remarks from the Weekly KAVB Flower Show - Lisse' -
http://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1315.msg240434#msg240434
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Re: Hippeastrum 2012
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2012, 06:13:43 PM »
in these days I've this one in blooming on 3 stems
I don't know if it is an hybrid or a selected clone (searching on the net seem to be the last one)
Hippeastrum cybister 'chico'
the latter 3 photos are made this afternoon, the first 2 two or three days ago
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« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2012, 06:28:13 PM »
Wow, Matteo - three stems is a lot!
Great flowers, very sculptural.  How big is the bulb?
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« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2012, 06:34:29 PM »
the bulbs (one big + one offset ) are in a 20-25 cm pot.. i think the bulb its about 10-15 cm in diameter... 2 stem are from the mother bulb and 1 from the puppy
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« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2012, 06:43:16 PM »
Quote from: orpheos on April 05, 2012, 06:34:29 PM
the bulbs (one big + one offset ) are in a 20-25 cm pot.. i think the bulb its about 10-15 cm in diameter... 2 stem are from the mother bulb and 1 from the puppy
My goodness... that is a good size, but not as big as I thought it might be to do so well.  Must be great growing conditions.
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Re: Hippeastrum 2012
« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2012, 08:08:09 PM »
They are, Maggi, this species comes from a hot dry region, where it grows in full sun (nothing like the Tarzan jungle people think Hippeastrum comes from). The bulbs must be deeply buried and this is why large pots are important.
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« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2012, 03:19:47 AM »
Maggi,

I have a cybister grown from seed many years ago (when I've posted pics elsewhere in the past it was identified as the "Reggae" strain).  I was surprised at how small the bulbs of these need to be to flower.  No self respecting Hippeastum hybrid would ever flower with a bulb maybe 6 or 7cm wide.  I have a main bulb that flowers every year now, then had 2 and gave one away to someone, now I have 2 flowering sized ones and lots of offsets.  I really need to repot as I haven't in a few years, which is why I think only 2 are of flowering size.  The flowers are striking to me.... very weird and cool.  ;D   I just love them.
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« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2012, 04:07:06 AM »
Mystery species from Peru, possibly H. machupijchensis

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« Reply #13 on: April 23, 2012, 01:51:12 PM »
First bulb to flower from seeds of Hippeastrum harrisonii from the IBS SX in 2007.  H. harrisonii prefers swampy habitats in nature, and this pot is sitting in a tray with water standing in it.  Pots not standing in water, even with periodic drip irrigation, are not nearly so large.

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« Reply #14 on: April 23, 2012, 02:01:08 PM »
Jim, what a beauty.
 Flower markings are so pretty and SUCH an elegant trumpet. 8)
...and five years from seed for such a wonderful flower seems reasonable to me!
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