Polianthes and Hymenocallis

Peter Taggart petersirises@gmail.com
Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:02:03 PDT
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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