Hello: Maybe these links help. http://www.actahort.org/books/430/430_32.htm http://pubhort.org/actahort/books/… Fierycloud, Taiwan. USDA Z11+ AHS Z12+. --- "J.E. Shields" <jshields@indy.net> 說： > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > ____________________________________________________________________________________ 設定安全圖章，保護您的 Yahoo!奇摩帳號不被駭客盜用！ http://tw.info.yahoo.com/seal/index.html