I'll throw a monkey wrench in the mix. My Veltheimias grow through the summer, too. (Both species.) I think a lot really depends on where you are, and your particular conditions, which are certainly different everywhere. Plants adapt to where they are, obviously. On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 2:41 PM, Brian Whyer <brian.whyer@btinternet.com> wrote: > **Haemanthus species can be either winter or summer growing; you need to > look > up the species in the wiki.** > > I am growing from seed what was sent to me as Haemanthus coccineus. They > are now at the end of their second season but grow in summer, not winter. > They currently have leaves up to a foot or so long, looking very similar to > those of the photo of Angelo Porcelli, but without the hairs, at present > anyway. The leaves may be longer than they should be as they have been in a > north window this year. The wiki suggests they should be winter growing or > are they that variable they can be either? > > Brian Whyer, Buckinghamshire, England, zone ~8 > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >