Dear Gianni I too have one of those and it has never flowered although the bulb has multiplied most satisfactorily. I guess I might have bought it from Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden in Cape Town many years ago. It is evergreen and lives indoors here in London in my conservatory, so very hot in summer and heated in winter. Almost definitely Cyrtanthus obliquus or C. herrei. But which one? And how to treat it? The trouble is that one grows in winter and the other in summer, ie a different watering regime. It would be great if any of you marvellously clever PBS people could offer a clue as to how to tell them apart and how to encourage flowering. Diana Hurter > ********************************** > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 22:22:05 +0200 > From: Gianni Benetti <gianni.leonotis@gmail.com> > To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > Subject: [pbs] mistery bulbous plant > Message-ID: > <CALOgJ+NY3=bLva46VT=OzsZFo47=CDEFE7=NjTF6KH7EXiw_cw@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi, I?m new here. I recently purchased in a garden here in Italy a > nameless bulbous plant. All I know is that it belongs to the Amaryllidaceae > family. As you can see from the attached photo, the plant has an emerged > bulb and the leaves nastriform glaucous and slightly spiraled. It has not > flowered yet so in the absence of the flower the determination is more > difficult. I thank all those who can give me some informations. > > Gianni > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: P_20190415_163052.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 3027210 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:06:50 -0500 > From: LISA ZANKOWSKI <scsnursery1@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] mistery bulbous plant > Message-ID: > <CA+38oKK_6=gs8EGW_xgm2k_b0+DKDPRpD53gaFLPL22gyH0j=g@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > I have a similar bulb, Cyrtanthus herrei. It would be a long shot that it > is correct though. My C herrei has never bloomed. > Maybe others might have a better idea on the ID. > Best regards, Lisa > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 3:26 PM Gianni Benetti <gianni.leonotis@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi, I?m new here. I recently purchased in a garden here in Italy a >> nameless bulbous plant. All I know is that it belongs to the Amaryllidaceae >> family. As you can see from the attached photo, the plant has an emerged >> bulb and the leaves nastriform glaucous and slightly spiraled. It has not >> flowered yet so in the absence of the flower the determination is more >> difficult. I thank all those who can give me some informations. >> >> Gianni >> -------------- next part -------------- >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> Name: P_20190415_163052.jpg >> Type: image/jpeg >> Size: 3027210 bytes >> Desc: not available >> URL: < >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 21:07:14 +0000 > From: Kipp McMichael <kimcmich@hotmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] mistery bulbous plant > Message-ID: > <BYAPR20MB2440078A3C44B024B69D50D4CC2B0@BYAPR20MB2440.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > Greetings, > > Without a flower, the ID will be difficult. From the image, it could be Boophone haemanthoides, Cyrtanthus obliquus or a Brunsvigia sp like grandiflora. > > A bloom would help, of course - and you'll get a bloom more quickly if you plant it in a much larger pot. > > -|<ipp > ________________________________ > From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> on behalf of Gianni Benetti <gianni.leonotis@gmail.com> > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2019 1:22 PM > To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > Subject: [pbs] mistery bulbous plant > > Hi, I?m new here. I recently purchased in a garden here in Italy a > nameless bulbous plant. All I know is that it belongs to the Amaryllidaceae > family. As you can see from the attached photo, the plant has an emerged > bulb and the leaves nastriform glaucous and slightly spiraled. It has not > flowered yet so in the absence of the flower the determination is more > difficult. I thank all those who can give me some informations. > > Gianni > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: P_20190415_163052.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 3027210 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: <https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com//…> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com//… > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 13:31:47 -1000 > From: Ulu Knecht <uluwehi.knecht@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] mistery bulbous plant > Message-ID: > <CAFpwJSdP8A1G=VDakpG__oZ_bQx-Fkxo+M3ne7TSdNkEvtuJUA@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Gianni, > > Your new plant is definitely a Cyrtanthus: likely either herrei or > obliquus. Brunsvigia grandiflora leaves have a different shape. When > Bo?phone leaves aren't flat they usually have undulate margins rather than > twisting as seen in herrei and obliquus. > > While it's true that Brunsvigia and Bo?phone benefit from extensive > root-run, most Cyrtanthus like to be under-potted (small pot ratio to bulb > size) as their roots are prone to rot, so I would not recommend repotting > your new bulb (unless the growing medium is decomposing). Keep it someplace > bright and only water when the root zone had dried throughly. > > Kind regards, > Ulu Knecht > >> On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 11:07, Kipp McMichael <kimcmich@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> Without a flower, the ID will be difficult. From the image, it could be >> Boophone haemanthoides, Cyrtanthus obliquus or a Brunsvigia sp like >> grandiflora. >> >> A bloom would help, of course - and you'll get a bloom more quickly if >> you plant it in a much larger pot. >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > ------------------------------ > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 26, Issue 14 > *********************************** _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…
