Hello Alberto, thanks warmly for Your information. Regards, Marie-Paule ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alberto Castillo" <ezeizabotgard@hotmail.com> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 8:29 PM Subject: RE: [pbs] HIERONYMIELLA AUREA & amarygia PARKERI 'ALBA' > > > >From: "Marie-Paule" <marie-paule.opdenakker@pandora.be> > >Reply-To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > >To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > >Subject: [pbs] HIERONYMIELLA AUREA & amarygia PARKERI 'ALBA' > >Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 23:25:45 +0200 > > > >Hello friends of bulbs and other plants, > > > >I have a HIERONYMIELLA AUREA very small baby bulb.And a amarygia parkeri > >'alba' > > >should the bulb be planted with their neck just above soil level like the > >amaryllis? do they have benefit if there is been added a great deal of well > >rotted organic material? all aid and information are most welcome. > > > >Thank You in advance,of a beginner. > > >Regards, > > > >Marie-Paule > > > >Belgium > > Hi Marie-Paule: > X Amarygia (or X Brunsdonna) behaves as summer > dormant-autumn/winter/spring growing bulb. Give it a well drained soil and > use a really big pot leaving in it to grow fat and finally flower. It will > enjoy full sun and warmish conditions. The cooler you grow it the longer it > will take to maturity. Temperatures should be equivalent for Freesia > cultivation (as a winter grower). Yes, it deveops a short thick neck that > protrudes some 5-10 cm from the soil level. Roots ar thick are perennial and > must not be damaged. > All Hyeronimiellas develop long necks that must be > underground, only the leaves protruding from the soil level. H. aurea is an > alpine plant that spends the winter in dormancy under snow. It comes from a > cool droughland plateau high in the Andes where it is never warm. Its soil > in the wild is a mix of several sizes of sand and a sort of silt. The > plants sprout in late spring and receive water during late spring, summer > and early autumn, flowering in mid to late summer. Dormancy is from late > autumn to midspring. The temperatures in the wild can be deceiving as the > bulbs are deep in the soil and under a thick layer of snow. In other words, > the envronment is pretty cold but the bulbs may not. In climates like this > here (say zone 9-10) the plants only produce foliage and although surviving > many years never flower. Alkaline soils and full sun in the wild. > All the best > Alberto > > _________________________________________________________________ > Charla con tus amigos en línea mediante MSN Messenger: > http://messenger.latam.msn.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > >