Phaedranassa viridiflora

Robin Carrier robin@no1bird.net
Sun, 14 Aug 2016 11:13:11 PDT

> On Aug 12, 2016, at 9:30 PM, dkramb <dkramb@badbear.com> wrote:
> 
> I got a bulb from BX 387 (October 2015) and it grew right away.  After a couple months it went dormant.  Then it grew again right away, and went dormant right away.  And I although I haven't kept track, I feel like it's been dormant about the last 5 months.  So I figured it was dead.  Nope!  I dug around in the pot tonight & found out that the bulb is firm with fresh new roots coming out.
> 
> It was growing on a south-facing windowsill without supplemental lighting.  (Same place I grow my Hippeastrum seedlings.)  Does it need stronger light than that?  Does it need to stay wetter?  I was letting it dry out between waterings.  Should I set it outside in the summer sun??  (I do that with my Hippeastrum seedlings too.)
> 
> Thanks!
> Dennis in Cincinnati (where I'm spending all my spare time collecting, cleaning, and sorting my Iris seed harvest)
> 
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