Pancratium maritimum
gentiaan bulborum (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:17:29 PST)

Hallo Leo

Don't let it dry out completely roots should not dry out
sun-baked in summer
and feed normal it takes 6/7 years for flowering
but in not optimal conditions it can be 10 years

Roland
bulborum@gmail.com

2010/3/11 Leo A. Martin <leo@possi.org>

I have 5 seedlings from bulb exchange seed. The seeds were strange black
things like shiny hats, very 3-dimensional and not flat like some
amaryllids. They're at least 5 years old and don't grow much. They
tolerate our winters just fine (minimums have been -8C / 15F) I bring the
pot into the house in the summer and keep it dry. I move the pot outside
and keep it moist for the winter.

Should I be fertilizing them much? I haven't.

This year the leaves that emerged were smaller than last years', but maybe
that is because I was late getting them out. Each plant makes only one
leaf each year.

Leo Martin
Phoenix Arizona USA

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