I grow several Phaeds, as I call them - and you may have gotten those from me on Ebay - I grow them all in Pro Mix, and they flower for me. (This is what I do for all of my Hippeastrum types, and they like it - as opposed to a coarser mix.) Do you use fertilizer? I do not. Best, Jude On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 8:49 AM, Fred Biasella < fbiasella@watertownsavings.com> wrote: > Hi Heather, > > I kinda made it up after reading some of the posts on free draining mixes > and I use this as my typical (default) mix. Depending on the plant, I will > make adjustments to the mix and make it either finer or coarser. I have > quite a few clivia and they seem to prefer the coarser mix. After doing a > little research on Phaedranassa, I figured they would appreciate a similar > free draining and organic mix. Do you grow Phaedranassa? > > Warm Regards, > Fred > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Heather Koch > Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 7:47 AM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Cc: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: Re: [pbs] Phaedranassa Virdiflora > > How did you come up with your planting mix? > > On May 10, 2015, at 12:52 PM, "Fred Biasella" <arlen.jose@verizon.net> > wrote: > > > Hello Folks, > > > > > > > > I just unpotted a large pot of this Phaedranassa in the hopes of > > getting it to bloom. Originally I purchased three bulbs and now have a > > pot full of them but no blooms. I'm thinking they don't like my soil > > mixture (peat mix, perlite, small redwood chips, small coco chips, > > granite, coarse sand and > > charcoal) it's the same I use for the clivias and they seem to like it > > due to its free draining nature. Like I said, they've grown and > > multiplied but no blooms. I even keep them cool and dry in the winter > > like the clivias, but.no dice. What am I doing wrong? Help? > > > > > > > > Warm Regards, > > > > Fred Biasella > > > > Cambridge (Boston) MA > > > > USDA Zone 6b > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > https://clicktime.cloud.postoffice.net/clicktime.p… > > 8Xd3&U=http%3A%2F%2Fpacificbulbsociety.org%2Flist.php&T=WTSB&HV=X,U,T, > > S&H=0f0f44df2d18561fd6507ca6215b849c832853ad&S=Y > > https://clicktime.cloud.postoffice.net/clicktime.p… > > 8Xd3&U=http%3A%2F%2Fpacificbulbsociety.org%2Fpbswiki&T=WTSB&HV=X,U,T,S > > &H=c17d5c418ca784774e2108ab79711213d89046a2&S=Y > _______________________________________________ > 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