Hippeastrum papilio
Hans-Werner Hammen (Sun, 02 Dec 2012 05:19:49 PST)

Actually, Hippeastrum papilio is virtually dormant in summer. A good idea is, to water them sparingly from below, then let them dry out, from End of August on, then wait for the tips of the first leaves to poke out, they will spontaneously appear towards end of September, THEN divide them. Everybody can verify this on their own, that H.papilio, a vigorous DIPloid Knight Star Lily, will rapidly produce new roots once replanted into fresh Substrate, and carefully watered from below, and will form a nice bush of upto 12 Leaves from bigger bulbs, and some weeks later, will produce 1 or 2 Scapes.................................................................................................................................................................................................. Performance, from freshly replanted Bulbs:........................................................................http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/… .............................
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