Hi Leo. It sound Babiana likes water or wet condition during growing season. It's confusing. Wet or dry? Makiko Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 12, 2015, at 9:59 PM, Leo Martin <stnalpsoel@gmail.com> wrote: > > I must confess I have been keeping Babiana of many species, from sprouts to > maturity, waterlogged during the entire growing season for some 10 years > without losses to rot. My seedlings die if not wet enough. (Birds and > javelina are troublesome.) Mine also have experienced overnight lows into > the teens F / -8C with neither foliar nor floral damage. > > My climate has very low winter humidity except during rain, and days > following frosts are always well above freezing. Many winter days are in > the 80s F / mid 20sC. I use coarse sharp sand without adulterants. > > Leo Martin > Zone ?9 > Phoenix Arizona USA > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/