I forgot to attach a photo of my floppy, confused viridiflora for comparison. It began to bloom during our snow storm (I brought my plants indoors) and then we had like 2 weeks of rain and it just gave up and aborted the rest of the buds and flowers. :( Before photo is below the photo I took tonight. On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 17:11 Dan Pogust <pogustd@gmail.com> wrote: > 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> >> > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image_6487327.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 2508829 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image_6487327.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 2228956 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image_6487327.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 2952389 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>
