help with iding this plant

[orchidhunter]

Originally Posted by Mike O'C

It seems that we are all agreed that it is a Hameanthus/Scandopsis species but which?

Hey Mike O'C, I grew up in 'Maritzburg! Went back especially for the 2003 SA Orchid Council Show at the Royal Agricultural Showgrounds; it was great!

What is a Scandopsis? I've never heard of these. Unless you meant Scadoxus? The leaves of Scadoxus are arranged in rosettes, though, as in this picture from Shields Gardens:

Guess we will have to wait for those elusive flowers!

[Mike O'C]

Originally Posted by orchidhunter

Hey Mike O'C, I grew up in 'Maritzburg! Went back especially for the 2003 SA Orchid Council Show at the Royal Agricultural Showgrounds; it was great!

What is a Scandopsis? I've never heard of these. Unless you meant Scadoxus? The leaves of Scadoxus are arranged in rosettes, though, as in this picture from Shields Gardens:

Guess we will have to wait for those elusive flowers!

Scandopsis, Scadoxus whatever !!!! Its all part of getting old !!! When you don't have the books open in front of you and your memory is failing you tend to get names wrong!!! Next SAOC Show will be in Durban in 2009. Perhaps you will make that too.
Keep well and kind regards
Mike

[chulaorchids]

Hi,
Definitely Haemanthus. Visit your local library and see if the have the Flowering plant encyclopaedia "Tropica", there is a color version. Look up Haemanthus and there are several there flowering you can pick from. Should come up with flowers pretty soon I think, and the albiflos looks most likely. When the plant fills a 3 gallon pot there are tons of flowers on them.
My growing experience has been grown in strong light the flower spikes and leaves will be short and tight, in strong shade they will be tall spikes (need support) and long wide leaves. I used to grow them on pedestals so the long leaves could hang down without interference, maybe to 3 feet each side. Keep your slug and snail bait handy, they think this plant is ice cream!!!