Moraea polystachya
Mary Irish (Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:12:24 PST)
Gastil
I came in a few hours late, but I wanted to encourage you about your
Moraea polystachya. I grew this species for years in Phoenix, Arizona and
it was part of the collection at the Desert Botanical Garden there. It was
entirely summer dormant there, and came out beautifully, in fact
abundantly, after a long, and virtually dry summer. This one of the most
reliable, and dependable, bulbs for that area and seemed to me to grow in
almost any condition including extreme dryness through the summer.
Good luck
Mary Irish
now in Castroville, Texas
On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Michael Mace <michaelcmace@gmail.com>wrote:
Gastil wrote:
I did not irrigate those all summer so they may not come back.
Whoops, sorry, I miscommunicated. My point was that they tolerate summer
water, not that they require it all summer. Your baby bulbs are probably
fine. They'll just start growing later and (if they are blooming size)
bloom for a shorter time. I have a friend who never watered his until late
October. They grew fine but rarely bloomed.
I keep most of mine dry from the time they go dormant until the start of
August. Then I start watering them. That gets them blooming in
October/November.
Mike
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