This is a bit off the subject but related - does anyone have an idea of what can prompt or encourage Nerine bowdenii to flower? I have several (in containers) which have nice foliage, but no flower stalks as yet. Is it too soon to get nervous? Vicki D. On Oct 11, 2007, at 4:26 PM, MARK MAZER AND FREDRIKA MAZER wrote: > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: jegrace <jegrace@rose.net> >> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >> Date: 10/11/2007 5:49:09 PM >> Subject: Re: [pbs] What promotes blooming? >> >> I like the idea of barometric pressure and will need to test- I >> had been >> thinking it was something having to do with lightning >> >> I can tell you for a fact that several of my Zephyranthes, >> Habranthus, >> Crinum and Rhodophialas can tell the difference between natural >> rain and >> anything I can come up with. I have tried hose water, sprinklers, >> (both >> city water) and rainwater from a barrel. Depending on the bulb >> some of > the >> more "easy" ones respond to quantity, a few more to quality >> (rainwater) > but >> most of them stubbornly wait for the real thing- rainwater from >> the sky. >> >> Size, age, temperature and timing definitely come into play but I >> still >> think some bulbs have other triggers. >> >> Erin Grace >> Thomasville, GA, USA >> Zone 8b, AHS heat zone 9 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/