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As for the discussion on Paramongaia winter vs summer growing forms, I have just received the attached pictures on Facebook from viveroscar from Peru. If it is a recent picture (I will ask) it shows a summer growing plant as in our northern hemisphere midwinter it is midsummer now in the southern hemisphere. 
Looking at the picture I think that this is not Paramongaia weberbaueri which has more glaucous leaves and a wide open flower. The pictured flowers are more funnel shaped. Does this possibly mean that we are discussing about two different species?

Hi, this is just amazing.

Carlos

I received a reply from Viveroscar: he writes that the Paramongaia starts to flower with the beginning of the rainy season which is in December, January or February.

Mine is doing fine with temperatures between 10°C to 18°C, which is the normal for the Azores. The first year it bloomed, it was about this time, and then it moved to October. I give it no water during late spring/summer, which means I bring it inside, and then put it out mid-August. Mine originally came from Great Britain, and at the time I had to choose either a winter or a summer growing bulb and chose the winter as the Azores is great for the winter growers. I keep hoping that one year it will divide.

Hi, I was sent this photo by an Argentinian grower, Yolanda Bárbaro. She told me it grows during the summer.