Thank you Diana and Jim, Sounds like the pot I have the Hymenocallis eucharidifolia potted in is alright. The plant sits in the shade of my greenhouse beneath a wall of mounted orchids, and get's watered everyday. I will experiment with withholding water. Any suggestions on how long should it go without water? 1-2 months or more? Thanks! Jacob --- "J.E. Shields" <jshields@indy.net> wrote: > Hi Jacob and all, > > We grow our Hymenocallis eucharidifolia in 1-gal. or > 2-gal. > containers. They are kept bone dry in winter, under > a bench in a cool (but > above freezing!) greenhouse. They get dappled shade > outdoors in a lath > house in summer, along with both natural rain and > regular irrigation. They > bloom. > > I don't know what the critical difference is, but I > suspect it is going > totally dry for several months here. Does yours > ever get completely dry > for any length of time? > > Best wishes, > Jim Shields > in cold and snowy central Indiana > > At 05:05 PM 2/13/2007 -0800, you wrote: > >Aloha, > > > >I don't mean to hijack the the thread but reading > this > >makes me curious about a Hymenocallis > eucharidifolia I > >have had in a 3 gallon pot in the shade of my > >greenhouse for almost two years. It just grows > leaves > >(and much longer than any leaves I have seen in > photos > >for this species). > > > >My first question is just how much light this > species > >prefers, should I put it in full sun? Second, I > >hadn't heard that Hymenocallis were fussy about > having > >enough root run. Perhaps my 3gallon pot is too > >confining to allow blooming? > > > >Any tips are welcome! > > > >Mahalo, > > > >Jacob Knecht > >Honolulu, Hawai`i > > > >--- Alani Davis <adavis@ecoresource.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello Norman- > > > > > > I agree with everything Diana has already said, > but > > > had a few additional > > > bits. You will be repotting in no time with a > one > > > gallon pot and I think you > > > should at least go with a 3 gallon. This plant > will > > > take some cramping and > > > will form decent clumps in the ground, but if > too > > > cramped without adequate > > > root space, the flowering with suffer, so I > would > > > not say that it is the > > > preferred condition like some Zephyranthes, etc. > For > > > me, I find it is > > > tolerant of drier conditions than some > Hymenocallis, > > > but that is from my > > > Florida perspective of dry which has humidity > > > usually well above 40% and > > > this plant certainly won't be happy if the soil > is > > > too dry. Fir bark I would > > > not equate with compost. I would recommend > something > > > like a mixture of > > > composted cow manure and medium course sand. > Pumice, > > > perlite, and pea gravel > > > could be added but they will probably increase > the > > > need to water more often > > > than anything else and are not really necessary. > > > Measuring from the basal > > > plate to the surface, I would probably plant > about > > > two inches below the > > > surface with the neck partially buried, but I am > not > > > sure what you mean by > > > one inch without a reference point. I know some > who > > > plant them even deeper > > > but that is in Zone 7. This plant seems to be > quite > > > hardy for me and does > > > very well in the ground here having been hardy > down > > > to 17 degrees Fahrenheit > > > though only for a few hours at a time. I find it > a > > > moderate producer > > > offsets. Steady & regular. I hope that helps. > > > > > > Alani Davis > > > Tallahassee, Florida Zone 8b (for now) > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org > > > [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] > > > On Behalf Of Norman Rose > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 3:59 PM > > > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > > Subject: [pbs] Hymenocallis Question > > > > > > Hi All, > > > I will be getting a Hymenocallis maximillini > bulb in > > > a > > > few days. I have looked through the archives and > > > searched the web to learn what this plant likes. > > > Here > > > is what I have concluded. Needs rich well > drained > > > soil. Keep soil moist. It needs a dry dormant > > > period > > > in the winter. The soil mix I will be using is > > > compost > > > (fir bark) sand, pumice,perlite and pea gravel. > Does > > > this soil mix sound good. Also, I wanted to put > this > > > in a 1 gallon black plastic pot. Does this bulb > like > > > to be crowded? Is 1 inch deep OK for this? I > live in > > > San Jose California. I know this variety comes > from > > > Mexico and gets more humidity there than we get > here > > > on the west coast. Any suggestions to my growing > > > notes > > > would be appreciated. > > > thanks again > > > Norman Rose > > > San Jose California Zone 9 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pbs mailing list > > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > === message truncated === ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/