My Rhodo. Bifida seem to survive a wet zone 6 winter very well outdoors. I think the cold wet winter would do in all of my hippeastrum. I am trying to overwinter some hipps in a white plastic (15% transmission) cold-frame this year, but they definitely require drying out first. Tim Eck > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Dennis Kramb > Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2016 9:41 AM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: [pbs] lifting bulbs for winter > > Yesterday I lifted my tender bulbs & geophytes to store them indoors for > winter. > > Much to my surprise one Hippeastrum bulb had already succumbed to winter > cold & was turning mushy. That upsets me because the temps have barely > dropped below 30 deg F so far, and this is one I raised from seed years ago. > > Also much to my surprise (since this is my first year growing them) > Rhodophiala bifida were as happy as can be & still growing strong with deep > green leaves. Whereas all my other amaryllids have foliage completely > zapped down to the ground. > > My Manfreda maculosa were surprisingly green & happy. I didn't expect that > from a Texas plant in Ohio. But I brought them indoors too, just in case. > > Another surprise was that 2 Polianthes "Golden Harvest" had bloomed this > season without me ever noticing. But there were the dead stalks in evidence, > plain as day. How annoying to have missed it! > > Since the Rhodophiala were actively growing I potted them up & placed them > on a windowsill for winter. > > Dennis in Cincinnati (where the wind chill is at 15 deg F right now) BRRRRR!!!! > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/