When the skin turns red. Regards Rachel Saunders Silverhill Seeds and Books Tel: +27 21 762 4245 Fax: +27 21 797 6609 PO Box 53108, Kenilworth, 7745 South Africa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Thorne" <fsthorne@hawaii.rr.com> To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 8:19 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Scadoxus multiflorus ssp. katherinae > Hi Doug, > > At which stage is the best time to harvest the seed? > > Regards, > Fred > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] > On Behalf Of Douglas Westfall > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 7:40 AM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: Re: [pbs] Scadoxus multiflorus ssp. katherinae > > "Jim wrote: "I've often wondered what differences there are between S. > multiflorus multiflorus and S. multiflorus katherinae" > >> From what I've read, it sounds like one is evergreen and one is >> deciduous." > > Doug, what say you? > > Basically, that is true. 75 to 80% of S. m. k hold their leaves and > pseudostem through the year until the "new" is ready to appear. At > that time, the old "dies" away and the "new" starts up. Shortly > thereafter, the "flower spike" appears. The "bulb" of this one is > somewhere between a bulb and a risome. > > Scadoxus multiflorus forms more of a bulb, and it "buries" itself in > the planting medium. DO NOT "OVER WATER" this bulb as it will rot if > overwatered. > > There is also "miniature"/"dwarf" form of S. multiflorus. It is also > more of a bulb, buries itself, and goes completely "dormant". > > I hope this "non-scientific" answer helps to distinguish between the > two. > > Doug > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com/ > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.10/1584 - Release Date: 7/31/2008 > 12:00 PM > > >