Here in Israel they are indeed growers in open areas. I have seen them on east and south facing slopes as well as full sun. Shmuel Silinsky Jerusalem, Israel On Sat, Nov 7, 2020, 4:51 AM David Schaeffer via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > 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> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>