Just to reclarify and add to the the cold tolerance issue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Fikso" <adam14113@ameritech.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 9:38 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Sprekelia dormancy question > Well, Jim and others, It bloomed last year,. but... I am getting so much > astonishment here, I am now wondering if my memory is off on this matter. > Check back with me later and I will be able to confirm. At this point, I > am > doubting myself again. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Waddick" <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 4:34 PM > Subject: Re: [pbs] Sprekelia dormancy question > > >> >Adam wrote : Re; S. formosissima. Personally I believe bringing your >> >pots >>>in is irrelevant or unnecessary. I've been able to winter over >>>Hippeastrelia "Durga Pradhan" here in the Chicago area. Outdoors, no >>>pot, >>>in the ground-- sticky clayey loam at about 20" from the foundation of >>>the >>>house. >> >> Dear Adam - >> I am shocked to hear this. I bring mine (in pots) indoors >> before the first frost and they stay there-bone dry until they show >> 'signs' in spring, then repotting and lots of water. >> >> Some sacrificial bulbs go out this fall.! >> >> Does it actually bloom outdoors? >> >> Stunned-Jim W. >> -- >> Dr. James W. Waddick >> 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. >> Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 >> USA >> Ph. 816-746-1949 >> Zone 5 Record low -23F >> Summer 100F + >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >