I'd like to know too! I have several different Nerine bowdenii batches. Only one of them, from a nurseryman in the Netherlands and used there for cut flower production, blooms every year -- and that one only blooms 4 or 5 out of 9 bulbs (not always the same 4 or 5). Some are in communal pots, many are in individual 1-gal. pots, others are individually potted in 5.5" sq. X 6" deep pots -- most of these have never bloomed! What are the secrets? Jim Shields in central Indiana, where all the pots are now inside the grenhouses. At 05:55 PM 10/11/2007 -0700, you wrote: > 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. ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA