Dear all:
Some details on the items sent. Sow all without delay
Habranthus coeruleus. This is the first time ever that this elusive species
is offered for distribution. I searched the type location for decades
without ever finding it (there is a big city on it!). Finally some one else
find a Habranthus that could not key and it was sent to me. It finally keyed
out to H. coeruleus, meaning "blue". It is not really blue but a lilac with
an apple green base. It turns blue once the flowers dries up and in a
herbarium it would look blue. It needs warmth (sugarcane country!) and it is
an autumn/winter/spring grower and summer dormant with almost year round
rains. Only a late summer drought precedes flowering in early autumn. Well
drained acid soil in full sun in the wild.
Habranthus versicolor. An Uruguayan species that is easy and lovely. From a
stunning ruby red bud it opens a pale pink with reddish brown base.
Cultivation as above although it can tolerate cooler conditions than the one
above. Autumn/winter/spring grower with a summer dormancy.
Habranthus robustus. These are seeds of a superb form collected in the
seashore in S. Brazil. Very large flowers and of a deep rose not much
different than the one in Zephyranthes grandiflora. A great image from Bill
looks much like this. Sugarcane country, autumn/winter/spring grower with a
hot summer dormancy.
Cooperia morrisclintii. This is a lovely sugar pink flowered Cooperia from
Mexico, very easy. Large flowers freely produced and robust if grown in full
sun in well drained alkaline soil. Spring/summer/autumn grower and DRY
winter dormant.
Good luck
Alberto
P. S.: Cypella plumbea 'Platensis' many of us grow as Phallocallis
coelestis. This is the lovely sky blue form but in the past there was
another one in cultivation supposedly lead colored (this is what plumbea
means)
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