Hi Norton, Welcome to the group. Thanks so much for sharing what you learn with us. I'm looking forward to reading your updates. Meanwhile, I am sure some of the group members will have some Stenomesson growing experience to share. Erik SKYPE green.heart youth and elders short video <http://vimeo.com/62177578/> http://www.linkedin.com/in/erikvanlennep/ <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> “I know of no restorative of heart, body, and soul more effective against hopelessness than the restoration of the Earth.” —BARRY LOPEZ” 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/ > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/