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Three year wait for pole-envansii

Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 3:51 pm
by Yorkshire Kris
After flowering in 2010 this Eucomis has just been happily producing leaves each year but never a flower. Finally it is flowering again. This is the largest flowering Eucomis. I've kept it in the same pot for 4 years now.

Re: Three year wait for pole-envansii

Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 8:55 pm
by fern Rob
I have had some that flowered every year but last year I moved them and they have not flowered since.

Re: Three year wait for pole-envansii

Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 9:22 pm
by GREVILLE
Well done, Kris. You must have missed that these past three years.

Do you have another pic that gives some scale? (Don't waste a Brandy bottle :lol: )

Re: Three year wait for pole-envansii

Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 9:26 pm
by Yorkshire Kris
GREVILLE wrote:Well done, Kris. You must have missed that these past three years.

Do you have another pic that gives some scale? (Don't waste a Brandy bottle :lol: )

I'll get one tomorrow. icon_thumright

Re: Three year wait for pole-envansii

Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 10:15 pm
by Springy
I purchased some at gardeners world live show this year as bulbs. They are in full leaf at the moment and looking great! I just hope that I don't have to wait 3 years for mine to flower!

Great to see some pics of their flowers Kris! icon_thumleft

Re: Three year wait for pole-envansii

Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 8:25 am
by Yorkshire Kris
Springy wrote:I purchased some at gardeners world live show this year as bulbs. They are in full leaf at the moment and looking great! I just hope that I don't have to wait 3 years for mine to flower!

Great to see some pics of their flowers Kris! icon_thumleft

Mine flowered in it's first year Springy. I they produce lots of offsets that take a while to bulk up again and flower unlike bicolor that flowers every year.

Re: Three year wait for pole-envansii

Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 8:28 am
by Springy
Does the flowered bulb then die and the off shoots mature or can a flowered bulb flower again?

Re: Three year wait for pole-envansii

Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 8:30 am
by Yorkshire Kris
Springy wrote:Does the flowered bulb then die and the off shoots mature or can a flowered bulb flower again?

With the mine the main bulb has resprouted each year, just took three years to reflower.

Re: Three year wait for pole-envansii

Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 12:31 pm
by Dave Brown
I'm at the end of the second season waitng for mine :roll:

Re: Three year wait for pole-envansii

Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:22 pm
by Yorkshire Kris
The same flower two weeks later. The flower spike has expanded and looks good at night time. :)

Re: Three year wait for pole-envansii

Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 12:12 pm
by GREVILLE
Thanks, Kris.

I want. But where do I put it? No ground space left that's longer than your ruler :roll:

Re: Three year wait for pole-envansii

Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 12:24 pm
by JoelR
Looking good Kris. I have lots of E. bicolor seedlings this year from last years flowers. They don't self seed for me as they do for others further south. I keep meaning to try E. comosa from seed. These would probably be plain green unlike Sparkling Burgundy but a good size and the seed catalogues indicate it's the hardiest Eucomis.