Mine have been the most showy pots in the screenhouse for a while now. (See scrubbed link below.) I have the spotted-leaved ones, at least most of them have spots. I had looked up my provenance data for this when I recently shared some with a local PBS member. Lachenalia viridiflora BX 339 #16 donated by Arnold Trachtenberg originally 6 bulblets received 2013-May-28 I have not observed bees with this species but the Lachenalia orchioides and that ssp. glaucina both keep bees busy, so much so a beekeeper friend asked for a pot of them in bloom to lure her swarm home. (Those bloom in spring when more bees are active so it is not a fair comparison.) Most interesting about germination happening after bottom heat was applied. I have not tried that and nearly all my seed pots have no sprouts. May I ask how much heat (what temperature) and is it constant or a daily fluctuation? In the open garden soil below where pots of other Lachenalia species bloomed last year there are abundant volunteer seedlings. Zone 9b or 10a. Gastil Santa Barbara, California where we have light frost this morning for the first time in weeks, and still no rain. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Lachenalia_viridiflora_mgb1.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2218058 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>
