Re: Hippeastrum species

Clair and Jim,
allow me to thank you both for your info- will try once again..I did purchase it
from Wayside some years ago(at a very spendy price) and yes I'm fairly confident
that its the real thing but who knows for sure?.Hope springs eternal especially
with good advisors.
Thank you both so much.
Connie

Claire Peplowski wrote:

> In a message dated 12/19/99 3:38:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> coneh@USWEST.NET writes:
>
> << you seemed a good source to ask what I might do to get my H.papilio to
> bloom?I
>  have had it for 8 yrs now the bulbs have multiplied several times over but
>  no(never) blooms ..I know it prefers to be root bound but beyond that
> nothing I
>  have done has been successful.Would really appreciate any pointers you or
>  others might offer. >>
>
> Did it bloom the year you purchased it?  Are you sure you have the correct
> bulb?  Was it a good size when you received it?  Connie, put it in the
> compost and buy a new one.  Better yet buy three and have a good show.  Ours
> blooms in midwinter, it never rests, always green.  You do need to fertilize,
>  All of the large winter blooming bulbs here are watered from the bottom, the
> surface soil is nearly alway dry.   I put the bulbs under lights when buds
> show, we do not have much clear sunny sky in upstate NY.  Jim Shields post is
> the best I have ever read on the subject.
>
> Claire Peplowski
> East Nassau, NY z4
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