Cyrtanthus mackenii

Truls at Wild Ginger Farm truls@wildgingerfarm.com
Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:01:43 PST
We obtained bulbs identified as Cyrtanthus mackenii that have bloomed  
in three colors, including orange, yellowish cream and a single  
individual that is pure white.  The white flower can be seen in the  
lower right photo on our catalog page at http://www.wildgingerfarm.com/store/archives/196/


Truls
Wild Ginger Farm
Beavercreek, OR 97004
http://www.wildgingerfarm.com/
info@wildgingerfarm.com



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> Here is, what seems to me, a white-flowered (really, it's slightly
> cream-colored) Cyrtanthus.
> http://flickr.com/photos/andrewrmw/…  . I do  
> not know
> the identity. Could it be C. mackenii or is it something else? It's  
> been in
> bloom here (outdoors) for the past two months or so. Thanks
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> Andrew
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> Hello Andrew
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> Very nice one . Did you buy it or was it in your garden already
> when you have a spare seed or two later
> I would be happy to have it for the collection
>
> Roland
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> 2011/1/30 AW <awilson@avonia.com>:
>> Here is, what seems to me, a white-flowered (really, it's slightly
>> cream-colored) Cyrtanthus.
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> From: "AW" <awilson@avonia.com>
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> Hi Roland!
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> This bulb has been growing here for many years and it has bloomed  
> reliably
> each year. I do not recall where it came from, but it might have  
> been UC
> Irvine. Mary Sue has just replied to that it is similar to her C.  
> mackenii
> hybrids. I'll be glad to send seed if and when I see it. It has not  
> set
> seedlings to date, and so may indeed be a hybrid.
>
> Andrew
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> Hello Andrew
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> Very nice one . Did you buy it or was it in your garden already when  
> you
> have a spare seed or two later I would be happy to have it for the
> collection
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> Roland
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> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 07:13:37 -0800
> From: Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org>
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> Hi,
>
> I'm skipping Naude's Nek for the moment where we spent part of two
> days discovering many wonderful plants as it will take some time to
> gather all our photos and Cameron's from the past to create a new
> group of pages for a new place on the wiki. We reluctantly left
> Naude's Nek but had a new treat in store as we were staying at a
> wonderful farm with very nice people, Balloch. It was very hot again
> so one of the delights was to cool off in a pool in the river after
> we unloaded. That night we had dinner outside in an open cave with a
> dramatic thunderstorm for entertainment. The next morning a hike up
> to the top of a mountain was scheduled before breakfast. Not only
> were the views spectacular, but we were rewarded by seeing several
> different specimens of one of my most favorite plants of the trip,
> Disa porrecta. I'm afraid I may have added more photos to the wiki
> than were needed to show its features.
> <http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…>
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> After breakfast we did another mountain hike in the area. Well, some
> of us did. It was already getting to be quite warm and there weren't
> so many plants to see so part way up the mountain a few of us found a
> cave with a lovely view and lingered there out of the sun while the
> rest of the group climbed to the top. Two plants seen at the
> beginning of this hike were Dierama robustum and Hypoxis
> angustifolia. Also spotted was a Gladiolus dalenii, but our pictures
> of it aren't very good so I didn't add them to the wiki.
> <http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…>
> <http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… 
> >
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> We were lucky to have experts along to help us with identification of
> these plants. The Hypoxis flowers mostly looked alike to me, although
> often the leaves were different, but not always enough for me to tell
> them apart. And a lot of the Dieramas looked similar as well.
>
> Later in the day on our way to the next destination we saw a single
> representative of Nerine angustifolia, but I didn't add it to the
> wiki either since there are already nice habitat photos on the wiki
> from Cameron. We then stopped at a field of Kniphofia linearifolia.
> The Kniphofias we saw were also the subject of some discussion as
> keys were reviewed in an attempt to tell them apart. I think this was
> the final conclusion of what this one was. Regardless of what it was,
> the field was very beautiful and certainly the habitat description
> seemed correct.
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> Mary Sue
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