[Allen Repashy]

Thanks Tim,

So do you agree that these bulbs are "Hard Wired" so to speak... and that a winter growing B. disticha form could not adapt to a Summer rainfall sutuation? What about a summer grower that is grown from seed and left to fend in a Winter growing environment.....

I would have thought that the latter might be possible, but a recent experience leads me to think they really are hard wired. Last year I got some seedlings from Ken Blackford here in San Diego. He has two B. disticha in the ground only feet from each other... one a winter grower, and the other a summer grower.... He decided to cross the two by saving pollen.. and the seedlings so far have proven to be evergreen. They don't do much in the winter, but they don't drop leaf's...

Any thoughts?