Hi Paul, Mary Sue wrote a number of pages with very clean instructions on how to add to the wiki. http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… It would be very nice for everyone to add their own growing experience! Nhu Berkeley, CA -- most of everything dried up but I did notice a small clump of Amaryllis belladonna already sending up 2 spikes down the road. The fall blooming bulb season is approaching fast! On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Paul Licht <plicht@berkeley.edu> wrote: > It isn't clear how we can add data to the wonderful compilation of tips > at > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > . > > A new entry would be Pycella ignea (a wonderful S. American bulb). I did > some test using warm, cold, light and dark. The best method I found was > to float the shiny flat black seed on water in the refrigerator for > 10-14 days. Then warm up and wait a day or two for radicles to form and > then plant on surface. I don't think Dark vs Light matters much, but the > cold pretreatment makes an enormous difference. > > Calostemma purpurea did well when planted outside in late fall, early > winter (in Bay area without frost) > > -- > Paul Licht, Director > Univ. California Botanical Garden > 200 Centennial Drive > Berkeley, CA 94720 > (510)-643-8999 > http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/xerantheum/