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. Box 92 Westfield, IN 46074 U.S.A. _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…
