Buffalo grass (Buchloe dactyloides) and Blue Grama grass (Bouteloua gracilis) work, at least for some of the species. Establish grass first in pots then add paintbrush seeds. Various online vendors offer plugs and seeds. Boyce Tankersley Chicago Botanic Garden On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 12:18 PM, Shawn Pollard via pbs < pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> wrote: > Jim: > > Indian paintbrushes (Castilleja) are reputed to be partially parasitic on > other plants, particularly grasses. If you're raising them in pots, they > need a host plant. I don't know if they are species-specific when it comes > to hosts. > > Shawn Pollard > Yuma, AZ > > -------------------------------------------- > On Wed, 10/7/15, Jim Barton <jimb@customwindowsupply.com> wrote: > > Subject: [pbs] Castilleja > To: "pbs@lists.ibiblio.org" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2015, 4:35 PM > > This plant may be a bit far afield > from a geophyte, but does anyone have information on how to > raise Castilleja sp. from seed. I live in Sunset zone 14 the > seed came from Sunset zone 7 or 9. > Jim > _______________________________________________ > 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/ >