Thanks Monica and Bob, I am glad to here that where there is life there is hope and I can stop holding my breath. Shmuel Get a signature like this: Click here! <http://ws-promos.appspot.com/r/…> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 8:38 AM, Monica Swartz <eciton@utexas.edu> wrote: > Hi Shmuel, don't worry, your Boweia is fine. In some growing areas, B. > volubilis will keep making the vining flower stalks all year. In others, it > takes a short rest in the winter. B. volubilis is a very tough plant. You > can even take off chunks of the fleshy bulb scales, bury them shallow, and > you will soon have a bunch of baby offsets (this does not work with B. > gariepensis, winter-growing and much fussier). Hope this helps. m > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >