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Sabine 'alba'

Hi,

after an awful wet and cold April we're hoping for better May weather.
No weather station registered 20 degrees anywhere in the UK in the whole of the month. It was also the wettest April since 1910.
I was worried that there would be some rot in the cyps but they're fine, just very slow. Last year at this time was the peak flowering for the collection.
A fine grex from Michael Wienert and about my favourite of the newer crosses, Sabine alba ( fasciolatum x macranthos alba) seems to be a good doer with large flowers that open cream and fade to white like paph. Amarni white. Just at touch of colour at the base of the petals.
Only the third time its flowered and already seven blooms.
It should make a nice potful over the next couple of years. The flowers are just opening after yet another windy and wet night.
Because of this I've had to stake some of the weaker stemmed plants - all parviflorum crosses - Michael, Ingrid and Hank Small,

Regards,

David

<blockquote data-quote="monocotman" data-source="post: 359137" data-attributes="member: 10334">Sabine &#039;alba&#039;Hi,after an awful wet and cold&nbsp; April we&#039;re hoping for better May weather.No weather station registered 20 degrees anywhere in the UK in the whole of the month. It was also the wettest April since 1910.I was worried that there would be some rot in the cyps but they&#039;re fine, just very slow. Last year at this time was the peak flowering for the collection.A fine grex from Michael Wienert and about my favourite of the newer crosses, Sabine alba ( fasciolatum x macranthos alba) seems to be a good doer with large flowers that open cream and fade to white like paph. Amarni white. Just at touch of colour at the base of the petals.Only the third time its flowered and already seven blooms.It should make a nice potful over the next couple of years. The flowers are just opening after yet another windy and wet night.Because of this I&#039;ve had to stake some of the weaker stemmed plants - all parviflorum crosses - Michael, Ingrid and Hank Small,Regards,David</blockquote>

[QUOTE="monocotman, post: 359137, member: 10334"] [b]Sabine 'alba'[/b] Hi, after an awful wet and cold April we're hoping for better May weather. No weather station registered 20 degrees anywhere in the UK in the whole of the month. It was also the wettest April since 1910. I was worried that there would be some rot in the cyps but they're fine, just very slow. Last year at this time was the peak flowering for the collection. A fine grex from Michael Wienert and about my favourite of the newer crosses, Sabine alba ( fasciolatum x macranthos alba) seems to be a good doer with large flowers that open cream and fade to white like paph. Amarni white. Just at touch of colour at the base of the petals. Only the third time its flowered and already seven blooms. It should make a nice potful over the next couple of years. The flowers are just opening after yet another windy and wet night. Because of this I've had to stake some of the weaker stemmed plants - all parviflorum crosses - Michael, Ingrid and Hank Small, Regards, David [/QUOTE]

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