First flower

First flower
Ina (Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:49:09 PST)

Sean, in the wild, they only really flower when there is a lot of rain,
and as that doesn't happen every year, they don't flower every year.
But when it rains, the plant, being in marshy land, is flooded so it is
amazing you get a flower with the conditions it has at your place.

I have mine in a large container, I think it is a 50 litre one, on
wheels. Could you do something like that with it?

Have you ever tried to smell it? It has this lovely soft scent.

Ina

Ina Crossley
Auckland New Zealand Zone 10

On 21/02/2013 3:19 a.m., Sean Zera wrote:

I wish I could get mine to look like that wild plant. I've never gotten
more than one flower stalk, but I grow it dry with rare supplemental
watering - it hated this year's drought. It always seems to attract large
bumblebees. I wonder how cold nights are in its native range during
flowering - maybe the dark flowers heat up in the morning sun to attract
pollinators?

Sean Z
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