Question - are your hippeastrum stored "naked" under the greenhouse benches or are they wrapped in newspaper or placed in a brown paper bag? When I used to unpot mine for winter storage I would wrap them in newspaper. Now I do it as follows: My hippeastrum are grown in pots. They go outdoors for the summer. At about this time of year (early October) I bring the pots indoors, put them in the basement, and ignore them. Do not cut the leaves but allow them to wither. There are a couple that want to be evergreen - they go into the greenhouse which is heated to 55 degrees Fahrenheit. When growth begins in early spring they are brought upstairs to the greenhouse, repotted, and given a good drink of water. Flowering then happens in late spring. Ismene/Hymenocallis are unpotted and stored in the basement. They also have permanent roots but do not seem to suffer any dehydration. Eucomis are left in their pots and stored in the basement. Amorphophallis are dog from the garden and stored unpotted - you guessed it - in the basement. Sauromatum - which are more frost sensitive that amorphophallis - are dug and stored in the basement although overlooked Sauromatum did survive last winter. Canna are allowed to be knocked back by frost, cut back, evicted from the half barrel sized pots,. Loose dirt shaken off but not washed. Packed in peat moss in supermarket banana boxes and wedged into the garage. (It would be so much easier if we did not keep cars in there.) _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…