Hello Josh It all depends on which species it is, as Aaron mentions too. One of mine is C. brachycyphus which I now know is evergreen, the other is C. Venus which is a hybrid and I can't remember off hand what one of it's likely parents is, but it is an evergreen. As I tried leaving them dry until they were almost bone dry and yet had no sign of either going dormant, I then posted my original query about Cyrtanthus. However, I will keep them from getting too wet over the winter as they would out in the open. Ina from sunny Auckland (so far it has been wind and rain and cold all week, so much appreciated sun today) On 29/04/2011 9:14 a.m., Josh Young wrote: > Jude, > > I think dormancy is a very important part of a geophytic plants life cycle. I've read from other experts that keeping plants evergreen that usually require a dormancy can eventually cause bulb death in some cases. If anyone has anymore insight about this issue I'd love to hear it! > > Do your plants bloom reliably? > > > Josh > From: The Silent Seed<santoury@aol.com> > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 9:15 AM > Subject: Re: [pbs] re Cyrtanthus > > None of my Cyrt's go dormant, unless if let go dry. They are kept between 50 and up, degrees. I keep them slightly moist. They love it. > Best, Jude > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >