Hippeastrum species from Peru.....maybe
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Question abut white hippeastrum species
Comments (2)Bill I don't know where you read about it being difficult to breed for a white hippie but maybe the difficulty came from trying to get a large tetraploid shape flower. Most white species hippeasrum appear to be slender trumpets. I'm just speculating. Ashley/AJ...See Morespecie Hippeastrums
Comments (18)I think a lot of people become interested in growing species because they began with hybrids, which sparked the interest to know and gain more! At least, that's how I became interested in the species! I think hybrids definitely have their place, and I do love the different sizes, colors and shapes available, and the ease with which they are brought to bloom and seed. Growing the different hybrids successfully has certainly given me the incentive, and the basic knowledge, to try growing some of the more readily available species. And yes, thank you, Dan... for playing a part in making species more available to the novice grower, like me! Now that I have several years under my belt of growing a couple of hybrids, and have recently expanded my collection to include many, I am looking more closely at the species for their simple beauty. While the manmade hybrids are beautiful in their own right, some perhaps a bit garish, there's nothing that quite compares to Nature's creations... I, also, recently acquired a couple of Pardonii Germa bulbs, and am happy to report that one is pushing up two scapes! I am extremely excited to see it in bloom! I am also thrilled with my new Papilio Butterfly, which has three blooms on its scape! Yes, three! I have a younger bulb of Papilio, but just couldn't wait to see the blooms in person, so I bought a mature bulb from RC. I'm very pleased with it's performance and beauty! Thank you, Lora, for the culture tips on the Germa! I'm happy to know I'm treating them properly, bottom watering and keeping them a bit more on the dry side. I also have them on a heat mat, which they seem to like, as evidenced by the growth of scapes! I concur that most plants aren't difficult to grow as long as the necessary research is done to find proper cultural information, and that culture is followed, emulating a plants natural habitat to the best of ones ability. Most plants can adapt a bit, I've found. You have a lovely greenhouse, by the way... I admit to being envious! We should have ours up and operational by this summer, and I am so looking forward to filling the space, however small it may be in comparison to yours! We have the HF 12'x10' awaiting construction. At some point, I'd like to acquire bulbs of H. striatum and a few others... and I can already see that a time will come where I will pare down my hybrid collection to only include those that I feel are spectacular and have a place in the breeding program I am working on....See MoreHippeastrum species seeds source
Comments (11)Thank you both for the info. I looked at Telos, and yes, they can ship to Canada. The catch is that you need an order for at least $100, a phyto for $50, a preparation fee between $15-50, plus cost of shipping. That comes to more fees than the plants' worth. I figure that it would cost around $225 out of which $100 would be for the bulbs and $125 for the fees. In a few words, it is prohibitive. And the choice of available plant is limited and not quite what I'm looking for. I also found: http://amaryllis-plus.com/. They can ship outside of the USA, but their site doesn't say much about it, but I would say it seems less costly than Telos. The choice of available bulbs is also limited to just a few species, the most easily available ones. Another one I found is http://www.shieldsgardens.com/. They ship outside of the USA at a reasonable cost, but their choice is even more limited than the 2 others. They have one that I would want: mandonii, worth $45. I also checked Mauro's site, but not many species available right now. I seems to be a very reliable place though. So far, the best place I found completely by chance is http://www.thegardeningwebsite.co.uk/hippeastrum-national-collection-applied-for-junius-des-brisay-c8505.html. It doesn't say enough, but if what they say is true, it ought to be the largest collection of hippeastrum species in the world, and it may become the largest supplier of such bulbs in the future. I wrote them to get more info about what they can do or not. As for import/export, I used to import orchid plants in quantity several years ago. It was a doable thing at that time. Now I see some very nice peonies, irises, daylilies, etc. south of the border and not available up here. When you write to these suppliers, many will answer they wont ship outside the continental USA, and most (not to say all) certainly not to other countries because exporting has become too much of an ordeal: lot of paperwork, often changing rules, certificates of all kind, prohibitive costs for customers, long transit time, losses because of long transit time, etc. Many that used to export not so long ago wont do it anymore today because of that. And here in Canada, they sure don't make things easy to anyone who wants to import plants nowadays, no matter where from. It is a challenge to find out what the rules are, there are high costs for the permits, and anything coming into or going out from Canada by mail will take at least 30 days. I very recently sent a small envelope of hippeastrum (Fairytale x self) seeds to a lady in Louisiana and it took almost 5 weeks to get there. The only safe and fast way is courrier services, but we all know what these cost. I have no doubts that in some places it can be quite easy to import/export plants, but from my own experience, Canada is most certainly not one of these places. So, there we are. I'm waiting for some answers from the ones I wrote to, and I'll see what happens next. If it never sees a happy ending, I hope these posts will at least inform other readers about the pitfalls involved in trying to get hard things to get. Don't worry, I'm not discouraged... yet ((: Laurier My web site...See MoreForcing Species Of Hippeastrum Into Bloom
Comments (4)Hi Josh, I lift and force dormancy on my hybrid bulbs every year. I've tried both removing the leaves while green and letting them yellow then removing them with no noticeable difference. Some folks claim that it takes the bulb extra energy to maintain the green leaves once lifted. Good luck with your experiment - I hope they bloom for you. Alana...See Morebluebonsai101
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