Crinum

Alberto Grossi crinum@libero.it
Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:06:19 PDT
Hi Jim, thank you cery much. 
I too have the two forms from this cross, even if one has not bloomed till now.
The one that bloomed has scented starry pink flowers and is evergreen. The flowers are long lasting, today is the fouth day. No  offsets or splitted stem.

Ciao
Alberto



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Date      : Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:31:28 +1000
Subject : Re: [pbs] Crinum







> Hi Alberto,
> 
> There is an article by George Cowlishaw (a solicitor, horticultural author, 
> and plant breeder) in Vol 2 of Herbertia (1935) "Notes on Amaryllid 
> Activities in Australia."  In the article he covers the breeding of Crinums, 
> Clivias, Hippeastrums and  intergeneric Amaryllis hybrids in Australia and 
> mentions that he saw C. pedunculatum x C. moorei hybrids prior to 1924 with 
> light to  deep pink flowers (probably made by HB Bradley) .  He himself 
> remade this cross in 1924 - flowering 9 bulbs in 1929. I quote from the 
> article: ""the growth of the plant was intermediate between the two parents 
> , more massive than moorei and not so tall a pedunculatum, with its foliage 
> appearing much like the latter."   He claims that he obtained two different 
> hybrid forms one being  deciduous like moorei, with large perfectly shaped 
> white and  highly perfumed flowers, and the more promininet  evergreen form 
> where the flowers were pink and starry shaped.
> Bill Morris in the 1960's found the dark pink pedunculatum hybrid in a 
> suburban garden near Cowlishaw's residence.  The cross was remade by Bruce 
> Knight about  15 years ago - and I was fortunate to get offsets of both of 
> these from John Henderson who lives in Brisbane. I have flowered them for 
> the past two years.
> I can assure you that they look like half sized pedunclatum's with broader 
> slimmer leaves and that they offset slowly and never split.
> 
> Cheers
> Jim Lykos
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alberto Grossi" <crinum@libero.it>
> To: "pbs" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 5:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Crinum
> 
> 
> > Hi all and thank you.
> > The matter is that in these days I had blooming for the second time a 
> > cross pedunculatum (now I can say pedunculatum) x moorei I made a few 
> > years ago. Does anyone of you know if this cross has a name? or who made 
> > it for the first time ?
> >
> > Ciao
> > Alberto
> > Italy
> >
> >
> >
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Alberto Grossi
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