I have E. mirabilis, from seed, and it naturally produced bulbs that are 1 cm in depth. Gianluca Corazza, Italy. Il giorno sab 14 mar 2020 alle ore 23:00 Bruce Schroder < silvertop1952@gmail.com> ha scritto: > Like so many South American bulbs, there is so little information available > regarding the natural growing environment for the various species of this > genus and their growing needs under cultivation. I am growing a couple of > species at the moment here in Melbourne, Australia in my unheated > greenhouse where winter temperatures are down to approx 5C. I have > flowered E mirabilis and have near flowering size E aurantiaca (seeds from > PBS) and 2 year old seedlings of a E aurantiaca hybrid. I also have > seedlings of the same age of my own cross of Phaedranassa tunguraguae x > Eucrosia mirabilis. E bicolor doesn't seem to like the cold here > unfortunately. > > My primary query is whether plants of the genus should be grown with their > bulbs partly exposed, the neck at the surface of the growing media or fully > buried (if so, what depth)? > > Bruce Schroder > Melbourne, Australia > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…