Sprekelia dormancy question and cold tolerasnce

Adam Fikso adam14113@ameritech.net
Tue, 02 Jan 2007 08:02:29 PST
Just to reclarify and add to the the cold tolerance issue





 ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Fikso" <adam14113@ameritech.net>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Sprekelia dormancy question


> Well, Jim and others, It bloomed last year,. but...  I am getting so much
> astonishment here, I am now wondering if my memory is off on this matter.
> Check back with me later and I will be able to confirm. At this point, I 
> am
> doubting myself again.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "James Waddick" <jwaddick@kc.rr.com>
> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 4:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Sprekelia dormancy question
>
>
>> >Adam wrote : Re;  S. formosissima.  Personally I believe bringing your
>> >pots
>>>in is irrelevant or unnecessary.   I've been able to winter over
>>>Hippeastrelia  "Durga Pradhan" here in the Chicago area.  Outdoors, no
>>>pot,
>>>in the ground-- sticky clayey loam at about 20" from the foundation of 
>>>the
>>>house.
>>
>> Dear Adam -
>> I am shocked to hear this. I bring mine (in pots) indoors
>> before the first frost and they stay there-bone dry until they show
>> 'signs' in spring, then repotting and lots of water.
>>
>> Some sacrificial bulbs go out this fall.!
>>
>> Does it actually bloom outdoors?
>>
>> Stunned-Jim W.
>> -- 
>> Dr. James W. Waddick
>> 8871 NW Brostrom Rd.
>> Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711
>> USA
>> Ph.    816-746-1949
>> Zone 5 Record low -23F
>> Summer 100F +
>>
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