The cool dry season has day temperatures in the mid to high teens celcius
and night temperatures below 10. The hot dry season has temperatures that
can get into the 30's but usually is in the high 20's. I'm not at all sure
how much temperature plays a role in the bulbs as they occur in full sun to
part shady conditions. I suppose it's best to try treating it as Jim does,
maybe that will work for you too!

Cheers,

Nick

over 32 degrees C (in July 1936 it reached 43 degrees C!); there are on
average about 30 days per year when the temperature is at or over 32
degrees C. Not only is it hot, it is humid. Not, I think, like Denmark.

have been in the same pot for years. During the frost free season, the pot
is placed in a dish of water and left out in the sun. I try to remember to
keep water in the dish at all times. Some years I throw in some granular
fertilizer. In the autumn, I keep a watch out for night frosts and bring
the pot in for that night if they occur. Otherwise, the pot stays outside
until the foliage ripens sometime in early November. Then the pot comes
inside and spends the winter dry in the heated basement. In April or May it
goes outside again to repeat the cycle.

year, some years more abundantly than others.

involucrata has about a thousand flowers now, tulips are at their height
and the first tree peonies are in bloom.

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