[pbs] Cardwell Lily
J.E. Shields
jshields at indy.net
Sun Sep 30 18:58:56 EDT 2007
Hi all,
Several years ago, I bought 3 bulbs of this species. They have bloomed
twice, only a single bulb of the three blooming in any given year. I
winter them in a greenhouse, cool but always above freezing, and
bone-dry. In summer, they are outside in a lath house and get misted three
times a week.
I'm not sure how we should be handling them. Each summer, they seem to put
out their new leaves later than the previous year. I suspect I may be
doing one or more of the following:
- Letting them get too cold in winter; maybe a minimum winter (dry season)
temperature of 50 F (10 C) or even 60 F (ca 15 C) would be better. They
have been experiencing temperatures on very cold winter days down into the
upper 30s F (3 to 4 C)
- Keeping them too wet in summer. Since they are outside in summer, they
get whatever rain we have. This summer, that was not much.
- Keeping them too dry in summer. Maybe, in a dry year like this one has
been, getting 10 minutes of mist three times a week isn't enough moisture.
I'm looking for suggestions too, Erin.
They are not self fertile, as I've tried pollinating the occasional bloom
in past season.
Best wishes,
Jim Shields
in central Indiana (USA), USDA cold zone 5
At 06:26 PM 9/30/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>Erin;
>
> From Kubitzki:
>
>"Leaves annual, petiolate, the laminae broadly reniform or ovate,
>plicate. Flowers white, erect or slightly nodding, 10-30; perigone
>funnelform-craterform. Two to three species., Maylasia, Philippines,
>Australia."
>
>Arnold
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