Maybe try limiting nitrogen fertilizer. On Mon, Jul 13, 2026 at 11:22 PM Leo A. Martin via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Does anybody have any suggestions for flowering Eucharis? I have read the > Wiki entry and I'm not convinced the recommendations for drought and > temperature stress are accurate, unless I've been applying them at the > wrong season. > > I have a Eucharis sp. I bought for my mother over 30 years ago from > Tropiflora. The original tag is gone, but I definitely recall the catalog > said they thought it has different leaves from E. amazonica. Of course, it > may be something else. > > She grew it in a window with bright indirect light and watered it all > year, most years. Ambient temperature did not vary much, around 72 degrees > F. At my suggestion she withheld watering in some Winters and allowed the > plant to drop all its leaves. It was fertilized about 5-6 times a year with > a 20-20-20 and micronutrients fertilizer at 1 teaspoon per gallon. During > this time it grew strongly and multiplied well. It produced one flower > once, during a year when it had been watered through the Winter. > > I have had it two years. I have kept it much farther from a window. I have > withheld water in Winter and allowed it to wilt between waterings one > Winter, and defoliate the other Winter. When I water in Spring it produces > a luxuriant set of leaves. My household temperatures in Winter are much > cooler than in Summer, in the 50s at night / 70s in the day. Still no > flowers. > > I wrote to Tropiflora. They replied their database does not show any > accessions other than E. amazonica. Their long-time grower has already quit > as the company shuts down, but their bromeliad specialist doesn't have any > idea what triggers flowering. > > Leo A. Martin > Phoenix Arizona USA > Zone 9? > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…