Re: Haemanthus coccineus
- To: n*@mindsovermatter.com, m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: Haemanthus coccineus
- From: G* B*
- Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 14:53:08 +0200
>>
>> I'm temproaqrily off my main computer and I don't have any recent
>>addresses or correspondence on this one. So, would you please forwrd this
>>for me? The Haemanthus is not albiflos, but it may be Haemanthus
coccineus
>>which is red. It also has a kind of golden shaving brush in the middle.
>>Does this describe her plant? ----Chas----
Chas
Yours definitely sounds like H. coccineus. Theres 21 Haemanthus species,
with most of them being red, but the H.coccineus is the most common & the
only one I've ever seen in cultivation. Its from the winter rain region &
deciduous.
The albiflos is definitely white flowered. I also have a couple of H
deformis, which is from Natal & the other evergreen species. Very closely
allied to H albiflos but consistently depauperate, so the flower appears
sessile. H albiflos has a long flower stalk.
Regards
Glenn Breayley. Ragnarok & Valhalla Research.
POBox 26158, Hout Bay, 7872, Capetown, South Africa
Ph/Fax SA 021 7904253 E-mail valhalla@iafrica.com
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