I have some C. lutea (luteum?) grown from seed that are ten years old and have never flowered. My C. purpureum bloom well. I let them go dry in summer. Do they need different conditions from the purple ones? Diana Telos > Hello Leo, im not so sure about International environments, but here in > Australia in the wild, virtually all callostemma do grow from about 8" to > 16' deep, it is correct that in these environments & depths, even in hot > summer, the bulb stays cool... In some places they sit in a permanent moist > zone & others are in soil that completely bakes dry.. However they > virtually all receive summer rains in the wild & in most cases these rains > build up to heavy rain in late summer which triggers the flowering cycle.. > I have them growing in a hot dry environment, only planted to a depth of 6 > to 8' deep & they are quite happy.. Mine dry out naturally in winter to > spring when hot dry westerly winds dry everything out & its impossible to > get moisture into the ground.. > I hope this little bit of info helps with your experiments :) > Steven Queensland Australia > > > On 28 August 2014 23:39, desertdenial <desertdenial@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> When I put mine in the ground last year after 1-2 years in a pot they >> immediately sent up inflorescences. >> >> Marie Ortiz >> Tolleson, Az >> >> >> Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: "Leo A. Martin" <leo@possi.org> >> Date: 08/04/2014 9:47 AM (GMT-07:00) >> To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> Subject: [pbs] Calostemma purpureum >> >> >> >> This spring I moved my plants to a spot where they get bright shade with >> some very late >> afternoon sun, and watered regularly all summer. They remained in leaf and >> even made a >> few new leaves. One of the plants just yesterday began pushing two >> inflorescences. >> >> The Wiki says plants should be allowed to dry after leaves yellow. Perhaps >> those in very >> warm-summer climates, or those growing their plants in containers, should >> experiment >> with watering all summer, and deeper containers. >> >> Leo Martin >> Phoenix Arizona USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> -- >> > Steven : ) > Esk Queensland Australia > Summer Zone 5 Winter Zone 10 > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >