All my Crinums bloom, but I grow them in five gallon pots all put in large kiddie wading pools, which I then fill to about four or five inches of water with the fertilizer dissolved in the water. Before I put them in the wading pools I simply could not keep the pots moist enough. In winter I let them go dry, which is usually when I repot. As soon as I fill the wading pools in spring they all bloom within about a week. Diana Telos > It is definitely possible to get Crinums to flower in containers, but it > may not be easy. In Leo's case, I am guessing that in Phoenix, Arizona, > you just cannot keep them with enough water to meet their growing needs. > > Small Crinum grow and bloom in 1- or 2-gallon pots. Some, such as > carlo-schmidtii, seem to need extra water to bloom. C. walteri and C. > razafindratsiraea will bloom in 1-gal. and 2-gal pots respectively. I grow > other crinums in 5-gallon and a few in 7-gallon pots. Some bloom, some do not. > > You need regular watering in the big pots. I use drip lines to each pot, > with the 5-gal and 7-gal getting at least 2 drip-lines per pot. > > You also have to feed rather heavily. Neglect the feeding and the next > year you may not see any flowers. > > Jim Shields > > > ************************************************* > Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 > P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ > Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA > Lat. 40° 02.8' N, Long. 086° 06.6' W > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >