I grow a few scores of M. longipes (they are fairly easy from seed and I have several seasons now growing) and I’m also in San Jose. Mine bloom yearly and usually set seed when I pollinate with my hand. They are grown in full sun year round and are doing quite well. I grow a few other Massonia the same way and they also are doing well. Best, Chuck > >> I have Massonia longipes which develops a flower bud every year however > the bud just sits there. > > I haven't grown that species, but every time I get a bud that doesn't open, > I suspect low light levels (unless the plant is being blasted in full sun). > > Looking at the distribution map on iNaturalist, your Massonia is distributed > along the southern coast of South Africa, from the winter rainfall zone > across to areas that get rain all year. > https://inaturalist.org/taxa/… > > Those areas would not be very warm in winter (although they'd be a lot less > cold than Toronto). Think breezy and cool, with bright sunlight when it's > not raining. > > Hope that helps. > > Mike > San Jose, CA > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > > ------------------------------ > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 46, Issue 21 > *********************************** _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>