Crinum Lily, Circa Alba, medium-size bulb, NEW, very rare

Description: DESCRIPTION: Circa Alba is a hybrid bulb with a very confused history. In any case, it is a beautiful, pure white crinum that is highly desirable in any collection. Although it only grows to about 24" tall, it can be loaded with as many as 17 flowers, many of which open at the same time, and it forms mature bulbs over 4 1/2" in diameter. Most of the flowers open at the same time, which is a nice trait the parent americanum passes on to its hybrids. We have only recorded blooms in June but probably never made any notes about other blooming months. It grows large and new bulbs come up 6-8" from the base of the mother bulb. It forms new offset bulbs regularly but sparingly, only a few each year. We are introducing this bulb in 2018, the first time the bulb has ever been for sale in many, many years. Until now, it has only been in the hands of a very few collectors. When it was sold 20-30 years ago by another nursery, it was very expensive. We grow over 1000 different crinum, including about 350 of our own hybrids. BACKGROUND: Circa Alba came to us in a trade in 2010 with another Florida collector. It is supposedly a cross of (crinum yemense x ‘International’ done by Patrick Malcolm who owned The Nursery at Ty Ty, Georgia). It was supposedly done with yemense, but in those days nobody in the United States actually had a true yemense bulb. To my knowledge there are only two yemense bulbs in a collection now in the Western Hemisphere, one field collected in Aden and one in Yemen by Dr. David Lehmiller who passed them on to a friend, Herb Kelly. What was actually used in Malcom’s cross is a hybrid done almost 100 years ago by Luther Burbank. This hybrid was mistakenly distributed for years by Les Hannibal under the name yemense (a species bulb) or album. The actual Burbank hybrid’s name has been lost as well as the actual parentage, so the "yemense" bulb that was used in the cross is just generally referred to now as album. These misidentifications have caused MUCH confusion. In addition, the actual identity of this hybrid, Circa Alba, is also a bit suspect. It came to us identified as Circa Alba, but we can’t be positive that is what it is, since we don’t have anything to compare with it. GROWING INSTRUCTIONS: It is a mid-summer bloomer. They do fine with our mild freezes into the 20's here northeast Florida, zone 9, and we have no idea about how cold hardy it is, so we recommend caution below zone 8, maybe keeping them as a pot plant and protecting them from freezing in the winter. Otherwise, they are very hardy. They are an easy to grow bulb requiring no special care...just plant and forget, like most crinum. It tolerates a wide range of soils but prefers rich soil. Bulbs can survive nicely out of the ground for very long periods if allowed to dry. Like most crinum they prefer full sun, but partial shade is OK. DESCRIPTION OF ITEM FOR BID: You are bidding on a medium-size bulb at least 3 years old and about 1-2" in diameter which should bloom in about 2 years. They don't like being disturbed, so it could take one year to "settle in." Bulbs will be freshly dug, shipped bare root and with leaves March-November. In the winter months the leaves may be absent. WE SIZE OUR BULBS APPROXIMATELY BY AGE AS FOLLOWS: A few varieties can take 6 years or more to bloom. Jumbo bulb – has bloomed at least 2 years, close to the maximum size for that particular plant (6+ years old) Large bulb - should bloom this year or next (3+ years old, close to, or at blooming size) Medium bulb - should bloom in 1-2 years (at least 2 years old) Small bulb - should bloom 2-4 years (current year or 1-2 year old offset) Seedling bulb - started from seed (usually in its first year of growth unless otherwise stated) PHOTOS/ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: These are pictures of our plants, so you know exactly what they look like and what you will receive. The photos show the plant in various stages of growth. Please feel free to contact us for additional information, and click on "Me" following our star rating. Also, we invite you to go to our store (little red door) and look at other items we have for sale. Powered by eBay Turbo Lister The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.

Price: 26.25 USD

Location: Middleburg, Florida

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