Mine never bloom either. I've followed all the expert advice. I've even tried crazy advice like freezing it (cold winter storage). The plant just grows lush and green no matter what. A local university conservatory gets it to bloom in a temperature and humidity controlled greenhouse. Perhaps the low humidity is the culprit for my persistent failure. On Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 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://…