We too would LOVE to try this species! If it flowers more than Moraea Polystachya in ground (which for us flowers from July through February), THAT will be a delight in our garden!! On Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 3:56 PM oooOIOooo via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > As above. Does anybody want me to send some to the SX? > > This is one of the easiest bulbs to grow and flower in my desert climate > now that I've learned a little of what it wants. It makes more flowers per > plant, over a longer flowering season, than other Moraeas I've grown. > > My sense of reading about it on the Wiki is that some people find it > tricky to grow. I think I see why, and most of those issues are easily > fixed. > > I planted seed from Silverhill Seeds in 2020 in builder's sand. About ten > came up. I left the plants in 20-ounce foam cups until the cups began > falling apart from the UV. I wound up with two plants, which I put into > their own 20-ounce foam cups, in finely screened decomposed granite dug > from my property. They didn't offset. > > I keep them wet to very moist all winter, until they begin dying down. > Then I stop watering. In summer I leave them outside where the pots receive > full sun for most of the day, all year. They get occasional monsoon rain. > > They never flowered. > > A few years ago one finally produced a few flowers. I noticed the plant > looked far too big for the 20-ounce container. That summer I put both corms > into a single 1-gallon standard nursery pot, with a mix of local clay and > pumice (to make the pot lighter.) I fertilize about monthly with 20-20-20 > and micronutrients during the growing season. I don't pay attention to pH, > but my tap water is very alkaline and high in minerals. > > Now both flower profusely each year. > > So if you want to grow this, move it to a big pot. I suspect there is no > chance for it to flower in a 3.25" square pot, or smaller. It's OK to get > hot in summer when it's dry. I don't know how it would do with heavy El > Niño winter rains, because we don't get as much as does California. But I > suspect it would do well in the ground in most of California. I am thinking > of moving them to an even larger pot over the summer. > > Leo Martin > Phoenix Arizona USA > Zone 9? > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…