As a member of the Bulb Society and the Cactus and Succulent Society I've found that this craziness (addiction) is quite common so don't feel alone. While my addiction started only a few years ago, I completely understand. Karl Church Dinuba, CA On Jan 13, 2017 12:47 PM, "Mike Rummerfield" <mikerumm@gmail.com> wrote: > " .... so unfortunately I'm running out of space. I think I'm just crazy. A > theory confirmed by my wife :-)" > > Chad, > Yes - but such a wonderful crazy. Maybe time to put yourself into > irretrievable debt (and marital disharmony) to add on to that greenhouse? > Adding on to the house might be pushing it a bit. 🙃 > > I hope your Hippeastrum blooms this Spring. > Best of luck, > Mike > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 11:52 AM, Chad Cox <clcox@ucdavis.edu> wrote: > > > Thanks all for commiserating with me. > > Fred I too have a house full of plants(some seedlings) but haven't > > experimented with hybridization yet; my wife is already angry so I may > have > > to wait a bit on that plus I'm still waiting for one of my hippeastrum to > > bloom. I'm hoping that will happen in Spring. > > Rick I would have to say that the top of my list would be > angustifolium, > > closely followed by teyucuarense, brasilianum, morelianum, and argentinum > > to start. The truth is I am fascinated by many of the rare species in > this > > genus and the fact that many are practically unheard of in cultivation > > sparks my interest even more since I love challenges. > > Mike thank you for calling to my attention that I suffer from yet > > another condition, Clivia fever. I don't think I have it as badly as you > > but I definitely have it. I've been looking for a nice red one for a long > > time. > > Jim yes I have both hippeastrum and clivia in my greenhouse too, but > > was unable to limit myself to just those two and had to go get some > > Phadranassa and Brunsvigia and Crinum and.... so unfortunately I'm > running > > out of space. I think I'm just crazy. A theory confirmed by my wife :-) > > > > Chad in Elverta CA > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > Chad L. Cox, Ph.D. > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > Chad L. Cox, Ph.D. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/