Jim wrote: > Has anyone been able to get Calochortus kennedyi to bloom in captivity? If so how do you treat them? I had my first near miss this year, after years of trying with no success at all. The bulbs are in a raised bed, with equal parts of sand, gravel, and planting mix. One of them put up a nice looking bloom stalk this spring, with one bud just starting to show color -- but then we had some late spring rains and the whole thing withered up. I didn't have the heart to check the bulbs this summer; I fear the worst. But there's hope. Now we have a payoff for all the work that several of our members put into digitizing the old newsletters of the Calochortus Society! Thanks to their outstanding work, I can point you to the issue that focused on C. kennedyi, complete with growing instructions. It's here: https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/… At the back end of that issue you'll find a lot of detailed instruction on how to grow that species. Check it out. Note to anyone who is interested in Calochortus: those newsletters are a goldmine. You can see the whole collection here: https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… Mike San Jose, CA _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…