Norton, thank you I have stenomesson miniature and Clinanthus varigatus And am looking for others Dell, I have mine in a 6" deep squat pot and seem to love it there multiples well iPhone 6 Shaund > On 13 Feb 2017, at 11:14 am, ds429 <ds429@frontier.com> wrote: > > I grew some stenomessons (I think some are now clinanthus) some years ago, and I found that deep pots and very free drainage are necessary. > > Dell > -------------------------------------------- > On Sun, 2/12/17, norton cuba melly <nortonc26@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Subject: Re: [pbs] Germination & Bulbs, Stenomesson from seed > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Date: Sunday, February 12, 2017, 6:48 PM > > Shaund, > > All the seeds I have from > plants come directly from the source, I´ve studied the > phenology of most of plants from lomas ecosystem, so I know > when they flower and when to collect seeds, I have to be > very accurate because this plants only flower once a year. > In case of Stenomesson flavum, its a 4 hour walk up the hill > in the summer, between December and March in Lima. > > > Norton > > > ________________________________ > From: > pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org> > on behalf of Shaun Douglas <sd142@iprimus.com.au> > Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2017 2:06 PM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: Re: [pbs] Germination & Bulbs, > Stenomesson from seed > > Norton, could I ask where you bought the seed > of Stenomesson???? > > iPhone > 6 > Shaund > > >> On 12 February 2017 at > 04:50, norton cuba melly <nortonc26@hotmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello everyone, my name is Norton. > I´m a student of Environmental >>> > Engineering in Lima - Peru, new to Pacific Bulbs Society. > I'm currently >>> germinating > native plants from an ecosystem called "lomas". > Most of those >>> species are likely to > disappear from anthorpogenic activities, growing >>> population, the lack of political will > to preserve them and lack of >>> > knowledge of the people that live in big cities. I´ll be > posting a mail by >>> species, to not > overwhelm you with information, I will be very thankful > for >>> any information I can get from > you. I will be also posting pictures on PBS >>> wiki. >>> >>> Additional lnformation: About the > ecosystem "lomas" : It goes along the >>> coast of Peru to the north of Chile., > located in the desert, so it´s dry in >>> the summer, almost no vegetation, > maybe cactus and trees, and in the winter >>> it goes up to 80- 100% of humidity in > the air from the fog we get from >>> > Humboldt´s current and the South Pacific High, the ground > is cover by all >>> types of herbs > & shrubs, and the sky is very cloudy almost every day, > so >>> plants get about 5 months of > water from June to October. The ecosystem only >>> goes from 100 to 1000 m.a.s.l. >>> >>> >>> I want to ask about the genus > Stenomesson , so I´ve germinated 2 species , >>> Stenomesson flavum and the other one I > have yet to identify, with 100% >>> > germination rate, the seeds are black & flat, like in > Zephyranthes or >>> Hippeastrum. They > flower in the summer when dry and the leaves come out in >>> winter when the ground is wet. To > germinate, I float them for 24h and then >>> sow in a 4 inch pot with premix, that > I cover with transparent plastic to >>> > keep humidity, normally they start growing the root after 3 > days. They only >>> grow one long > leave, that gets wider when older. The light they get is > from >>> a window sill, so I complement > with CFL light bulbs, a mix of warm and cool >>> bulbs, since in Peru there are no > light bulbs for plant growth >>> I had > 2 issues: >>> Roots are long so they go > against the bottom of the pot and i have kept >>> them wet for 5 months and the bulbs > have only grown the size of a pinky >>> > nail. . Is there any advice I can get to grow them better? > Deeper pots, >>> organic fertilizers > ?? >>> >>> >>> Ps: This work is mainly to guarantee > the conservation of native species. >>> > Im not interested in exchanging seeds or bulbs. What I will > exchange is >>> knowledge and > pictures. >>> >>> >>> Best > regards >>> >>> > Norton >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> pbs mailing list >>> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >>> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >>> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >>> > > <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/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/