Ixia viridiflora
Mary Sue Ittner via pbs (Thu, 21 Apr 2022 09:10:39 PDT)

This plant has been discussed many times on this list. Most people have
been unable to get it to flower from year to year and it sounds like the
source of Uli's seed mentioned this. I've grown other South African
Irids that take a few years from seed to flower and then I might see
them only again one or two times. I've grown it and lost it numerous
times. Interestingly if you look through some of the recommendations
from the archives, you'll get both dry in summer and moisture in summer.
So some of you who have flowering this year might want to split up your
corms and try it both ways. On the other hand some reported it didn't
like to be disturbed so maybe not. Some grew it in pure sand. In the
ground led to losses by most, but success by a few including one from
summer rainfall higher elevation South Africa. On the other hand there
is an interesting post from Colin Davis:
https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/…
who says it needs a hot dormancy and didn't think extra moisture helped.
Reading the archive suggestions is interesting, but afterwards you are
still left trying to figure out what might work where you live.

Mary Sue
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