Hi Doug and all, I have raised Scadoxus multiflorus katherinae and S. puniceus from seed. Batch of 5 seeds of puniceus planted in summer 1997: 1 plant bloomed last year (in 5 years), same plant is blooming this year again, no others form that batch have bloomed Batch of 6 seeds planted in Dec 1998: one is apparently getting ready to bloom, no others from the batch show any signs of blooming; this would be about 4+ years for the one bloom Batch of 50 seeds of katherinae planted in Oct 1997: 5 have bloomed, in 2001 and 2002, most are still too small (I left a lot of them in small community pots for too long). So a couple bloomed in 4 years, some more bloomed in 5 years. Out of each batch, it seems that some may never grow large enough to bloom. Jim Shields in central Indiana (USA) At 02:45 PM 2/15/03 -0800, you wrote: >To members who raise Scadoxus, > >I am interested in how long it takes for you to have a Scadoxus seed to >bloom? My experience seems to be 5 years. > >Any comments? > >Doug > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. +1-317-896-3925 Member of INTERNATIONAL CLIVIA CO-OP