[pbs] getting hippeastrum papilio to bloom
john s smolowe
johnssmolowe at pacbell.net
Mon May 14 21:40:46 EDT 2007
i have 3 12" clay pots filled with h. papillio that don't bloom. i
have them outdoors in the bay area spring to fall, and two are in an
unheated greenhouse with little water in the winter and one pot is in
a heated greehouse and gets watered. all 3 just limp along. they
were blooming when i bought them 10 years ago and seem to have made
offsets, but no bloom. i fertilize them with the rest of my mix of
orchids, bromeliads, gingers, ferns, etc, with various soluble
fertilizers, alternated, at half-strength.
do i divide them, fertilize more, different kind of rest, something
else?
i would search the archives, but i don't see a search function
best,
john
menlo park, ca
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