Hi John, I believe the problem is that you are not allowing them to become dormant sufficiently long. I had a similar problem for a number of years until I realised that contrary to most Hippeastrum species H. papilio is late winter flowering. You are obviously growing them well but have not yet established a totally dry period to enforce a dormancy. I would stop watering them from Autumn (Fall) and begin watering them lightly in mid winter. Cheers Jim Lykos Sydney Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "john s smolowe" <johnssmolowe@pacbell.net> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 11:40 AM Subject: [pbs] getting hippeastrum papilio to bloom >i have 3 12" clay pots filled with h. papillio that don't bloom. i > have them outdoors in the bay area spring to fall, and two are in an > unheated greenhouse with little water in the winter and one pot is in > a heated greehouse and gets watered. all 3 just limp along. they > were blooming when i bought them 10 years ago and seem to have made > offsets, but no bloom. i fertilize them with the rest of my mix of > orchids, bromeliads, gingers, ferns, etc, with various soluble > fertilizers, alternated, at half-strength. > > do i divide them, fertilize more, different kind of rest, something > else? > > i would search the archives, but i don't see a search function > > best, > > john > menlo park, ca > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > __________ NOD32 2267 (20070515) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com/ > >