I have raised Haemanthus crispus from seed produced in my own greenhouse. From two ruffled parents I got a few ruffled seedlings and a few flat-leaf forms. Mine all grow in a greenhouse under condition like Steven described. Jim On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 12:03 AM, Stephen Putman <putman@pobox.upenn.edu> wrote: > Kipp, > > Geographic attribute of your assumption is correct. But..I am growing in > a greenhouse with heater. So it gets full sun (though less than in a > desert), and the temperature varies from 48 to 80 F. I do regularly flower > a few cactus plants I've had since the early 1970's. > > Question is, how much light is "enough". > > Still waiting for the snow. > > Steve Putman, in coastal Delaware near the Delaware Bay > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kipp McMichael" <kimcmich@hotmail.com> > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 9:38:27 PM > Subject: Re: [pbs] Haemanthus crispus > > Stephen, > I will assume, given your anticipation of snow, that you're growing > under lights. Attractive foliar forms - such as twists, ruffles and > glaucous-ity, are usually associated with strong lighting. I don't think > you're H. crispus is flat, it is more likely that it is simply not > experiencing the light intensity (and perhaps temps or humidity) that > would, in its natural habitat, elicit crisped leaves. > -|<ipp > > > > Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 20:50:44 -0500 > > From: putman@pobox.upenn.edu > > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > Subject: [pbs] Haemanthus crispus > > > > Keeping amused while awaiting the arrival of the snow. > > > > I am growing a Hamantheus crispus. It has one nice leaf (current > growth) about 7" long. But..this leaf, while attractively spotted, has no > undulating edges. Is the undulation something that develops with the > maturation of the bulb? Or, do I just have a "flat" one? > > > > Steve Putman > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/ > -- James Shields jshields46074@gmail.com P.O. Box 92 Westfield, IN 46074 U.S.A.