I have found that hybrid Hippeastrum also like to be grown standing in water and they grow very well with full sun and warm conditions. I grow them in flats that are about 2 inches (5 cm) high and fill the flat with water. I then let the plants wick up the water and refill the flat when it is dry. They produce lots of pups and bloom very well with this treatment. I have not tried this treatment with my species Hippeastrum. Mark Lysne > Message: 8 > Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:40:04 +1000 > From: Ronald Redding <ron_redding@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Griffinia is worth the wait > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <SNT136-w45D2C74FC26D0DBFA102FD94010@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-4" > > Jacob > > What a wonderful post thanks for sharing it with us. I have three species of griffinia and struggled to get them to thrive for a couple of years however > decided to experiment to see what I could do to try and get them to grow somewhat better. I knew that they liked lots of moisture and could tolerated > pretty low light levels so I placed a pot-base underneath one of the pots that they were planted in and decided that I would water as soon as the level > in this base dropped ie the base always contained water and so the medium at the bottom of the pot was always flooded. This breaks about every rule that > I have read about potted plants especially potted bulbs however it has worked a treat, so much so that I get regular flowers and I can see roots > actually coming out of the holes in the bottom of the pot and continuing into the water in the pot-base. They love this treatment from what I have found > and they contiue to grow and thrive and I longer worry about them. > Kind Regards and Best Wishes Ron Redding Hervey Bay Australia