Polianthes and Hymenocallis

Ina Crossley klazina1@gmail.com
Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:19:42 PDT
Nor for me.  Did you make them "public"?

On 24/07/2011 9:02 a.m., Peter Taggart wrote:
> The links dont work for me either ..."page not found"
>
> On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 9:44 PM, bulborum botanicum<bulborum@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Dennis
>> I get an alarm that http://www.badbear.com/ is infected
>> I can't open them
>>
>> can you send the pictures to my email address
>>
>> Roland
>>
>>
>>
>> 2011/7/23 Dennis Kramb<dkramb@badbear.com>:
>>> I posted some photos of geophytes I'm growing in pots here:
>>>
>>> http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/01-Polianthes/ tuberosa 'Suvarna'.JPG
>>> http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/02-Polianthes/ tuberosa 'Suvarna'.JPG
>>> http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/03-Rain/ lilies from Kroger
>> (Habranthus).JPG
>>> http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/04-Hymenocallis/ 'Festalis'.JPG
>>> http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/05-Hymenocallis/ 'Festalis'.JPG
>>> http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/06-Polianthes/ tuberosa.JPG
>>> http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/07-Polianthes/ geminiflora.JPG
>>>
>>> I tried something new this year with my tender bulbs.  After their winter
>>> rest in the basement, I planted some of in orchid pots filled with leca
>>> stones.
>>>
>>> Polianthes tuberosa 'Suvarna' seems to love it.  They seem tremendously
>>> happy compared to last year when they were in regular potting mix... in a
>>> regular clay pot.  Although, to be fair, the regular Polianthes tuberosa
>> is
>>> still in a regular clay pot in regular potting mix, and it seems awfully
>>> happy this year too.
>>>
>>> Hymenocallis x 'Festalis' also seems quite happy in the orchid pot with
>> leca
>>> stones... although one bulb took forever to awaken from dormancy.
>>>
>>> I included some photos where you can see the roots.  I keep them all well
>>> watered, and add fertilizer to the water at least once a week.
>>>
>>> The rain lilies are in regular potting mix, but they love being in the
>>> orchid pot with the little reservoir of water at the bottom.
>>>
>>> Polianthes geminiflora is a little perplexing to me.  I thought I would
>>> struggle to keep it happy through the winter, indoors under lights, but
>> in
>>> actuality keeping it happy outside has been far more difficult.  Most of
>>> them died back, and are just now resprouting.  I don't know what they
>>> want... maybe more water, more shade, or less heat?
>>>
>>> Dennis in Cincinnati
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