Haemanthus pauculifolius
Mary Sue Ittner (Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:56:28 PDT)

Hi Luc,

Several years ago I organized a topic of the week for more than two years
where we had a subject we discussed over a couple week period. Often there
was a wonderful introduction to start us off provided by a knowledgeable
member of our group. Cameron McMaster provided such an introduction on
Haemanthus.
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…
And here were some of the posts from that week (under Haemanthus):
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/old.php/…

Haemanthus pauculifolius is an evergreen species. I leave H. albiflos out
year round although I shelter it a bit from the rain when we have a lot of
it in winter, but I've found some of my other summer rainfall Haemanthus
seem a lot happier staying in my greenhouse where it is warmer in summer.
Your climate may be suitable to leaving it outside. After experimenting
with a number of them in my covered structure outside in summer I moved
them back to the greenhouse. Although this species was slow for me
(purchased from Telos), it now seems to be growing quite happily in a pot
and it's bloomed the last two years in the fall and I think it is most
attractive. I keep the soil moist.
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

Mary Sue