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05-25-2014, 08:32 PM
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Very beautiful!!!
You've had this for over 5 years?
I saw these for the first time ever last week and thought it was a new hybrid. lol
My favorite tolumnia is Pretty N Pink (or is it the other way around??), and Genting Pink Lady really resemble Pretty N Pink, except they have varying amount of yellow. I've seen a few that had so much yellow that the flower looked peach leaving just hint of pink near the edge of the petals.
I picked up 6 tolumnias in spike. all different varieties. I thought I would like to have a surprise when they all open up!
Some have three spikes! I've never seen such well grown tolumnias.
Yours look great with leaves all staying short and close together.
I gave them strong light when I had them before, but the leaves will get really tall and big.
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Yes, I have seen the Pretty 'n Pink (yours, I think), and noticed the strong resemblance!
It will be fun to see what your new ones look like!
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05-25-2014, 08:43 PM
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I've been giving my Buck Hollow x Sib sorta strong light (it gets direct afternoon light which I know is generally a no-no) and today i checked it and it looks like it's growing MORE buds from a different node, it's been in bloom for several weeks. I'm so much happier with this genus than I first thought.
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I should say that this south-facing window is relatively shaded so the light, while at times direct is limited.
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Most Tolus are sun lovers. Mine grows in the south facing window in winter - gets direct (weaker, winter) sun most of the daylight hours. Then, mid-spring to early summer, I put it outside to either the front porch (gets direct sun all morning during the longest days), or the back patio (getting a few hours of direct mid-afternoon sun). It spends a few weeks in a west facing window in spring - after direct sun is gone from my south facing window, but before night temps are warm enough for it outside. I found that none of my windows -excepting the south one in winter - got sufficient light for my Tolu hybrids to bloom. I'd put it in a very sunny east or west facing window this time of year, south facing window in winter.
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05-26-2014, 11:38 AM
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Really beautiful!
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05-26-2014, 07:23 PM
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Really beautiful!
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05-26-2014, 11:04 PM
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All the red berry spikes are blasting. Dang it!!!
Others are developing fine so far.
I will post pics once they are all open. still one week or so.
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05-27-2014, 12:01 AM
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Really pretty! Congratulations on those beautiful flowers!
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05-27-2014, 08:20 PM
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All the red berry spikes are blasting. Dang it!!!
Others are developing fine so far.
I will post pics once they are all open. still one week or so.
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Dang
Looking forward to seeing the others!
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05-27-2014, 08:21 PM
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Really pretty! Congratulations on those beautiful flowers!
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05-29-2014, 03:00 AM
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Thanks for the tips. Glad mine is liking the afternoon sun that does come through this window.
Bummer about your buds, that's always sad.
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05-29-2014, 11:45 AM
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I know, it usually happened when I bought them in winter, just like some phals, but oh, well.
Most are doing fine.
I wonder who named these hybrid name "Genting" by the way.
Anyone know???
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