Zephyranthes / Habranthus

Jude Haverington tylus.seklos@gmail.com
Tue, 28 Oct 2014 13:04:01 PDT
Hi Jim,
Thank you for your response! It still was not open today - strange. 2 days
of being fully formed, but only slightly open. (maybe that's another hint.)
I took some photos and will figure out how to get them up for you guys to
see.

There may be tons of species and hybrids; however I know what I've had, or
have; so the process of elimination will be a simple one, since I really
haven't had many of these types.

For example; the only H. tubispathus I've had, or have, are texensis,
tubispathus, and tubispathus roseus. (Which it isn't, obviously.) I have
not had any Habranthus hybrids.

I'll try photobucket later on and hopefully you guys can help narrow it
down further.

Thanks, Jude




On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 11:48 AM, James SHIELDS <jshields46074@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Jude,
>
> A picture is absolutely necessary, as well as some dimensions -- it
> actually sounds to me like Habranthus tubispathus (a.k.a. H. andersonii, H.
> texanus, etc.)  Otherwise, anything we suggest would just be wild guesses.
> The only really apricot colored rain lilies I have seen are hybrids, but
> some forms of tubispathus come close.
>
> There are about 170-180 recognized species of Habranthus and Zephyranthes.
> The commonest species in collections -- because it seeds around, I suppose
> -- is H. tubispathus.  I have received it under several different names
> from seed exchanges.
>
> Jim S.
>
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Jude Haverington <tylus.seklos@gmail.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > Hi folks,
> > I'm not convinced that my message from last night made it through - so
> I'm
> > trying again. If it's a duplicate, my apologies.
> >
> > Yesterday I found one of my "lost tag" bulbs flowering - it is clearly a
> > Zephyranthes or Habranthus - but it has apricot orange flowers. It is
> also
> > self-fertile. It has a seed pod from a previous flower that I didn't see,
> > which also tells me that it has flowered twice, in a short period of
> time,
> > with one single flower each time.
> >
> > Any ideas? I am sure the color could be a dead giveaway since it's such
> an
> > unusual color.
> >
> > Thanks!
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