Apologies Alberto, However with a few exceptions I do find receipt of Amarylliads easiest to convert if newly dormant. They then have a short dormancy before coming into growth half way through the growing season in their new hemisphere, The exception was Gethyllis linearis which did wait 18 months. In my experiance, receiving them at the end of dormancy - about to sprout, they usually root very quickly. Either they then have a very short growing season before converting to their new hemisphere, or continue growing into the correct season for the new hemisphere. This, as I said, needs very cautious watering as the bulbs are unsure whether they are going dormant from their old hemisphere growth cycle, or starting their new hemisphere growth cycle and missing dormancy. Spring / Autumn conditions are required with no Summer / Winter extremes. It is this transition between growth on the old hemisphere's time table, into growth on the new hemisphere's timetable, which I find tricky and why I prefer the bulbs newly dormant. Peter (UK) On 8 September 2014 22:59, Alberto <ezeizabotgard@hotmail.com> wrote: > No, what I said is that after their completed normal dormancy in its > original Hemisphere they can be easily pushed to adaptation. Meaning they > are very plastic once they have normally waken up. > > Not newly dormant, just about normal waking up time. > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >