Interesting topic. I'll be interested to hear any input. I got some, too - and they clearly were "cleaned up" for storing/packing/shipping. On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 6:28 PM, Dee Foster <dee@deeandbill.com> wrote: > To all: I just received my bulbs from Longfield Gardens, and they are, > disappointingly, beige bulbs, not the “amethyst purple” color advertised on > their website. I spoke with their head horticulturist who explained that > they had been grown in the ground in Israel, and that they would color up > if grown above ground (which I thought was pretty much the only way they > grew-above ground). Does anyone have experience with this bulb to know if > this is true? > I feel badly about this, as I was so amazed to see this bulb at such a > reasonable price, that I posted about them to this website, to let others > know. Now I feel bad that I may have led other members down this path? > Hopefully they are the right bulb, but does anyone know if it’s likely > that these very, very plain beige bulbs are going to color up when grown in > the sun? It’s not that I’m upset about them not being a pretty color, it’s > that I don’t see how they can be S. Madeirensis if they aren’t a deeply > colored purple-ish bulb? > Thanks, > Dee Foster > Newport Beach, CA Z10b --where I’m starting to think about how to save the > bath water if they put us on rationing…. > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/