First I want to say that I’m a new member, actually a returning member after lapsing many years ago. I love bulbs of all kinds but am most interested in South African bulbs, including Albuca, Haemanthus, and Massonia. I’ve had an Albuca spiralis for almost a year. It went dormant last summer, so I stopped watering it. I’ve read that these can rot very easily if watered during dormancy. In about late October it started growing again and now the leaves are about 5 inches tall and are starting to “spiral” at the tops. It has not bloomed yet. I also have Albuca namaquensis which also went dormant in the summer but has not awoken yet. It’s still alive and I give it a little water occasionally. I have also just sowed A. namaquensis seeds. And I have A. setosa, which never went dormant so I kept watering, although sparingly in the summer. It bloomed profusely last winter and early spring but has not yet bloomed this year. It has grown and produced many offsets. I keep all my albucas in an unheated greenhouse also full of succulents and cacti on the northern California coast. Toni Rizzo > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Albuca spiralis (Hansen Nursery) > 2. Re: Albuca spiralis (linny@cruzio.com <mailto:linny@cruzio.com>) > 3. Re: Albuca spiralis (Hansen Nursery) > 4. Re: Albuca spiralis (linny@cruzio.com <mailto:linny@cruzio.com>) > 5. Re: Albuca spiralis (linny@cruzio.com <mailto:linny@cruzio.com>) > 6. Re: Albuca spiralis (Mike Rummerfield) > 7. Re: Albuca spiralis (Garak) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 15:07:03 -0800 > From: "Hansen Nursery" <robin@hansennursery.com <mailto:robin@hansennursery.com>> > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net <mailto:pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>> > Subject: [pbs] Albuca spiralis > Message-ID: <001c01d37f67$694428f0$3bcc7ad0$@hansennursery.com <mailto:001c01d37f67$694428f0$3bcc7ad0$@hansennursery.com>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I was given an Albuca spiralis 'Fizzle Sizzle' months ago and thought I was > doing the right thing.. I kept it on the dry side (but not totally dry) in > my propagation house which gets mostly full sun. It produce a flower stalk > which didn't progress but slowly so I brought it into a west-facing window > in a house that varies from 60-70 degrees. I watched it and much more > quickly it appeared that the flowers would be opening within a few days but > all the leaves died and the flower stalk was leaning. I touched the stalk > and it was not firm, felt loose and I observed mold so I tugged gently and > it came away in my hand and was clearly rotting, so I cut off the bad part > and stuck it in a glass of water. Then discovered the bulb had completed > rotted. > > > > I can't find any but the most general cultural information which doesn't > help me. Does anyone grow this and if they do, may I please have some > advice on keeping them alive? I was so looking forward to flowers because > it's reputed to have a wonderful scent!!!! > > > > Robin Hansen > > Hansen Nursery > > robin@hansennursery.com <mailto:robin@hansennursery.com> > > Southwest coast of Oregon where it's finally raining! > > > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…