Just curious - how adaptable are they in terms to light? When I see habitat shots, they're always in full, open, rocky habitat. Can they tolerate any shade at all? On Fri, Nov 6, 2020, 2:33 PM ron--- via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Hi Diane, > My first Urginea (in a pot) was unfortunately stolen before the first > bloom was done. That got me looking for more, which I found at an online > place that field-grows them to sell their flowering spikes to the nursery > trade. These were quite large, about 6 or more inches in diameter. I put > a few in 5 gallon pots, and gave others to friends. These bloomed the > first year, but not reliably after that. The ones my friends put in the > ground definitely out-grew mine in the pots. Based on this and what Lee > has said about his success with them in 15 gallon pots, I need to either > move mine up to that size, or put them in the ground. I also need to find > a fertilizer with a higher ratio of phosphorus, to see if that helps with > the blooming. > > I recently (last few years) bought another one - it has green foliage (the > 0096 photo) while the older ones have a distinct bluish color (0093 photo). > Does anyone know if the discolored yellow area on the 0096 photo indicates > some type of problem? > > Ron > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: IMG_0093.JPG > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 2315826 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: IMG_0096.JPG > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 3527847 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>