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08-25-2011, 02:24 PM
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Very, very nice, Howard!
My biggest plumatum blasted every single one of about 30+ spikes this past winter and spring, I suspect from a combination of low humidity and low temperatures.  I've got it outside in a shady spot now and it looks like more spikes are starting, I'll keep my fingers crossed...
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08-25-2011, 02:29 PM
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Sorry to hear that, Nat. I'm sure things wil work out. Your plant must be huge to have had so many spikes. I've not had more than 5 or 6 at a time.
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08-25-2011, 03:24 PM
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It looks about the same size as yours, maybe 40-45 growths. I didn't get that many spikes all at once, it just kept throwing a flush of 5-7, blasting them all, throwing another, blasting, etc. ad nauseum... I'm guessing it wouldn't have pushed out so many if the initial ones hadn't croaked.
I was beginning to think I have a dud clone but several unrelated smaller plumatums experienced similar problems, with the ones blooming later in the spring getting a little further but still not unfurling full-length sepals. Hmmm, I guess it could be thrips, I've had a couple problems with them lately... 
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08-25-2011, 03:29 PM
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Do you have different clones and are the flower colors different. I've been told mine is on of the darkest out there
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08-25-2011, 09:15 PM
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Three of them (3 different clones) are the same type you have, two I think from the same source as yours. When I've gotten a peek at the blooms before they wither, they seem about the same color as yours, one maybe a tad lighter. I have a fourth that was obtained as a different species but turned out to be the 'jacobsonii' variety of plumatum (shorter and smoother sepals, lighter pink). I also have a few seedlings from a Troy Meyers flask that I think are an outcross within the jacobsonii type (which some people consider a different species). Whew! Obviously I went a little crazy at one point acquiring Bulb. plumatum... 
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08-25-2011, 11:46 PM
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Howard - not only are your's the darkest clone I have seen, they appear to be quite longer than usual, how long are they?
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08-26-2011, 12:00 AM
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Its like ribbons in a maypole...very festive...you have photographed this well...I find nothing wrong with it(in terms of lighting, center focus and presentation)...I envy you...I have yet to see my bulbos to bloom...
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08-26-2011, 12:13 AM
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This is just gorgeous!! I love it.
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08-26-2011, 12:40 AM
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08-26-2011, 12:54 AM
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Hey Glen, I'm not home but they are about 3 to 4"
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