Crinum Identification please

steven hart hartsentwine.australia@gmail.com
Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:31:45 PDT
Hi Jim & Randy, yes this is a robust species, good & self supporting. One
other thing the sweet little old lady mentioned is the buds are quite dark
pink, & i noticed the filaments are quite dark too, so could that be
possible, all the C. Gowen ive seen so far are very pretty pastel shades ?
 Steven : )
Esk Queensland Australia
Summer Zone 5  Winter Zone 10


On 20 March 2012 09:48, Jim Lykos <jimlykos@bigpond.com> wrote:

> Hi Steven and Randy,
>
> I saw the Crinum in your picture in full flowering at Tully Heads (Tropical
> Queensland) in a front yard of home a month before the devastating cyclone
> destroyed much of Tully about 14 months ago. One point of distinction from
> C. gowenii is that the plant at Tully was very robust with  wide leaves
> about 1.3 metres high and there were many mature bulb offsets and large
> broad flowers - the scape was thick and showing flowers just above the
> foliage  - instead of well above the foliage as seen in most C.
> bulbispermum
> hybrids.
>
> Cheers
> Jim Lykos
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Randy.R" <steyrhahn@yahoo.com>
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> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 6:37 AM
> Subject: [pbs] Crinum Identification please
>
>
> Steven,
>
> Your crinum appears to me to be a goweni type. here's a picture of my
> goweni
> Hoboken last summer.
>
> http://randyrick.us/Flower/ Garden/Gowen Hoboken July 2011.JPG<http://randyrick.us/FlowerGarden/…>
>
>
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