Worsleya - Eucharis

Adam Fikso adam14113@ameritech.net
Sun, 09 Jan 2011 20:50:54 PST
Bulbs are not made for hydroponic culture.  They provide their own moisture 
system with the bulb.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Kramb" <dkramb@badbear.com>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 10:31 PM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Worsleya - Eucharis


>I got one of those bulbs.  I have been experimenting with growing various
> things semi-hydroponically.  But when this bulb failed to produce any 
> green
> growth (after how manyw eeks now?) I finally uprooted it today to find it
> was starting to get moldy.  I think I caught it in plenty of time, but
> clearly this is a bad candidate for SH culture.  I gave it a dip in 
> diluted
> bleach and letting it air dry (probably for a few days).  I hope it
> recovers.
>
> Dennis in Cincinnati (who also uprooted his freshly planted Hippeastrums
> figuring they would turn out the same way as the Eucharis in SH).
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 1:36 AM, <Jtlehmann@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Back to the Eucharis comments a week or so back...I donated some bulbs
>> earlier this fall.  Mine flower for me every year, but never more than 
>> one
>>
>> --Jerry Lehmann
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