Scadoxus pole-evansii
Stephen Putman (Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:43:04 PDT)

I've had one small plant of S. pole-evansii for going on 3 years now.
In the mid-atlantic U.S. it sits dormant (mostly without water) until
late summer (first green 01 Aug. 2007, and 02 July 2008) Continued
growth until mid-March both years. I tried a variety of watering
regimes and it just sat both years, coming into growth when it wanted
to. It is outside from May to September and in the greenhouse (above 50
degrees F) October to May. It has slowly gotten larger, but is probably
a few years from bloom as yet. Currently in a 6" pot.

Steve

Ken wrote:

Hi Lee,

I'm envious! I just purchased some seeds from Silverhill a couple weeks ago, although not Scadoxus. I am watching my mailbox like a hawk. What is your watering regimen? I am guessing they are summer growers so likely need irrigation in the summer and kept out of the rain in winter?

Ken
San Diego, zone 10-11

From: Lee Poulsen <wpoulsen@pacbell.net>
Subject: Re: [pbs] Scadoxus pole-evansii

Rachel Saunders at Silverhill Seeds has offered them a few times in the
recent past. (You have to sign up for her Amaryllid availability email
list.) I got a few, and after getting the annual watering regimen down
better,
_______________________________________________
pbs mailing list
pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/