re-pot and ID help please

16 years ago

Hi Everyone! Well I have been putting this off and finally this morning we took 8 bulbs out of a 10" pot and we were only able to separate 2 of the bulbs. The rest are locked together like a klister and I don't have the heart to take a knife to this bunch. The bulbs all look good all nice and round and not really pressing too much on one another. In the center if you can see one small bulb split in two like some of you have experienced. I am going to take the lazy way out and re-pot the group in the same 10" pot, worry about it another year, and give the other two away. My question is, do any of you think that this is 'Carmen' or 'Orange Sovereign'? I've had this bulb for over 10 years and it multiplies like rabbits and alway gives 2 or 3 stalks with 4 or 5 flowers and the flowers are over 6" wide. The pictures are more orange than the actual flower, being more like the color of the bird the Cardinal, an orangy red but definitely a lot of red. I always called it Cardinal Red, but last year I bought my father a 'Carmen' and thought it looked like it, but this year I'm not so sure. Then, I thought it might be 'Orange Sovereign', bought another one, ended up with 2 through mislabels and they are both much lighter in color and texture than the old one. if you look at the pictures from last year, maybe some of you have some opinions.
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I discovered a bublet growing directly on the bottom of the basil plate, is that normal(?), I guess I'll just leave it there......
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and here are pictures or last year's flowers........
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I would appreciate any opinions any of you might have, Thanks, Donna

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elizabeth_jb
16 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
Donna,

It looks a lot like Orange Sovereign to me.

What do you think?

Ann
dondeldux z6b South Shore Massachusetts
Original Author
16 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
Hi Ann, Well, I originally thought it might be Orange Sovereign, but it contained so much red I wasn't sure.....so this year I bought 1 plant labeled OS for a comparison, but it was a a softer Orange and didn't have the red. I ended up with another through mislabel that was the same as the one I bought for comparison, and back a bit there was a thread on OS and others as well as myself posted their OS and they looked like my second one, not my original. I had
thought my second 2 were Naranga, but I believe the consensus was OS. I guess with these oranges one can never be sure.
Here is my second OS which I think is Naranja. See what you think.........
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The above 3 pictures were taken today without flash and with the back lighting from the window the flower is almost translucent.
My original pictures in the first post are of a much thicker texture as well as much redder. Thanks for any insight you can shed on these oranges. They are definitly not the same plant, that much I am sure of.(I think) Thanks!!

Donna
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Carl
16 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
Donna,

I won't say anything about the flower itself, I have no insight whatsoever into the small differences between such speciemen. But for the clustering: I'd leave it like it is, just try to remove the dead parts and repot it in a slightly larger pot. Even if they seem cramped till now, they'll do fine further on. And it's the best thing to do if you don't want to throw bulblets away, since in the remote future they'll have no space to multiply further more once no substrate can be seen anymore ;)
dondeldux z6b South Shore Massachusetts
Original Author
16 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
Hi Carl, I am going to do just that! Gave 2 away and the rest are still together and I'm going to replant them as a cluster! Last year a had about 8 stalks over a month blooming and they were awesome. Since none of the bulbs look squashed, I think they will be fine! Thanks!!

Donna