Hi Again Bruce and thanks for these notes - One of the reasons I wondered about this species is ( in addition to being a big Crinum fan) is that my summers are very hot, but we do get accessional summer down burst. I was wondering about the feasibility of this growing in summer outdoors - full sun and occasional rain (no supplemental), dry in the winter indoors at 50 degrees. I have asked a few US growers friends in the SE and they complain it is very sensitive to over wet conditions - not a problem here. During our recent snow season we have less than 1 in of rain/snow over 12 - 14 weeks. So have you been growing this species (which ever name you choose ) since 2010 with success.? I gather it is very drought tolerant and mostly exposed to summer only rains. Best Jim > On Jan 22, 2022, at 5:34 PM, Bruce Schroder via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > Jim - as a post script, C luteolum is very rarely grown in Australia as it > is very difficult to source seeds because of its remote habitat and the > erratic nature of its flowering.. > > I was fortunate to be able to combine a 10 day, several thousand km road > trip last year with a side trip to one of their habitats and was directed > to a location where in 2010, after heavy late summer rains, it was > flowering in profusion. I was pushing my luck because summer rains in the > area in 2021 had been few and far between and I found only a handful of > harshly sun beaten plants and a few shriveling seeds by the time I visited > the area a couple of months after summer.. > > Bruce Schroder, Melbourne, Australia > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>