I had similar results with Alophia drummondii close to 10 years ago. They bloomed mid-summer from seed planted 6 months earlier from SIGNA Seed Ex. I have overwintered dormant bulbs of Alophia drummondii in pots in my basement. This past winter I think I had 3 or 4 bulbs, and only 1 survived. It opened today. :-) I was so glad to catch it because I know it will be gone by the time I get home from work. Last fall I sowed seeds in pots as soon as they were harvested but none of them germinated. I'm not sure what's up with that, because I had a lot of seeds! I'll wait until spring, next time. Dennis in Cincinnati On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 9:13 PM, Eugene Zielinski <eez55@earthlink.net>wrote: > In my backyard I had my first bloom of Alophia veracruzana. What is really > notable about this is that I sowed the seed (from SIGNA) on February 15, > 2011 and transplanted the plants to a larger pot in May. Less than 6 > months from seed to bloom -- not too shabby. > I'd have taken a picture but for two reasons. 1.) The wiki has a number of > nice pictures of this species. 2.) I noticed the bloom in the morning, > but when I went out in the afternoon, the flower had collapsed upon itself. > >From what I see, I'll have a few more blooms to admire in the near future. > > Eugene Zielinski > Augusta, GA > USA > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >