Sounds good - keep us posted! Best, Jude On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Fred Biasella < fbiasella@watertownsavings.com> wrote: > Thank you all for you wonderful and valuable input. I will try planting > them deeper and in a taller pot and we'll see what happens. > > Warm Regards, > Fred > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Diana > Chapman > Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 10:18 AM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: Re: [pbs] Phaedranassa Virdiflora > > I agree with Nhu. Mine bloom well, and I have found all Phaedranassas to > be very un-fussy about the potting medium. You might try planting them > deeper, they do not want the bulb exposed. Deep planting tends to > discourage offsetting and therefore the bulb can get large enough to > produce a flower bud. Mine never dry out. The climate here is very cool > and damp, so even without watering there is moisture in the medium and I > water them about once a month in winter. > > Diana > Telos > > Hi Fred, > > > > The trick to getting these Andean bulbs to bloom is to allow them to cool > > down for several months. My P. viridiflora multiplies well just like > > yours. I don't think it has as much to do with mixes as it has to do > with > > cooling them to get them to bloom. My pots stay outside (Berkeley, CA) > and > > cool down to near freezing temperatures (8-4C) for a few months and the > > temps even dip down to -2C some nights. I also stop watering them during > > dormancy, but because my winters are cool and moist, the pots never dry > out > > and I don't ever recommending drying out completely for these bulbs. > > > > Nhu > > > > On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Fred Biasella <arlen.jose@verizon.net> > > wrote: > > I even keep them cool and dry in the winter like the clivias, > > > >> but.no dice. What am I doing wrong? Help? > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- The Silent Seed Rare and Unusual plants from around the world. thesilentseed.com