Sunday 21 March 2010

Crinum album

Pretty much a tropical amarylids. Got it from my mom's garden who in turn got it from my eldest sister's garden.

White bloom with a crinum fragrance. Prefer partial shade. Now it is producing 3 scapes at one time.

CrinuM album

This scape has 3 buds. The shape is lovely from the side. Like it.
Crinum Album

Another scape, with 5 buds ...
Crinum Album

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Habranthus Gracilifolius

One flower per scape. Slightly bigger than Zephyranthes but smaller than Hippestrum. Bloom that faces sideway compared to upward-facing rain lily.

Found it at the Carnival Landscape Negara at Bandar Baru Bangi two weeks ago.

Straplike foliage, the leaves just a little bigger and longer than Zephyranthes Grandiflora
Habranthus

Habranthus

The bloom that faces sideway
Habranthus

Comparing with Z. Grandiflora
Habranthus, Z Grandiflora

Habranthus, Z Grandiflora

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Hippestrum Cybister 'Evergreen'

All green. Light green. High flower count per scape. I have 5 and 7.

Evergreen

Evergreen

A bunchy look from a single scape.
Evergreen

View from the top
Evergreen

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Hippeastrum Cybister 'Rio Negro'

Different petal shape. Defined line. Dots. Different yet beautiful

A sharp bud
Rio Negro

Rio Negro

Rio Negro

Green throat
Rio Negro

Veining and dotty petal
Rio Negro

With 'Machala'. It is big!
Machala, Rio Negro

With 'Mrs Garfield'
Mrs Garfield, Rio Negro

Together
Rio Negro, Mrs Garfield, Machala

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Monday 8 March 2010

Reblooming

Local amaryllids, so I get to enjoy the reblooms :-)

Scadoxus Multiflorus. Still amaze me with its fireball like bloom, biggr than a tennis ball
Scadoxus

Roseum, opening its first bloom of the season
Roseum

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Group Photos

Just for comparison of size and colour :-)

Shacoba and Quito
Shacoba, Quito

Shacoba, Neon, Lemon Lime and Quito
Shacoba, Neon, Lemon Lime, Quito

Carmen and Quito
Carmen, Quito

Machala and Carmen
Machala, Carmen

Machala and Quito
Machala, Quito

Mrs Garfield and Quito
Mrs Garfield, Quito

Mrs Garfield and Machala
Mrs Garfield, Machala

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Hippeastrum 'Carmen'

Another big dark red hippeastrum. It is liked by both my wife and daughter :-) The colour is as dark as Benfica.

It is difficult to capture the true dark red colour of this bloom. I had to adjust the exposure to -1.0 to obtain the closest true colour. But even then, I can not captur the velvety petals and the sheen at the at the throat.

Carmen

Carmen

Carmen

Carmen

A bunchy look. 2 scapes with a total of eight blooms
Carmen

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Hippeastrum Cybister 'Quito'

One of the prettiest cybister available. I really like the thin dark pink veins running along each creamish petal.

Before it was fully opened
Quito

Quito

Quito

Quito

Quito

Quito

Quito

Hippeastrum Cybister 'Shacoba'

Named the grower, Ludwig Amaryllis, as '96-28' and still is not available commercially. It is named as 'Shacoba' at some websites. The petals are veiny, dotty, curly, wavy, foldy ...

The scape is dark brown, the darkest I have ever seen on a hippeastrum
Shacoba

It will push out its productive parts before opening
Shacoba

Fully opened, side view
Shacoba

Shacoba

Shacoba

The front view
Shacoba

Top view
Shacoba

Chocolate coloured ovary
Shacoba

Wednesday 3 March 2010

Fragrance around the house

Fragrant flowers around the house ...

Rangoon creepers
Rangoon Creeper

Rangoon Creeper

Jeliti
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Melur
Melur

Kenanga
Kenanga

Harum Sundal malam
Harum Sundal Malam

Pink Roses
Pink Rose

Red Roses
Red Rose

Smells soooo good esp at night.



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