Dierama corms
Mary Sue Ittner (Sat, 03 Jul 2004 12:34:51 PDT)

Dear All,

Dierama in my garden is an evergreen perennial. Since almost all of them
are from summer rainfall areas (or year round rainfall areas) they are
probably quite happy being rained on in Texas this summer. Perhaps other
people can contribute to this, but I think Joe could plant them out (if it
ever stops raining) and leave them. I'd expect they would be much happier
in the ground than in a container.

I've always understood they were difficult to transplant and some people
who sell them even send them in a container. My picture shows roots. I
don't think anyone would be successful with the ones I was planning to
dump. Some are gone, but the ones I photographed are still salvageable.
Does anyone know if you pulled all those corms apart if each could be grown
on? I don't want to spend a lot of time packaging these up if they are
doomed. Comments anyone?

On another note that picture of Joe's of his Alophia is really nice. Mine
are blooming again right now too and it is such a pretty flower. I'm so
glad after all those plants from various sources that turned out mostly to
be Herbertia lahue that someone donated wild collected seed to the NARGS
seed exchange and I was lucky enough to get it.

Mary Sue