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Amaryllis/Hippeastrum

Have H. puniceum seed !

17 years ago

Hi Folks,

I have made a recent purchase from a very generous person who included a pack of 63 seeds along with my bulbs. In the interests of spreading the species around I am offering the seeds to those people that live very far away from Indiana. I do not need anything in trade,I simply want these seeds to get to people with an interest in preserving species.

For people living more domesticly, I have a large number of offsets potted up and I will make them available this Fall when they are better established and the weather cools down.

So, please email me with your address and the number of seeds you can handle. I hope to be sending them out July 5th but that is not a cutoff date,just the next time I can get to the post office.

Happy Growing,Lora

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thys
17 years ago
Hallo Lora
I would like very much to obtain some seeds of Hippeastrum puniceum. On Hippeastrums I have a lot of seedlings and some hybrids, but not yet the original species. If you would be interested on alpin flower-seeds or on seeds of wild-flowers of the fields or of rare vegetables perhaps I can do you a kindness.
wish you furthermore success
thys
lora_in
Original Author
17 years ago
Hi Folks,
I still have 20 seeds left :)
The next batch will go in the post Tuesday.
Hans-Werner, I know they will cross with papilio but I don't know if the results fall in the direction you are looking.
Arif,would you like to give them a try?
Lora
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Hi Pat, You sent me some sort of F1 hybrid that you had indicated came from the place in Ohio originally (drawing a blank on the name right now). I am certain that this F1 has H. striatum parentage as it offsets by producing pups from within the bulb tunic like crazy (same as striatum does, but my puniceum does not produce offsets the same way as it is more conventional)...litterally dozens per year....this has now been growing totally evergreen for over 2 years since you sent it and the original bulbs have gotten very large (for the type), but it has never flowered.....I am tempted to force dormancy to see if I can get a scape on it. Any ideas how I can make this little fella you sent me flower?? I think that puniceum and striatum should be on everyones grow list as a species for their collections as they are truly easy by my definition....as I said, no GH allowed for that definition to be valid and as you have shown you can even cross them with conventional hybrids if you want to play that game!! My seed of puniceum came from Mauro :o) Dan
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with only two 4x4 raised beds, you definitely have way too much. For your tomatoes - you need to dedicate at least a 2x2 area for each plant at the minimum. That means only four tomato plants in the 4x4 raised bed. You **might** be able to plant a row of lettuce/green beans around the perimeter of the beds if you put the tomatoes in the middle. Lettuce & green beans should be space six inches apart from my experience. Peppers typically do not need a 2x2 area - and you will really be stretching it to plant them in a square foot. Best is about 18 inches square for peppers. For your peas - you could put up a pea trellis on the north side of one (or both) of the 4x4 gardening areas for the peas to crawl up. Hopefully they will be taller and be fully finished by the time the peppers and tomatoes take off. Then you could plant green beans in the place of the peas after they are done. Oregano really needs two years to grow and is a perennial. I started some from seed last year and they didn't get very big - but I understand they will take off this year (hopefully). Oregano needs to be left in the same place each year - so it will come back yearly. You can mix-and-match what you would like to grow - but with the cucumbers and watermelon, you could potentially grow those near the end of one of the beds and let the vines go out into your lawn. Just be careful not to mow them over. Here is a link that might be useful: BsnTech Gardening Blog
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haweha
17 years ago
I am indeed sorry -
IF this species only had at least ONE of the following features:
pink or burgundy red
white ligaments which stretch towards the tips of the segments
ruffled edges
ability of generating 6 flowers/stem
or.. even ONLY
unusual flower shape for example a loooong trumpet
THEN I would be HOT to obtain some of these seeds.
Nevertheless thank you very much for this generous offer.
That is great - and it is rare.

amiable greetings!
Hans-Werner
cindeea
17 years ago
Lora, I emailed you. I'd love to try if you have any left. The pink cross seeds you sent me a while back are all doing great. Thanks again for your generosity!
lora_in
Original Author
17 years ago
Hi Folks,
I have all of the seeds sent out at this time. I will post again in the Fall for homes for offsets.
Hi Hans-Werner,
So true, the flowers are not as exciting as some. They make up for the lack of style with great vigor and a free blooming habit.Twice a year is quite common for them and without any special prompting. The offsets are very interesting,some forming on rhizomes and some bursting from the side of the bulb. My hope is to put puniceum pollen on papilio and then attempt to breed the results back to papilio. If I can retain the papilio face but increase the vigor and ease of blooming it could be a very nice thing :) Lora

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