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The hippeastrum report
Feb. 18th, 2013 12:21 pm'Gervase' has one scape well and truly started and a second scape peeking up. I see scape nubbins (I think) on three of the five Class of 2006 that I kept. I'm sure about two of them. I see nothing yet on Class of 2009 but last year the one and only scape came up well after the foliage showed up.
I'm feeling good about being able to pollinate something with my saved 'black pearl' pollen and maybe create "Black Bruce" as the Class of 2013.
No sign of bloom on any of the 'papilio' but I expect they'll bloom if/when they're ready, which is according to some occult schedule of their own.
Class of 2011 ('Trader Joe' x 'Gervase') is still too young to bloom, but is looking good. My 2011 and 2012 'papilio' crosses look puny, but that could be because 'papilio' isn't exactly huge and the cybisters (the pod parents) are comparatively small.
'Mandoni' -- both of them -- have very long but not terribly strong ribbon-like leaves.
In other news, something is struggling to break through the soil in the apple pot -- possibly a second apple treelet, possibly more parsley. Time will tell.
I'm ready to finish putting the living room back together, to enjoy the Flower Show, to do touch-up painting on the front stairs and second floor hallway, and to start deaccessioning.
I'm feeling good about being able to pollinate something with my saved 'black pearl' pollen and maybe create "Black Bruce" as the Class of 2013.
No sign of bloom on any of the 'papilio' but I expect they'll bloom if/when they're ready, which is according to some occult schedule of their own.
Class of 2011 ('Trader Joe' x 'Gervase') is still too young to bloom, but is looking good. My 2011 and 2012 'papilio' crosses look puny, but that could be because 'papilio' isn't exactly huge and the cybisters (the pod parents) are comparatively small.
'Mandoni' -- both of them -- have very long but not terribly strong ribbon-like leaves.
In other news, something is struggling to break through the soil in the apple pot -- possibly a second apple treelet, possibly more parsley. Time will tell.
I'm ready to finish putting the living room back together, to enjoy the Flower Show, to do touch-up painting on the front stairs and second floor hallway, and to start deaccessioning.
