Hi Dell, I purchased one from Telos Rare Bulbs in 2008 and while the bulb is 4.5cm wide, it has bloomed twice and each time quite beautifully. I do not believe it is epiphytic. The leaves on our plant are 40cm in length and 3cm in width. I have been growing it in full sun. It has not (yet?) produced offsets and I only let it dry out when it decides to drop its leaves. No doubt others with more experience can add more advice! Jacob ---------- - http://www.flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/ On 28 July 2010 12:26, Dell Sherk <ds429@comcast.net> wrote: > The most recent BX offering included seed of Hippeastrum cybister > contributed by Alberto Grossi. The offering was enormously popular. So I am > wondering if Alberto and others among you who grow this species could help > those who are to become its new parents. I have had the species for years, > but must be doing something wrong because my bulb is only 3 cm wide and it > has to be at least seven years old. I have recently been growing it in pure > orchid bark, and it seems to like it and has perked up and grown. Is it > epiphytic? Does it reproduce by stolons? > > > > Any advice would be appreciated. > > > > Best wishes, > > Dell > > > > Dell Sherk, SE Pennsylvania, z 6/7 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >