Sprekelia in pots.

Johannes-Ulrich Urban via pbs pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 15:49:52 PDT
Hello Dennis,

Unfortunately I can share your experience with Sprekelia being extremely attractive to Narcissus fly. I have on several occasions lost my entire clump except for very few tiny offsets. From these I managed to regrow them each time. They seem to be a magnet for Narcissus fly.
My clone has nicely flowered in a not excessively large pot which was kept totally dry in the basement during winter. They flowered before or with emerging leaves. That was in Germany  before I moved to Portugal.
I also think that they need full sun and fertilizer. Artificial light is not the same. Having said that, my plant is not happy here in Portugal as I have a high infestation with narcissus flies.

 Interesting what Christine writes about flowers after watering, this is the same behavior we know from Zephyranthes.

Bye for now 

Uli 
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