If only he ever answered emails!!!! I did of course ask as I bought these bulbs from him and Willie. The silence in return is deafening. Ina On 28/03/2012 3:22 a.m., Lee Poulsen wrote: > Ina, if you can contact Bill Dijk, who also lives in New Zealand, he grows Tecophilaea to perfection, by the hundreds! He ought to be able to tell you what kind of growing medium to use and any other hints to grow them well there. > > --Lee Poulsen