Hesperocallis undulata
Marguerite English (Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:16:10 PDT)

In its native area (desert) it grows in pure sand and very deep (I once
dug down almost 3 ft and still was only seeing stem.)

J.E. Shields wrote:

Josh and all,

I've had one for years. It makes a leaf or two in some years, nothing
at all in most years. It has never bloomed, and it may well be dead
now -- I have not dumped it out in the last several years.

I grow it (if that's what you want to call storing it in a dry pot for
years at a time without visible growth) in a deep pot in nearly pure
sand. It sits outdoors in most summers and gets natural rain. Some
years it sits inside the greenhouse for the whole year.

I clearly don't know how to grow it.

Jim Shields
in hot, humid, miserable central Indiana

At 03:36 PM 8/4/2010 -0700Josh wrote:

Has anyone been able to keep this plant alive? It is for sure a very
interesting plant with foliage and bloom interest!

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