Un-known bulb

steven hart hartsentwine.australia@gmail.com
Sat, 02 Feb 2013 23:53:32 PST
Hi Shelly,  Enjoying all the rain lately.... I'm just loving it,,, Crinum
season ;-))  I don't actually don't know which fratillia I have, I just
thought they looked unusual & it was an experiment to see if they would
survive my exposed soilless, dry mountain top environment & I wasn't paying
attention when I bought them & forgot to put the name in my flower
collection data base, where I try to keep a photo & botanical name of every
bulb I buy... If your thinking, I bet he buys too many, !!! you'd be very
right haha.....
I'm away from home for a week or two, but will see if I saved the photo &
hopefully I might have the name if I kept the docket
It hasn't flowered yet but I think the colour is a reddish brown, maybe
with little speckles I think, but I cant quite remember which one I
grabbed,  I have the memory of a goldfish... Mine are about 3 years old &
still in 6" pots,, in shade, in searls premium potting mix with about
10% fine loamy sand mix... Not suitable for everyone but I have good
success in my environment & it retains enough moisture for the regular
times I'm away for longer periods...
I think I might have got mine from Tesselars...
Steven
Esk Queensland Australia
Winter zone 5, Summer zone 10



On 2 February 2013 22:07, Shelley Gage <s.gage100@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> If you can get them to flower, Steve then it might be worth my giving them
> a try. Any recommendations for which ones would be best?ShelleyGoomboorian,
> South-east Queensland (same as Steve,I guess)
>  > From: hartsentwine.australia@gmail.com
> > Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2013 21:42:24 +1000
> > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Un-known bulb
> >
> > Hi Ina
> > I have some Fratillias growing here in hot sunny Queensland & my average
> summer days peak around 36*C, for a couple of months,  but recant spikes
> got up up to 42* very rare thank goodness...
> >
> > Steven  :  )
> > Esk Queensland Australia
> > Winter zone 5 Summer zone 10
> >
> >
> > On 02/02/2013, at 6:26 PM, Ina <klazina@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
> >
> > > Could be Roland.  I thought Auckland was too hot for Fritillarias?
>
>
> Steven : )
Esk Queensland Australia
Summer Zone 5  Winter Zone 10



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