Rigidella (aka: Tigridia) orthantha
Lee Poulsen (Mon, 02 Jan 2006 22:48:41 PST)

On Jan 2, 2006, at 4:40 PM, Dennis Kramb wrote:

I also purchased this bulb from Collectors Nursery 2 years ago (now
closer to 3), and it never sprouted that year nor the year after. I
checked at the end of each year, and the bulb was still there and
still seemed just fine, so I kept replanting it and leaving the pot
to try again. This year it finally sprouted, late, but sent up a
couple of leaves. No bloom. It's still in leaf, so it should have
been able to grow or store some additional food this year. Maybe this
next growing season it will finally bloom? I also received some seeds
of it this year, and those have sprouted and are still in leaf. (We
haven't had any good frosts yet this winter. Although we're finally
getting a decent amount of that rain they've been getting up north;
just in time to fall on the Rose Parade in town for the first time in
50+ years.)

--Lee Poulsen
Pasadena, California, USA, USDA Zone 10a