Walleria

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Sun, 08 Jan 2017 13:47:05 PST
Oh, droll Cynthia!
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On Sun, 1/8/17, Cynthia Mueller <cynthiasbulbs@hotmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [pbs] Walleria
 To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
 Date: Sunday, January 8, 2017, 4:44 PM
 
 We can have a bit of fun,
 through changing a well known joke about Mrs. Schroedinger
 saying to her husband, "Ervin, vott are you doink to
 zat cat -- it looks haff dead!" We can ask you what
 else were you doing to your tubers...
 
 Cynthia W Mueller
 
 On Jan 8, 2017, at 12:43 PM, Leo Martin <stnalpsoel@gmail.com>
 wrote:
 
 >> Does anyone
 else grow [Walleria gracilis] or one of the other
 >> species?
 > 
 > I bought some Walleria gracilis seed from
 Silverhill in 2000, I believe. It
 > has
 only been available once since then from Silverhill, I
 think. Five of
 > about ten seeds sprouted
 that year. In future years there were 0-2 sprouts
 > in the pot. Sprout location varied from
 year to year, so I imagined
 > different
 tubers were growing or sleeping, as they saw fit. They never
 grew
 > well. Maybe they got too cold? I
 have occasional frost.
 > 
 > One late summer, about 6 years after
 planting, and after two seasons with
 > no
 sprouts, I unpotted them. There were three slightly
 shriveled, but
 > alive, tubers. I
 repotted into a very sandy mix.
 > 
 > I have not seen sprouts since. I still
 water the pot every winter.
 >
 Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, Schroedinger's
 cat, and what all.
 > 
 > Leo Martin
 > Zone 9?
 > Phoenix Arizona USA
 >
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