I was just thinking that. On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 2:23 PM Sue Evanetz <Sevanetz@telus.net> wrote: > > Xxxxxsxxsssssszssssssssdssssssssssssssdsssssssssssdssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssxdxsxxxxxxass > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Feb 5, 2020, at 4:00 AM, pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > wrote: > > > > Send pbs mailing list submissions to > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > pbs-owner@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > > > > > > List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Can you make this antique bloom (Hippeastrum Petiolatum) > > (David Pilling) > > 2. Re: Can you make this antique bloom (Hippeastrum Petiolatum) > > (James SHIELDS) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 12:40:50 +0000 > > From: David Pilling <david@davidpilling.com> > > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > Subject: [pbs] Can you make this antique bloom (Hippeastrum > > Petiolatum) > > Message-ID: <4f46ffa5-e43e-7a42-b7aa-16311ab712a6@davidpilling.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > > > Hi, > > > > Tom Schafer, who lives in the North East of the USA, wrote to the PBS > > website asking how to make a 19th century bulb flower. > > > > You can reply direct to: tschafer30@aol.com or to the list. > > > > "I inherited a Hippeastrum Petiolatum from my late friend who inherited > > it from her grandparents when they died. > > They had received it as a wedding present in the late 1800's. > > My friend did not have a green thumb and she kept it pot bound in the > > same pot for years. > > She fertilized weekly but I don't know what she used. And the plant > > blossomed for her at least twice a year with upwards of 15 stalks!! > > She loved it and wanted me to have it when she died. > > > > I have had it for about 10 years now and I have had no luck whatsoever > > with it. I did not know what it was (nor did she) so that didn't help > > but I cared for it like I would a child! > > Occasionally it would send up a flower or two and that's all. And it > > kept looking worse by the month. > > (At one point I had it planted in a bark mixture used for Clivia because > > I thought that that is what it is.) > > > > I somehow decided on making some new potting soil on my own (1 part > > perlite, 1 part peat moss and 1 part manure). > > I pulled the plant all apart in the spring of 2018, used my soil and put > > it on my porch for the summer and it looked (and still does although > > it's now inside) wonderful!! > > But not one single flower. I did read that after they are transplanted > > they may not blossom for a year or two and that they like to be pot > > bound so that could be the problem. > > (I have attached a picture. I divided it into two pots when replanting.) > > > > I decided that I used too much fertilizer and over watered it in the > > past (on all of my plants) so I cut back. > > And on this plant I only occasionally gave it 10-10-10. I am using > > Jack's Classic all purpose 20-20-20 water soluble plant food at half the > > recommended dose. > > I have not given it anything since last fall but with spring hopefully > > arriving in a few months, I thought I should start again thus my > > question to Pacific." > > > > There is a photo in the scrubbed link below. The PBS wiki has a page > > about one of these bulbs from the 1920s > > > > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > > > > > > -- > > David Pilling > > http://www.davidpilling.com/ > > -------------- next part -------------- > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > Name: IMG_0126.jpg > > Type: image/jpeg > > Size: 123689 bytes > > Desc: not available > > URL: < > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 08:43:08 -0500 > > From: James SHIELDS <jshields46074@gmail.com> > > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>, > > tschafer30@aol.com > > Subject: Re: [pbs] Can you make this antique bloom (Hippeastrum > > Petiolatum) > > Message-ID: > > <CAPSFtJCmP01PvPCm8XhU5JqpQSF8hD=dgGVSERazhoVWtvNo9Q@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > Hi Tom and all, > > > > First, Hippeastrum like a lot of light. If they are a houseplant for > you, > > they need to be in a bright window, or maybe outdoors in the summer. > > Morning sun and late afternoon sun with mid-day shade would be kinder to > > your houseplant than full day direct sun. They also, most of them anyway, > > need a rest period sometime during the year to trigger flowering. Give > > your petiolatum at least 6 to 8 weeks of dry rest in winter, and see if > > that doesn't encourage it to show some blooms. > > > > Good luck! > > > > Jim Shields > > > >> On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 7:41 AM David Pilling <david@davidpilling.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> Tom Schafer, who lives in the North East of the USA, wrote to the PBS > >> website asking how to make a 19th century bulb flower. > >> > >> You can reply direct to: tschafer30@aol.com or to the list. > >> > >> "I inherited a Hippeastrum Petiolatum from my late friend who inherited > >> it from her grandparents when they died. > >> They had received it as a wedding present in the late 1800's. > >> My friend did not have a green thumb and she kept it pot bound in the > >> same pot for years. > >> She fertilized weekly but I don't know what she used. And the plant > >> blossomed for her at least twice a year with upwards of 15 stalks!! > >> She loved it and wanted me to have it when she died. > >> > >> I have had it for about 10 years now and I have had no luck whatsoever > >> with it. I did not know what it was (nor did she) so that didn't help > >> but I cared for it like I would a child! > >> Occasionally it would send up a flower or two and that's all. And it > >> kept looking worse by the month. > >> (At one point I had it planted in a bark mixture used for Clivia because > >> I thought that that is what it is.) > >> > >> I somehow decided on making some new potting soil on my own (1 part > >> perlite, 1 part peat moss and 1 part manure). > >> I pulled the plant all apart in the spring of 2018, used my soil and put > >> it on my porch for the summer and it looked (and still does although > >> it's now inside) wonderful!! > >> But not one single flower. I did read that after they are transplanted > >> they may not blossom for a year or two and that they like to be pot > >> bound so that could be the problem. > >> (I have attached a picture. I divided it into two pots when > replanting.) > >> > >> I decided that I used too much fertilizer and over watered it in the > >> past (on all of my plants) so I cut back. > >> And on this plant I only occasionally gave it 10-10-10. I am using > >> Jack's Classic all purpose 20-20-20 water soluble plant food at half the > >> recommended dose. > >> I have not given it anything since last fall but with spring hopefully > >> arriving in a few months, I thought I should start again thus my > >> question to Pacific." > >> > >> There is a photo in the scrubbed link below. The PBS wiki has a page > >> about one of these bulbs from the 1920s > >> > >> https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > >> > >> > >> -- > >> David Pilling > >> http://www.davidpilling.com/ > >> -------------- next part -------------- > >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > >> Name: IMG_0126.jpg > >> Type: image/jpeg > >> Size: 123689 bytes > >> Desc: not available > >> URL: < > >> > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> pbs mailing list > >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > >> > > > > > > -- > > James Shields jshields46074@gmail.com > > P.O. 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