Cyrtanthus
Ina Crossley (Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:46:26 PDT)

Thank you Mary Sue. Not always does it mention if plants go dormant,
but it looks like most of them don't.

I find it interesting that I bought the Cyrtanthus Venus bulbs locally.
They were growing in a pot on a shaded table with large trees around.
The soil was very wet, yet it was flowering.

But now have a better idea of what to expect after reading the Wiki page
and the links. And your comment about the C brachyscyphus.

Ina

On 26/04/2011 12:24 p.m., Mary Sue Ittner wrote:

Hi Ina,

Cyrtanthus comes from both winter and summer rainfall areas and the
different species have different requirements. Some of them
definitely go dormant. Cyrtanthus was the topic of the week once and
we have links to the introductions for it on the wiki Cyrtanthus page.
<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…>
There is also a link to an article written by Graham Duncan on this
genus as well.

My C. brachyscyphus never completely go dormant even though I water
them much less during winter and then step up the watering when I can
see they are starting to send up scapes.

I think you'll find some very useful information if you check out the
introductions, the wiki Cyrtanthus pages, and the article we have linked.

Mary Sue

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