Hi all, Several years ago, I bought 3 bulbs of this species. They have bloomed twice, only a single bulb of the three blooming in any given year. I winter them in a greenhouse, cool but always above freezing, and bone-dry. In summer, they are outside in a lath house and get misted three times a week. I'm not sure how we should be handling them. Each summer, they seem to put out their new leaves later than the previous year. I suspect I may be doing one or more of the following: - Letting them get too cold in winter; maybe a minimum winter (dry season) temperature of 50 F (10 C) or even 60 F (ca 15 C) would be better. They have been experiencing temperatures on very cold winter days down into the upper 30s F (3 to 4 C) - Keeping them too wet in summer. Since they are outside in summer, they get whatever rain we have. This summer, that was not much. - Keeping them too dry in summer. Maybe, in a dry year like this one has been, getting 10 minutes of mist three times a week isn't enough moisture. I'm looking for suggestions too, Erin. They are not self fertile, as I've tried pollinating the occasional bloom in past season. Best wishes, Jim Shields in central Indiana (USA), USDA cold zone 5 At 06:26 PM 9/30/2007 -0400, you wrote: >Erin; > > From Kubitzki: > >"Leaves annual, petiolate, the laminae broadly reniform or ovate, >plicate. Flowers white, erect or slightly nodding, 10-30; perigone >funnelform-craterform. Two to three species., Maylasia, Philippines, >Australia." > >Arnold ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA