Schizostylis

Robert Pries via pbs pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net
Tue, 12 May 2020 12:30:29 PDT

Dear Bulb- lovers: I have recently been pleased to have six cultivars of Hesperantha coccinea come  into bloom this Spring. Please excuse that I like the old name Schizostylis. Schizostylis is supposed to bloom in the fall and a couple of years ago I had one do this but it bloomed so late I had to bring the pot indoors while it finished blooming in November and December.  It subsequently went dormant and I assumed it had died.  Probably if I would have stored it in a cool place it would have reappeared with water in the Spring.  I believe much of the information on the internet is misleading. After a good deal of research it seems that while Fall blooming is normal, people have reported bloom off and on all year long.

  I grimace a bit when I see reference to well-drained soil. My experiences for the last couple of years  have been that if in a well- drained soil the plant is more likely to die at any sign of drought. I had one plant that seemed to have gotten too dry in late spring that I plunged into a bucket filled with water just above soil level. The plant started growing rapidly all summer and I have since decided it does better as a pond plant. I have been experimenting with longer and longer periods of inundation and am convinced that well-drained is not something it prefers although  off and on I do let the water level  drop to an inch below the soil surface.  I am anxious to hear of other people experiences.


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