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Can you make this antique bloom (Hippeastrum Petiolatum) >> (David Pilling) >> 2. Re: Can you make this antique bloom (Hippeastrum Petiolatum) >> (James SHIELDS) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 12:40:50 +0000 >> From: David Pilling <david@davidpilling.com> >> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> >> Subject: [pbs] Can you make this antique bloom (Hippeastrum >> Petiolatum) >> Message-ID: <4f46ffa5-e43e-7a42-b7aa-16311ab712a6@davidpilling.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" >> >> Hi, >> >> Tom Schafer, who lives in the North East of the USA, wrote to the PBS >> website asking how to make a 19th century bulb flower. >> >> You can reply direct to: tschafer30@aol.com or to the list. >> >> "I inherited a Hippeastrum Petiolatum from my late friend who >> inherited it from her grandparents when they died. >> They had received it as a wedding present in the late 1800's. >> My friend did not have a green thumb and she kept it pot bound in the >> same pot for years. >> She fertilized weekly but I don't know what she used. And the plant >> blossomed for her at least twice a year with upwards of 15 stalks!! >> She loved it and wanted me to have it when she died. >> >> I have had it for about 10 years now and I have had no luck whatsoever >> with it. I did not know what it was (nor did she) so that didn't help >> but I cared for it like I would a child! >> Occasionally it would send up a flower or two and that's all. And it >> kept looking worse by the month. >> (At one point I had it planted in a bark mixture used for Clivia >> because I thought that that is what it is.) >> >> I somehow decided on making some new potting soil on my own (1 part >> perlite, 1 part peat moss and 1 part manure). >> I pulled the plant all apart in the spring of 2018, used my soil and >> put it on my porch for the summer and it looked (and still does >> although it's now inside) wonderful!! >> But not one single flower. I did read that after they are >> transplanted they may not blossom for a year or two and that they like >> to be pot bound so that could be the problem. >> (I have attached a picture. I divided it into two pots when >> replanting.) >> >> I decided that I used too much fertilizer and over watered it in the >> past (on all of my plants) so I cut back. >> And on this plant I only occasionally gave it 10-10-10. I am using >> Jack's Classic all purpose 20-20-20 water soluble plant food at half >> the recommended dose. >> I have not given it anything since last fall but with spring hopefully >> arriving in a few months, I thought I should start again thus my >> question to Pacific." >> >> There is a photo in the scrubbed link below. The PBS wiki has a page >> about one of these bulbs from the 1920s >> >> https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… >> >> >> -- >> David Pilling >> http://www.davidpilling.com/ >> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was >> scrubbed... >> Name: IMG_0126.jpg >> Type: image/jpeg >> Size: 123689 bytes >> Desc: not available >> URL: >> <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… >> 4/22be3878/attachment.jpg> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 08:43:08 -0500 >> From: James SHIELDS <jshields46074@gmail.com> >> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>, >> tschafer30@aol.com >> Subject: Re: [pbs] Can you make this antique bloom (Hippeastrum >> Petiolatum) >> Message-ID: >> >> <CAPSFtJCmP01PvPCm8XhU5JqpQSF8hD=dgGVSERazhoVWtvNo9Q@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> >> Hi Tom and all, >> >> First, Hippeastrum like a lot of light. If they are a houseplant for >> you, they need to be in a bright window, or maybe outdoors in the summer. >> Morning sun and late afternoon sun with mid-day shade would be kinder >> to your houseplant than full day direct sun. They also, most of them >> anyway, need a rest period sometime during the year to trigger >> flowering. Give your petiolatum at least 6 to 8 weeks of dry rest in >> winter, and see if that doesn't encourage it to show some blooms. >> >> Good luck! >> >> Jim Shields >> >>> On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 7:41 AM David Pilling <david@davidpilling.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Tom Schafer, who lives in the North East of the USA, wrote to the PBS >>> website asking how to make a 19th century bulb flower. >>> >>> You can reply direct to: tschafer30@aol.com or to the list. >>> >>> "I inherited a Hippeastrum Petiolatum from my late friend who >>> inherited it from her grandparents when they died. >>> They had received it as a wedding present in the late 1800's. >>> My friend did not have a green thumb and she kept it pot bound in the >>> same pot for years. >>> She fertilized weekly but I don't know what she used. And the plant >>> blossomed for her at least twice a year with upwards of 15 stalks!! >>> She loved it and wanted me to have it when she died. >>> >>> I have had it for about 10 years now and I have had no luck >>> whatsoever with it. I did not know what it was (nor did she) so that >>> didn't help but I cared for it like I would a child! >>> Occasionally it would send up a flower or two and that's all. And it >>> kept looking worse by the month. >>> (At one point I had it planted in a bark mixture used for Clivia >>> because I thought that that is what it is.) >>> >>> I somehow decided on making some new potting soil on my own (1 part >>> perlite, 1 part peat moss and 1 part manure). >>> I pulled the plant all apart in the spring of 2018, used my soil and >>> put it on my porch for the summer and it looked (and still does >>> although it's now inside) wonderful!! >>> But not one single flower. I did read that after they are >>> transplanted they may not blossom for a year or two and that they >>> like to be pot bound so that could be the problem. >>> (I have attached a picture. I divided it into two pots when >>> replanting.) >>> >>> I decided that I used too much fertilizer and over watered it in the >>> past (on all of my plants) so I cut back. >>> And on this plant I only occasionally gave it 10-10-10. I am using >>> Jack's Classic all purpose 20-20-20 water soluble plant food at half >>> the recommended dose. >>> I have not given it anything since last fall but with spring >>> hopefully arriving in a few months, I thought I should start again >>> thus my question to Pacific." >>> >>> There is a photo in the scrubbed link below. The PBS wiki has a page >>> about one of these bulbs from the 1920s >>> >>> https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… >>> >>> >>> -- >>> David Pilling >>> http://www.davidpilling.com/ >>> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was >>> scrubbed... >>> Name: IMG_0126.jpg >>> Type: image/jpeg >>> Size: 123689 bytes >>> Desc: not available >>> URL: < >>> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… >>> 4/22be3878/attachment.jpg >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> pbs mailing list >>> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >>> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >>> >> >> >> -- >> James Shields jshields46074@gmail.com >> P.O. 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