Large Nerine finally started blooming a few days ago. The inflorescence appeared in late August, I thought it would be blooming early September, but it just hung out until a few days ago when it started to develop some color, then got a few inches longer, and bloomed.
I bought a bag of somewhat desiccated bulbs at a local garden center (well, a handful of bags, but only 1 bag of Nerine bulbs) maybe a month before Covid struck. The bulbs were identified as 'Nerine sarniensis Red,' but who knows if those bagged bulbs are accurately labeled. Anyway, this is the first blooming. They took a few years to recover, then started getting big enough that I was sort of expecting blooms last year. Maybe I'll try moving the pot to our glass (door) enclosed porch for a while at the end of season next year.
The first picture is from a few days ago, it was the second day of flowering. It's a bit deeper pink color in the picture than is accurate, because the sun was shining on the petals, and all I was getting was a white glare instead of pink. I had to block the sunshine with my body while taking the picture which caused the pink to look a few shades darker. The second picture is from today, and is fairly close to the actual color (more gray than sunny today).
I bought a bag of somewhat desiccated bulbs at a local garden center (well, a handful of bags, but only 1 bag of Nerine bulbs) maybe a month before Covid struck. The bulbs were identified as 'Nerine sarniensis Red,' but who knows if those bagged bulbs are accurately labeled. Anyway, this is the first blooming. They took a few years to recover, then started getting big enough that I was sort of expecting blooms last year. Maybe I'll try moving the pot to our glass (door) enclosed porch for a while at the end of season next year.
The first picture is from a few days ago, it was the second day of flowering. It's a bit deeper pink color in the picture than is accurate, because the sun was shining on the petals, and all I was getting was a white glare instead of pink. I had to block the sunshine with my body while taking the picture which caused the pink to look a few shades darker. The second picture is from today, and is fairly close to the actual color (more gray than sunny today).