I hope everyone had an enjoyable Labor Day weekend (if you're in the US). I had my first flowering of Cyrtanthus sanguineus today (1st picture). Two flowers on the stem (second flower hasn't opened yet - it is partially visible as a small bump between the top left petal and the center petal). And it is starting to send up a second stem. (And for those wondering, the shrub blooming behind it is a Cestrum nocturnum - 2nd major blooming this year; Littletunia Blue Vein Petunia to the right side.) Also have another bloom on the yellow-flowered Zephyranthes minima hybrid (2nd picture). I included a 3rd picture for a size perspective. I got the bulbs from BX425 (Fred Thorne) last year. Any idea what the minima may have hybridized with, Fred? The leaves are about two to 3 inches longer than the minima, flowers are the same height (there is a minima bloom that was open yesterday partially hidden by my fingertips (even with the yellow bloom)). I got seed from the last bloom, I will send it, and any from this bloom in to the BX soon. I was surprised to see that my Canna flaccida is preparing to bloom (4th picture). I grew that from seed this year (SX9 (Dennis Kramb)). It also has sent out a large crop of offsets (5th picture). I guess it liked the (overly) warm and humid weather this summer. I'll send another photo once the blooms open. Mike in Z6 Finger Lakes area, where the weatherpeople are unfortunately expecting the hot and humid weather to continue until at least Halloween. Weatherpeople sounds odd, what would be a better gender-neutral term? Weather forecasters? -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 125003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 230547 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 124554.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 251515 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 124555.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 214289 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 125210.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 183305 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 125211.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 199629 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…
