Haemanthus ID?

Robert Blomquist rob.blomquist@gmail.com
Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:56:16 PDT
I have a Massonia cf depressa with white flowers that may be what you
are referring to. I got it last winter from Arid Lands. Try this link
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

Rob who is still waiting for his to open again.



On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 11:35 AM, J.E. Shields <jshields@indy.net> wrote:
> Probably just albiflos.  There is a clone in cultivation that has wide,
> almost round leaves.  Post a picture somewhere when it flowers the next
> time.  Albiflos often has 3 or 4 leaves: 2 from last season and two new ones
> for this season.
>
> White flowered Haemanthus that I can think of:
> albiflos, deformis, and pauculifolius
> humilis hirsutus
> montanus
>
> Jim Shields
>
> At 02:26 PM 10/15/2010 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>> I knew somebody would suggest H. deformis. These plants, however, do not
>> have two flat leaves. They have several leaves held similarly to H.
>> albiflos, slightly curved upwards/outwards, but not just the two flat leaves
>> as seen in pictures of H. deformis. I don't know if it makes a difference,
>> but I have two, and they have formed fairly large clumps. Each mature bulb
>> is about 3 1/2 inches diameter.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jacob Knecht <jacobknecht@gmail.com>
>> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
>> Sent: Fri, Oct 15, 2010 2:23 pm
>> Subject: Re: [pbs] Haemanthus ID?
>>
>>
>> You may have *Haemanthus deformis*.
>>
>> Jacob
>> Berkeley, CA
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