Potting Haemanthus amarylloides

James SHIELDS jshields46074@gmail.com
Sun, 25 Jan 2015 14:49:42 PST
Hi Steve,

I assume this bulb came from the Southern Hemisphere, right?   If not, it
is seriously out of synch with its environment.  If it came from SA, it is
deep into summer dormancy.  It needs to recover on its own schedule, so pot
it up and set it aside, preferably in a greenhouse exposed to natural light
cycles and no frost.

When it eventually starts to grow, give it just a little water.  It will
probably keep its leaves well into summer.  Dry it off when the weather
gets seriously hot and leave it inside, dry, with or without leaves.  When
it starts to grow leaves again, probably next winter, start watering it
normally.  It usually takes me at least 2 years to get Southern Hemisphere
bulbs adjusted to the Northern Hemisphere climate cycles.

Good luck!

Jim

On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 4:54 PM, Stephen Putman <putman@pobox.upenn.edu>
wrote:

> I just received a dormant bulb of H. amarylloides ssp.amarylloides.  No
> leaves, no roots.
>
> Now, how do I deal with it.  When and how should it be potted.  Then when
> should I try watering to see if I can get it to break dormancy and how
> should considerations of hemisphere change be added into these questions,
> as it came from South Africa.
>
> Thanks, Steve Putman
>
> In bloom here in Delaware greenhouse - Cyclamen persicum, Haem. deformis,
> Hippeastrum glaucesens, and buds in a few other pots.
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