I had the same thing happen in my San Diego area garden about a decade ago, Richard. Sparaxis always returned - until they didn't. There was no evidence of their being eaten and they definitely were not overwatered. I've never figured it out. > On Jul 18, 2024, at 12:52 PM, Richard Wagner via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > This spring my usually dependable spiraxus bulbs fail to come up. I had a > couple dozen sparaxis tricolor in the ground and they have been spreading > around the yard slowly every year. Different places. Some of them were > found 100 ft away from the original planting this year. Not a single bulb > showed none of the ones that have spread out either, so I'm really curious > what could make the entire genus stop growing? Richard Wagner San Diego > county. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum https://… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…