C. variabile
Joe Shaw (Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:42:01 PDT)

It flowers extremely reliably, large bulbs producing three scapes in
succession, year after year. Mine are on their third scapes of the season
right now.
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Hi Gang,

Jim S. reports that C. variabile is hardy and floriferous. I'm curious
about the plants because I have some slowly growing along, from seeds
purchased from Silverhill Seeds. The plants do fine here in Texas, but
seemed to grow better when I put them in large pots and gave them wet feet
from time to time. They also seem like a small species.

Jim, do you grow in under special conditiosn (e.g., wet feet), or do you
just give it good flowerbed-type care?

How are the flowers, do they last, or do they fade in heat.

Cordially,

Joe
Conroe TX