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And So It Begins Anew. . . .

I found someone to take the majority of my virused bulbs to grow on for seed production in a dedicated greenhouse. The lucky thing is one can get seed from virused bulbs that are clean of the virus and he is wanting to work toward a strain of hippies that are immune to the Mosaic virus.  I am pleased to be a part of this endeavor and not have to destroy all of my bulbs.

I also have 6 virus free bulbs coming from him, mostly miniatures and one double flowered variety I've been wanting but hasn't been available.  On order are:

• Belladonna - Mini
• Bright Spark - Small
• Cupido - mini
• Emerald - Cybister Hybrid
• Harlequin - Double
• Lemon Sorbet -Mini, and
• Trentino - Mini

I also picked up a couple of boxed offerings from one of the discount stores that offered a % of the sale to the Susan G. Koman Race for the Cure. those two are PINK DIAMONDS and APHRODITE. (I have had to toss one of the two small APHRODITE bulbs as it began looking suspicious for the virus, better safe than sorry). These are being kept separate from all the others.

Up-date on LITTLE STAR, instead of taking a long rest the mother bulb has begun to push up 2 bloom stems that I hope to be able to make crosses on using stored pollen as well as a couple of self pollinationed pods.

Newest seeds sown are from a self fertilized pod on Matterhorn, a lovely large white, one of only 3 round flowered seedlings I have growing right now and all are upstairs under the lights of the small plant stand in my office.  It will be 3 to 4 years before I see any bloom on any of them.

Will post images of the new bulbs as they come into flower.

Ciao!

Summer 2011 Disaster Strikes


This is so hard to write. All these beautiful images are all I have left of 75% or better of my mature hippie collection.  Hippeastrum Mosaic Virus has hit my collection and hit it hard.  All of the plants that were in the basement (wintered there) are infected, including 2 different sets of seedlings. Only a few plants remain unaffected, but away from the new babies.


This is what is left and appears to be healthy:

1. H.papilio
2. SANTIAGO
3. EXOTIC STAR - 2 PLUS SMALL PUPS
4. RED LION &
5. MINERVA (I suspect they may also be infected, so they are away from the others)
6. GREEN DRAGON (actually two plus one has 10 or so pups)
7. LIMA, but it hasn't been growing really well so I will have to watch it closely.
8. BABY DOLL
9. H. roseum
10. APHRODITE - 2 babies

I have kept LITTLE STAR in spite of the virus and hope to be able to self it or cross it onto something so I can grow a clean population of it from seeds or at leas a cross.

The following crosses are doing well:

These are all miniature or Cybister type Crosses -

1. BABY DOLL X ESTELLA (3)
2. EXOTIC START X CYBISTER ROSE (4)
3. RUBY MEYERS X papilio 
4. CYBISTER ROSE X CHICO
5. LA PAZ X SANTIAGO (3)
6. H papilio X CHICO (12)
7. LUNA X self (12)
8. CHICO X EVERGREEN (3)
9. LEMON STAR X self (1)
10. EVERGREEN X TIRAMISU (6)
11. JUNGLE STAR X EVERGREEN (4)

These will be full, round flowers and BIG!

1. MOONLIGHT X CHARISMA (8)
2. CHARISMA X MOONLIGHT (5)

I was also fortunate in getting two huge seed pods on MATTERHORN, so hopefully they will finish ripening as a cut flower in water and I can try to grow some of them out. with the exception of H. papilio and Santiago, I have none of the parents.

Later I will post a list of what was lost. If I hadn't found that Amaryllis can grow happily with 4 to 6 hours of direct sun I wouldn't have discovered the virus as it doesn't show itself on plants grown indoors or in full shade.

Better Image of GIRAFFE

EXOTIC STAR and FAIRY TALE are on their last bloom stems and the "family resemblance" is very strong among the three:

FIRST NEW BLOOM of 2010

One of my new miniatures added to the collection just this fall.  Strikingly handsome and wonderful color! It H. papilio parentage really shines through. As nice, if not nicer that 'Exotic Star' both, unfortunately are not heavy bloomers in that they do not have many buds per stem.  'Giraffe' has a higher bud count and 2 stems up; 'Exotic Star' averaged 3 buds on 4 stems, best being 4 on this last bloom stem.

I've brought several more potted bulbs up stairs the last couple of days to bring them into bloom a bit quicker.  H. 'Belladonna', H. 'Trentino', H. 'White Nymph' to name a few.  'Trentino' was a Christmas gift from a dear friend in GA.

Felt sorry for a couple of (supposedly) H. 'Appleblossom' bulbs at the local WM, finally marked down to 50% and still to high if you ask me!  I am actually hoping these are mis-labeled! and turn out to be 'Gilmar' or even a double. Both have been cleaned of all soft spots and dead tissue and are soaking in water to hydrate the roots and will pot them together in the same pot tomorrow.  They are not that big and will need considerable TLC through the end of summer.  If they do not show signs of wanting to rest I will keep them growing upstairs where it is much warmer than in the basement light garden.

Tiny 'Little Star' is forming seed pods!  It looks like the cross took on both blooms! Perhaps there will be new little ones in the near future!?

Another Year Comes to a Close

Wow! Where did this year go!? Sure went by quickly and doesn't seem to slow down these last few days either! At least I have my hippies in bloom as well as the African Violets growing in the 55 gallon terrarium.  The last Phalaenopsis Orchid I had upstairs closed it's finale blooms just yesterday, but the one in bloom in the basement light garden is till going strong.

'Alfresco' is the newest HIppies to open a bud.  Others that are close are 'White Nymph' and 'Giraffe'; there will be more, many more as the New Year progresses and the bulbs wake and begin to grow again.  With a total of 45 (give or take) the show should go one for awhile.

I've added A search box for Amazon.com if it ever wakes up and works) you can use for checking out the gardening tools and supplies they have available, I hope you will use it and that you find as many bargains as I did this year! All I have left to say now is,

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Everyone, Happy New Year!

NEW VIEWS of LEMON and LIME, FAIRY TALE

I have 2 or 3 more Hippies that are supposedly green flowered; 'Emerald' a Cybister Hybrid, 'Green Dragon' and 'Luna'. The first two are potted and I hope to see bloom from them in 6 to 8 weeks and 'Luna' is yet to be potted up. As for who will be blooming next, it looks like it will be 'Alfresco' a white double. 'White Nymph' is coming along slowly in the cool bscement As are all the other potted ones, the newly potted ones are even under the lights yet; I need to make spots fo them. Something that is easier said than done - just like in my outdoor perennial and Dayliliy beds! Imagine that! . . . .