Hi Mike, Thanks, I have two Strine stags of very different aspect but similar culture (light freeze tolerant, dryish, up to full sun). That one is lemoinei and I'm standing under superbum to take the photo. Lemoinei grows on rock faces in the desert, is fuzzy whitish and pups frequently while superbum is a temperate version of grande, makes a magnificent crest, grows on trees and does not pup. Tim On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 11:49 PM Mike via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Tim, > > The crinum are beautiful, and so is that nice staghorn hanging on the wall > above. > > Mike > San Diego > On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 7:40 AM Tim Eck via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > My favorite crinum is blooming already because I brought it into the > heated > > sunroom in January. I like this one because it makes multiple upright > > bloomstalks that remain upright until seeds ripen, it has attractive > > recurved petals with white throats and it refuses to offset after ten > years > > or more. > > Some think the object is to have a lot of offsets to sell or give away > but > > I was specifically trying to breed a display plant that would have > > attractive, even statuesque, foliage and bloom rather than a weedy patch > > with a blob of color. Admittedly, it looks a bit gangly in the > greenhouse > > but not so in higher light. Most of the time crosses are pretty much what > > you expect, but sometimes they come out a lot better than you deserve. > > This is one of those. > > I will try to chip this plant in a year or so after I am confident in my > > technique and equipment. One of the attached images is my heater for the > > chipping chamber. I made it from two flood lights wired in series to > keep > > them at a safe orange glow. I have it sitting on a lower shelf of a free > > standing wire shelf unit and the heating unit thermister in the plastic > > shoeboxes above with the chips and medium. At first I tried it with the > > thermister in the vermiculite but the temperature swings were much > greater > > than when I put it in the air above the medium. Since you aren't even > > supposed to look at them for six weeks, I just wrapped the shelves in a > > blanket and plastic and monitor the temperature with a weather sensor > > transmitter. > > -------------- next part -------------- > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > Name: 20220227_085011 copy.jpg > > Type: image/jpeg > > Size: 165930 bytes > > Desc: not available > > URL: < > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > Name: favorite crinum copy.jpg > > Type: image/jpeg > > Size: 115189 bytes > > Desc: not available > > URL: < > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > Name: favorite crinum cross copy.jpg > > Type: image/jpeg > > Size: 188501 bytes > > Desc: not available > > URL: < > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>
