TY for the replies!
LOL! (literally) at the phrase "a couple of house plants." Thanks for that. I only bring in about 125 but by spring, they've always multiplied to more, so yeah a couple of house plants is a gross understatement to apply to me.
For the Billbergia, I'm leaning toward putting it near the house where there's good drainage and one Persian shield (also not hardy here but has been here for 5 years) stayed almost evergreen and bloomed last winter (the rest went dormant like usual) - and hope for the best. It's just so big, and prickly, but the pics of flowers make me want to try. "They" insisted I take it, so just a little farther south, it must be not only surviving but multiplying well... I did break off a small piece and stick it in a pot that will be coming in. That's a great anecdote, Greene, beginner luck is awesome, isn't it? And there's a lot to be said for local provenance. Wonder if my new plant thinks Opp AL is really far from Panama City area? *I* don't, but... I'm from OH until a few years ago.
I expected the Chry. to multiply but it doesn't look like it's made baby bulbs at all. The rain washed so much soil away earlier, I can see them at the surface. Maybe there's some underneath? That's easy to lift, and arrived as dormant bulbs in the mail in March, but I'd like to leave one in the ground, to see... that would probably be best in the future, assuming more time will provide more bulbs. I often see hummingbirds visiting every bloom on this, they love this plant. It would be great to have enough to share, wish me luck!
TY!
