But Cynthia, (as all the rhodophiala bifida you sent last year are in full bloom in a bed), the Rhodophialas are spectacular when they bloom. It just the other 362 days, huh? Kevin D. Preuss http://www.amaryllis-plus.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Mueller" <c-mueller@tamu.edu> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 5:30 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Crinum breeding: which features ? > Dear Angelo, > > You mentioned... "in the last years I have gathered quite a number of > Crinum, more than 40 > among species and hybrids and now many are reaching flowering size and > this > can be rather lengthy from seed for the pure species.... > But now I am changing my mind a bit. These flowers, although nice and > scented, are very short lasting and if I wasn't been up very late that > night > a couple of weeks ago, I would have missed Crinum amoenum flowering > which > lasted one night only. The others don't last than two days. ...As > crinums are often very cumbersome plants and personally I don't find > them > nice foliage plants apart asiaticum, I wonder if still make sense to > grow > them." > > I, too, don't think all crinums are a good deal, but some well chosen > kinds give several days of flowering - almost up to a week in the case > of Mrs. James Hendry or Emma Jones. Then, they repeat. Some of my > Digweedii and milk and wine lilies throw up many stalks of flowers over > the spring and summer. So, I think they are garden-worthy. > > Actually, it's things such as Rhodophiala that don't last very long for > me. > > Cynthia W. Mueller > College Station, TX > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php