> [Original Message] > From: jegrace <jegrace@rose.net> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Date: 10/11/2007 5:49:09 PM > Subject: Re: [pbs] What promotes blooming? > > I like the idea of barometric pressure and will need to test- I had been > thinking it was something having to do with lightning > > I can tell you for a fact that several of my Zephyranthes, Habranthus, > Crinum and Rhodophialas can tell the difference between natural rain and > anything I can come up with. I have tried hose water, sprinklers, (both > city water) and rainwater from a barrel. Depending on the bulb some of the > more "easy" ones respond to quantity, a few more to quality (rainwater) but > most of them stubbornly wait for the real thing- rainwater from the sky. > > Size, age, temperature and timing definitely come into play but I still > think some bulbs have other triggers. > > Erin Grace > Thomasville, GA, USA > Zone 8b, AHS heat zone 9 > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/