Hmmmm...I've done the same thing with them for years (overwintering unwatered, after the foliage dies down, in a cold place, but above freezing), and they bloom vigorously ever year.... It could, of course, just be genetics. Ellen On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Jim McKenney <jamesamckenney@verizon.net>wrote: > Denys, for many years I had a big pot of Nerine bowdenii thick with big > healthy bulbs which I put out for the summer and brought indoors for the > winter. By the time I brought it in for the winter the foliage had started > to die down for the year, and during the winter the pot was not watered and > the bulbs made no new growth. When the pot was put outside in the spring > and watered well, leafy growth resumed. > > In all the years I had these plants, never once did they bloom. > > Jim McKenney > Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where I can count buds on > the most advanced frits in the garden. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- Ellen Hornig 212 Grafton St Shrewsbury MA 01545 508-925-5147