> Guy: > > Thank you for the input; I had wondered > if buried Urginea bulbs did not receive sufficient summer > heat to bloom. However, that is not normally a problem > in Yuma; the ground does not insulate here like it does > elsewhere in the Southwest. Wherever the summer sun > touches it, temperatures are oven-hot down to at least a > foot. I lost many bulbs because of this when I first > moved here. > > Shawn Pollard > > > > Dear Shawn, > > 300 bulbs of Urginea maritima > are blooming now around my olive farm > in southern Catalonia > (Spain) in a very dry Mediterranean > climate. They were > already here when I bought the old > farm, probably for a very > long time, they have naturalised > on and on, and they still do so. > Most of them have the neck at > ground level, some are a bit out and > some a bit deeper in > the dry leaves. They all bloom well, > maybe better if they > have a long and dry summer rest and a > bake. > > Maybe if they are too deep, they > do not get enough heat to bloom? > For > Amaryllis belladonna, only one > blooming now, maybe mine are also too > deep or too dry in > winter? > Hope it may help you > Regards > Guy L’Eplattenier/ el > Perelló/ zone 9 > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…