I use organic fertilisers Anders. Seasol (seaweed solution), Megafol (organo-mineral liquid, smells like Marmite) and Nitrosol (liquid blood and bone). I alternate these to whichever I fancy. Feed whenever you water, and they do like water when in growth to keep them moist. Mine also got some rain on them. Ina On 28/10/2016 8:54 a.m., Anders Bo Petersen wrote: > Ina, when I got my first Paramongaia there was an extra small bulb included. I gave it to the Botanical Garden here in Copenhagen. I saw the plant this spring. The bulb had grown quite big and is sure that it will flower in a year or two.You could be right about we not feed the bulbs enough though. What kind of fertiliser are you using - the same as for orchids, or? Anders > > > Den 21:10 torsdag den 27. oktober 2016 skrev Ina Crossley<klazina1@gmail.com>: > > > Romain, as the 2 bulbs you bought would be offsets from the same bulb, > they won't set seed. It needs an unrelated clone to be successful in > pollination. And that it not the whole story either. Best to enjoy > these as they are. > > Anders,I suspect that one cannot totally replicate the climate where > these ones come from. So it may not be the mix that is the problem. I > wonder who else is growing these in cooler/cold climates. > > As for mix, I use 1/2 pumice, the rest a mix of soil and coarse sand. > It is more important to get the watering right. Mine thrive, and are on > the porch, get filtered sun I guess. When in growth they need lots of > feeding. Once they start to show a leaf which is going dormant, I don't > water, although the mix retains quite a bit of moisture, so they are > never bone dry. > > Winter temperatures range from minus 4 - 18ºC. The minus 4 melts off as > soon as the sun comes up, and of course the bulbs are protected from > that, the porch never gets any frost. > > Others may have other mixes which work well. This is just my personal > experience. > > https://get.google.com/albumarchive/…