This is my pride of the moment. I also bought this plant as a seedling
three years ago and it is also its first flowering, but the spike is
huge, with over 50 flowers. Probably the very hot summer, last year, did
the trick.

It has a strong smell, a bit strange, like artificial mandarin scent. It
is lovely and awful at the same time. A bit confusing...

There seem to be very many colour varieties in this species. One of them
is a really dark purple one, I still hope to find that some day.

Greets, Niek

Big flowers, Niek. Most of the stamfordianums that I have see have much
smaller flowers. There are some really cool color variants of this. The one
I have now (just coming into bloom, for the first time) is a lot like yours.
I say "now" because I had a beauty that conked off due to hurricane stress a
couple of years ago. I hope to find another like it. Perhaps at Redland this
year?

Diana

"Niek Hanckmann" wrote in message
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This is my pride of the moment. I also bought this plant as a seedling
three years ago and it is also its first flowering, but the spike is
huge, with over 50 flowers. Probably the very hot summer, last year, did
the trick.

It has a strong smell, a bit strange, like artificial mandarin scent. It
is lovely and awful at the same time. A bit confusing...

There seem to be very many colour varieties in this species. One of them
is a really dark purple one, I still hope to find that some day.

Greets, Niek

I'm not sure what makes you think that it has big flowers. The close up
might be misleading. The flowers are some 1.5" across. But still the
plant makes me very happy!

Greets, Niek

Diana Kulaga schreef:
Big flowers, Niek. Most of the stamfordianums that I have see have much
smaller flowers. There are some really cool color variants of this. The one
I have now (just coming into bloom, for the first time) is a lot like yours.
I say "now" because I had a beauty that conked off due to hurricane stress a
couple of years ago. I hope to find another like it. Perhaps at Redland this
year?

Diana

"Niek Hanckmann" wrote in message
...
This is my pride of the moment. I also bought this plant as a seedling
three years ago and it is also its first flowering, but the spike is
huge, with over 50 flowers. Probably the very hot summer, last year, did
the trick.

It has a strong smell, a bit strange, like artificial mandarin scent. It
is lovely and awful at the same time. A bit confusing...

There seem to be very many colour varieties in this species. One of them
is a really dark purple one, I still hope to find that some day.

Greets, Niek

I guess I was trying to guage the size by the plant itself. Guess I was
wrong.

Diana

"Niek Hanckmann" wrote in message
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I'm not sure what makes you think that it has big flowers. The close up
might be misleading. The flowers are some 1.5" across. But still the plant
makes me very happy!

Greets, Niek

Diana Kulaga schreef:
Big flowers, Niek. Most of the stamfordianums that I have see have much
smaller flowers. There are some really cool color variants of this. The
one I have now (just coming into bloom, for the first time) is a lot like
yours. I say "now" because I had a beauty that conked off due to
hurricane stress a couple of years ago. I hope to find another like it.
Perhaps at Redland this year?

Diana

"Niek Hanckmann" wrote in message
...
This is my pride of the moment. I also bought this plant as a seedling
three years ago and it is also its first flowering, but the spike is
huge, with over 50 flowers. Probably the very hot summer, last year, did
the trick.

It has a strong smell, a bit strange, like artificial mandarin scent. It
is lovely and awful at the same time. A bit confusing...

There seem to be very many colour varieties in this species. One of them
is a really dark purple one, I still hope to find that some day.

Greets, Niek

Nice one, Neik.
Peter

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"Niek Hanckmann" wrote in message
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This is my pride of the moment. I also bought this plant as a seedling
three years ago and it is also its first flowering, but the spike is
huge, with over 50 flowers. Probably the very hot summer, last year, did
the trick.

It has a strong smell, a bit strange, like artificial mandarin scent. It
is lovely and awful at the same time. A bit confusing...

There seem to be very many colour varieties in this species. One of them
is a really dark purple one, I still hope to find that some day.

Greets, Niek