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 > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >