<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The genus <italic>Lachenalia</italic> has great potential as a floriculture crop used as a pot plant or cut flower. Flurprimidol preplant bulb soaks (from 15 to 30 mg dm−3) and foliar sprays (from 15 to 60 mg dm−3) were applied for the growth control of ‘Namakwa’ <italic>Lachenalia</italic>. Bulbs were planted in November, December, January and February and cultivated in a greenhouse. With a delaying of planting time, more compact plants with shorter and wider leaves and with floriferous inflorescence stems were obtained. Floret length, stem diameter and leaf number remained unaffected by planting date and flurprimidol treatment. The most evident impact of flurprimidol on shortening leaf and inflorescence stem length was noted after soaking the bulbs in 30 mg dm−3. The later the planting date, the shorter the time to the beginning of flowering. Soaking the bulbs in flurprimidol at 15 and 30 mg dm−3 and spraying with flurprimidol at 60 mg dm−3 resulted in a delay of flowering by 3-6 days.</abstract>

The genus Lachenalia has great potential as a floriculture crop used as a pot plant or cut flower. Flurprimidol preplant bulb soaks (from 15 to 30 mg dm−3) and foliar sprays (from 15 to 60 mg dm−3) were applied for the growth control of ‘Namakwa’ Lachenalia. Bulbs were planted in November, December, January and February and cultivated in a greenhouse. With a delaying of planting time, more compact plants with shorter and wider leaves and with floriferous inflorescence stems were obtained. Floret length, stem diameter and leaf number remained unaffected by planting date and flurprimidol treatment. The most evident impact of flurprimidol on shortening leaf and inflorescence stem length was noted after soaking the bulbs in 30 mg dm−3. The later the planting date, the shorter the time to the beginning of flowering. Soaking the bulbs in flurprimidol at 15 and 30 mg dm−3 and spraying with flurprimidol at 60 mg dm−3 resulted in a delay of flowering by 3-6 days.

‘Namakwa’ lachenalia’s response to flurprimidol and different planting dates

Department of Ornamental Plants, University of Agriculture in Krakow, 29 Listopada 54, 31-425 Kraków,

Folia Horticulturae

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The genus Lachenalia has great potential as a floriculture crop used as a pot plant or cut flower. Flurprimidol preplant bulb soaks (from 15 to 30 mg dm−3) and...

‘Namakwa’ lachenalia’s response to flurprimidol and different planting dates

Published Online: Dec 28, 2016

Page range: 173 - 179

Received: May 05, 2016

Accepted: Jul 22, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fhort-2016-0020

Keywords
Cape Hyacinth, geophyte, morphology, Topflor 015 SL

© 2016 Anna Kapczyńska et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

‘Namakwa’ lachenalia’s response to flurprimidol and different planting dates

Published Online: Dec 28, 2016

Page range: 173 - 179

Received: May 05, 2016

Accepted: Jul 22, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fhort-2016-0020

KeywordsCape Hyacinth, geophyte, morphology, Topflor 015 SL

© 2016 Anna Kapczyńska et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Cape Hyacinth, geophyte, morphology, Topflor 015 SL