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Sprekelia formosossima

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By Meanie


Sprekelia formosossima (Sprekelia formosissima)

Not strictly a houseplant, but the flower stem on one of my Sprekelia formosissima had emerged whilst they were still in their winter storage box (wrapped up in bubble wrap with all the other borderline bulbs), so I bought it indoors.
As you can see, it's not a perfect bloom, but that is probably down to the sudden temperature change that it experienced..............



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Lovely colour, bit of a tongue twister name!

2 Apr, 2013

 

Mine is in the garden.....didn't lose its leaves this year???

2 Apr, 2013

 

Blimey mine haven't even started yet Meanie, looks ok there though..

2 Apr, 2013

 

Thhats quite early M, good bright colour! :o)

2 Apr, 2013

 

Wow...........What a colour.............

2 Apr, 2013

 

That's very interesting!

3 Apr, 2013

 

Thanks all!
It is very early - my winter storage regime here needs some fine tuning. I've lost all my Gloriosa tubers, bar one small one, but others are shooting.

Sticki - if you want a tongue twister try this....................

http://bit.ly/14DPWAL

3 Apr, 2013

 

ooooh eeeeeeeeeer ~ thats even worse ~ like the plant though!!

3 Apr, 2013

 

Try saying it out loud!

3 Apr, 2013

 

i didnt even know where to start!!!

lets try phonetic: yo-han-es-tise-man-mia mag-nif-ica!!!!!

but it would be much easier to say giant fan palm??

3 Apr, 2013

 

Meanie, reading about your Gloriosa tubers has reminded me that I should check on mine...

5 Apr, 2013

 

Sticktifoffee:

Phonetically: you're almost correct. It should be: yo-han-es-tise-man-nia. The only difference is the ending three letters. Great work!

7 Apr, 2013

 

;-))
Thanks delonix! When you work with young children you gets lots of practice with phonetics! I should have got the ending right though!

7 Apr, 2013

 

You did a terrific job! :>)

9 Apr, 2013

 

:-) thanks!

9 Apr, 2013

 

Smashing colour.....

18 Apr, 2013

 

Thank you DD!

20 Apr, 2013

 

Mine are just beginning to shoot Meanie....Its been in the greenhouse all Winter...

20 Apr, 2013

 

This was in the shed Amy.

21 Apr, 2013



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