Hello thanks David Can you tell me a little about the Bomarea, what do they look like, grow like? Angela ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Victor" <davidxvictor@btinternet.com> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 12:08 AM Subject: Re: [pbs] Alstromeria > I've just read the pieces about Alstromeria and their hardiness and > thought that I might some experience from the UK. > > I grow a fair number of species Alstromeria, mainly from John Watson > collections. All of them are grown in deep pots in a cold greenhouse > - late frosts in my part of the UK (most years the last one is around > this point of the year) make it impossible to grow them > outside. Normally they flower in mid spring, mostly April > time. However, this year, a cold period early in the year penetrated > the greenhouse protection and destroyed some of the top growth. As a > result, they have been set back by a couple of months and are just > coming into flower now. A. pulchra, A. patagonica, A gayan, A. > pelegrina and A. magenta are all in flower today and more are breaking. > > The Bomarea suffered a similar fate and are also in the process of > flowering today. > > Incidentally, someone asked last year for me to swap notes on > Watson's collections. Sadly, I have lost the note, so I would > welcome a reminder of who it was. > > Best regards, > David Victor > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >