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Hippeastrum in the ICU
Jun. 20th, 2015 11:30 amO noes! My favorite bulb from the Class of 2006 is on life support. I shouldn't have let it set seed on five pods -- the poor thing just propagated itself to death, I think.
Before I left on vacation all its leaves died back. I trimmed them made a note to check on it when I returned. When I got back I found the pot on its side on the ground, and a rootless bulb some small distance away with what appeared to be some signs of ick in the layers. Peeling them away, I found that an embryonic flower scape had aborted and was rotting. No flowers from this bulb for me next year, I fear, if it survives at all. Right now it's in a relatively cool place (my kitchen windowsill, curing. When the outermost layer gets a little papery I'll re-pot it in a very light soil mix and hope for the best.
Sigh. I really liked this one.
In other news, I floated a cohort of 25 seeds of 2015A, aka Hippeastrum 'baby max,' yesterday. I'll start a couple more in the next few days.
In other other news, all my spider plants are infested with something -- mites causing deformation, perhaps, or a virus. No one seems to know for sure. But I just consigned them all to a contractor bag, although there are four more in my front window boxes. I may harvest a couple pups as soon as they've reached a size and try soaking them in 115F water for a little bit, same as I did with my dodgy Hippeastrum bulbs. I don't like to give up entirely on plants that have been with me for decades.
Before I left on vacation all its leaves died back. I trimmed them made a note to check on it when I returned. When I got back I found the pot on its side on the ground, and a rootless bulb some small distance away with what appeared to be some signs of ick in the layers. Peeling them away, I found that an embryonic flower scape had aborted and was rotting. No flowers from this bulb for me next year, I fear, if it survives at all. Right now it's in a relatively cool place (my kitchen windowsill, curing. When the outermost layer gets a little papery I'll re-pot it in a very light soil mix and hope for the best.
Sigh. I really liked this one.
In other news, I floated a cohort of 25 seeds of 2015A, aka Hippeastrum 'baby max,' yesterday. I'll start a couple more in the next few days.
In other other news, all my spider plants are infested with something -- mites causing deformation, perhaps, or a virus. No one seems to know for sure. But I just consigned them all to a contractor bag, although there are four more in my front window boxes. I may harvest a couple pups as soon as they've reached a size and try soaking them in 115F water for a little bit, same as I did with my dodgy Hippeastrum bulbs. I don't like to give up entirely on plants that have been with me for decades.
