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flame lily (gloriosa superba "Rothschildiana")

after waiting several years for this to get to flowering size, it now is.....



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It's worth waiting for :o)

17 Jul, 2013

 

Isn't it exciting when that finally happens! So exotic.

17 Jul, 2013

 

Thanks Hywel :-)

Thanks TB ive been waiting expectantly for the last 4 days to open properly :-))

17 Jul, 2013

amy
Amy
 

You must be so excited after such a long wait Slad , it is fabulous !

17 Jul, 2013

 

One of my favourites SL. Its great when you have waited so long for a plant to flower.

17 Jul, 2013

 

I am Amy, thanks :-)

Thanks poppylover it is :-)

17 Jul, 2013

 

Well worth the wait SL!

17 Jul, 2013

 

Thanks Scottish.

17 Jul, 2013

 

Wow! I love this plant! You have a lot more patience than me Slad! I will have to get a mature one some day.

17 Jul, 2013

 

Thanks Karen, I do recommend this plant if you have the space :-)

17 Jul, 2013

 

wow thats a beauty. Is it a house plant?

17 Jul, 2013

 

Thanks , Yes It's frost tender so I grow it in a large pot in the porch,but can be grown outside durning summer and autumn.

18 Jul, 2013

 

wow stunning worth the wait:))))

18 Jul, 2013

 

Thanks Surreylad

18 Jul, 2013

 

Really beautiful, bought a tuber earlier this year nothing happened so dug it up and it had rotted, any suggestions why?

18 Jul, 2013

 

Cheers Mark :-)

Your welcome Denise :-)

18 Jul, 2013

 

Superb, mate!
Is this another indoor special?

18 Jul, 2013

 

Cheers mate, it can grow outdoors after all cold weather has gone, but I grow it as an indoor special to be on the safe side.

18 Jul, 2013

 

Gotcha.

19 Jul, 2013

 

Very jealous SL! The mice had all my G.superba.
At least I still have the orange form that you sent me.

23 Jul, 2013

 

Thanks Meanie.

23 Jul, 2013

 

Lovely photo. I'm just waiting for mine to open any day now!!

24 Jul, 2013

 

Thanks majorsolomo, hope yours open well too.

25 Jul, 2013

 

Fabulous, SL!
I planted two tubers earlier this year...the plants are about two metres tall now - but no sign of any flowers!!!
How tall do they have to get? The man who sold me the tubers said that they would go from planting to flowering in about 7 weeks, lol!

31 Jul, 2013

 

Thanks Karen, they get to about 6 or 7 feet before flowering, they need loads of sun I find.

31 Jul, 2013

 

I've got six or seven feet! lol!...of vines!
They're in the "garden room", which could be described as a conservatory...in full sun for the best part of the day...

But, they keep curling around the ...TV, lol!!! :)

31 Jul, 2013

 

Lol, you should be having flowers then, or at least some buds..

31 Jul, 2013

 

Thanks :-)

10 Aug, 2013



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