>From: Carol Jensen <jorna@mobilixnet.dk> >Reply-To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>,pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >Subject: RE: [pbs] HIERONYMIELLA AUREA & amarygia PARKERI 'ALBA' >Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 00:30:07 +0200 > >At 20:29 12-06-2005, Alberto Castillo wrote: > > > > All Hyeronimiellas develop long necks that must be >underground, only the leaves protruding from the soil level. H. aurea is an >alpine plant that spends the winter in dormancy under snow. It comes from a >cool droughland plateau high in the Andes where it is never warm. Its soil >in the wild is a mix of several sizes of sand and a sort of silt. The >plants sprout in late spring and receive water during late spring, summer >and early autumn, flowering in mid to late summer. Dormancy is from late >autumn to midspring. The temperatures in the wild can be deceiving as the >bulbs are deep in the soil and under a thick layer of snow. In other words, >the envronment is pretty cold but the bulbs may not. In climates like this >here (say zone 9-10) the plants only produce foliage and although surviving >many years never flower. Alkaline soils and full sun in the wild. > >All the best > >Alberto > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Charla con tus amigos en línea mediante MSN Messenger: >http://messenger.latam.msn.com/ > > > >_______________________________________________ > >pbs mailing list > >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >I am wondering if one puts such a cold-needing bulb in the fridge for a >month or two (just as I put my amaryllis in 10C-50F temperature for 2 >months) in order to make it flower. This for indoor gardeners of course. Or >one could put the outdoor ones in a pot and then in the fridge, then move >them outdoors in the pot. > >Carol Hi Carol: Sounds sensible but the conditions must be not only cool but also very dry. It comes from a cold droughtland like the Ungernias. Regards Alberto _________________________________________________________________ Charla con tus amigos en línea mediante MSN Messenger: http://messenger.latam.msn.com/