Massonia grow reasonably here for me in the UK, maybe I don't have very high standards. Perhaps the South African Bulb Group would have some thoughts. They have several members with South African experience who would be able to compare environments. > > On 19 October 2016 at 18:55 Sarah Hinckley <sarahh@suiattle.net> wrote: > > > Hi Robin, > > I am a beginner with SA bulbs. None of the ones I have have begun to > flower yet. I have had the greenhouse less than a year. I am just > presupposing that the light levels in western Washington might be too > low to get these bulbs to grow and flower successfully. > > I really appreciate hearing about others experience! > > thanks, > > Sarah > > On 10/19/2016 10:50 AM, Hansen Nursery wrote: > > Sarah, > > > > Have the plants in your greenhouse been blooming or are you unsatisfied > > with > > the quality of flowering? I find I can get Cyclamen graecum to flower > > and > > set some seed here on the southwest coast of Oregon if I leave them in > > the > > poly house through the summer, where I think intensity of heat counts as > > much as intensity of light. I'm just south of the 45th parallel. > > > > If they aren't flowering at all or poorly, I'd definitely supplement the > > light, although surely more lengthly exposure to light in the summer > > should > > compensate for less intensity of light to some degree the further north > > you > > live. Can someone comment on this? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Robin > > Hansen Nursery > > robin@hansennursery.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/ >