In 1999 I received six bulbs of Cyrtanthus elatus x Cyrtanthus montanus and potted them up. I was advised later they needed a larger pot so potted them up in a 12 inch pot and they soon started flowering. I discovered that they produced small bulbs next to the bulb and so I pulled out some of them and planted them in another pot and eventually moved that one up in 2002. For many years I used to reach down into the pot and try to grab the babies and send them to the BX, but since both pots flowered reliably I just never got around to repotting. This year the original pot only had one flower and I decided it was time to tackle repotting it. As I did so, I realized there was a second flower starting, but it was too late and it was sacrificed. I repotted six of the bigger bulbs, but still had 22 reasonably sized bulbs, 47 smaller bulbs with roots and leaves and 223 of the babies, some with roots and some without. I expect the second pot is just as well endowed, but since it took me about an hour and a half or more to deal with that one, it will have to wait for another year. This is a total of 300 bulbs and if you count the other pot and the ones I've given away I think you could say this gives Oxalis some serious competition. I hope I'll be able to find homes locally for the bigger bulbs and will send the small ones to the BX, but am not sure about the ones that have good roots and leaves. Since otherwise I'd toss them, maybe I'll try sending them to the BX as well. If I do that should I cut off the leaves? Hopefully all of these bulbs will be distributed with generous amounts if there aren't enough takers. Here's the one flowering this year in the second pot in my unheated greenhouse where it lives year round. Mary Sue -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Cyrtanthus_elatus_x_C_montanus.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 112291 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…
