Alstroemeria

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Rafa

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Alstroemeria
« on: June 21, 2012, 02:11:41 PM »
Hello,

Some pictures of the Alstroemerias I grow


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oron peri

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Re: Alstroemeria
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2012, 06:00:20 PM »
Fantastic species Rafa,
did'nt know you are an "alstromen" too....
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Re: Alstroemeria
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2012, 06:45:54 PM »
Lovely, Rafa, thanks!
Do you give them water in summer? I tried A. hookeri and A. pulchra with no summer water in our "managed wild" garden in Greece, rather over-optimistically I think, planted in good shrub cover, but they didn't come through the summer. I may be able to try A. pulchra again.
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Rafa

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Re: Alstroemeria
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2012, 09:57:49 PM »
Oron, you are right I am Alstromen  ;D but in fact Anyplantmen  ;D ;D ;D
Alisdair I watering all of them once every two weeks or so. Some of them are planted in 45x20x20 cm square pots, and A. garaventae is in the bulb frame, so it has 70 cm depth to take the humidity. Here is another clone wiith a salmon color

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Re: Alstroemeria
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2012, 07:30:30 AM »
Thanks for the guidance, Rafa.
That salmon clone is a really fine form, lovely soft tones.
Alisdair Aird
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Re: Alstroemeria
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2012, 08:18:40 AM »
Lovely photos, thank you, Rafa!
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