Hi Jan, I’m also in Portland, OR. I’ve found that some Lachenalia are floppier for us than others (viridiflora being one of the floppiest). I think it all comes down to timing the weather right. I began watering my bulbs as soon as possible—right after the heat dissipated and everything cooled down. Rather than using the rains as my benchmark. I’ve just accepted that my lachs will never be as perfect as they are in the wild—splotches and stripes galore—but starting them earlier has shown great improvement over their stature. However, do keep in mind that my balcony is 100% south-facing without any obstructions, so my plants do get direct sunlight for a while whenever the sun is out. Lachs attached below. Dan On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 16:58 Jan Jeddeloh via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > I have Lachenalia viridiflora and while it blooms for me the bloom stalks > are floppy. Is this because I live in Portland, Oregon and just can’t give > it the light intensity it needs in winter? Or am I doing something else > wrong? > > Jan Jeddeloh > > > On Jan 19, 2022, at 8:32 AM, Carl Frederick via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > > These are all hybrids of Lachenalia aloides ssp. quadricolor and > Lachenalia viridiflora. The common pot are one seed batch of F3 hybrids. > Note what looks like a reversion to the quadricolor parent. > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > Name: image0.jpeg > > Type: image/jpeg > > Size: 988246 bytes > > Desc: not available > > URL: < > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > Name: image3.jpeg > > Type: image/jpeg > > Size: 811947 bytes > > Desc: not available > > URL: < > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > Name: image4.jpeg > > Type: image/jpeg > > Size: 1003207 bytes > > Desc: not available > > URL: < > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > Name: image5.jpeg > > Type: image/jpeg > > Size: 943473 bytes > > Desc: not available > > URL: < > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > Name: image6.jpeg > > Type: image/jpeg > > Size: 898983 bytes > > Desc: not available > > URL: < > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > Name: image4.jpeg > > Type: image/jpeg > > Size: 1003207 bytes > > Desc: not available > > URL: < > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________________ > > 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>
