Chad I can tell you from repotting my original four bulbs in and out of different potting mixes in an attempt to get them to “produce the goods” that their roots are massive and fleshy. Mine were planted in deep pots and the roots went right down, a bit like the big root system you get on agapanthus. They seem out of proportion to the bulb. Whether this is their attempt to find water in arid conditions or whether these fleshy roots are an indication they require a certain amount of moisture, I don’t know.
PS Ian I had previously seen that article on the net. Intriguing that they are flowering in what look like small pots. This is perhaps where I’ve gone wrong. Zooming in, it looks like the growing medium is very gritty, as suggested by”fierce draining”. However, I’m intrigued that the flower well in the wild in soil which appears from descriptions to be almost concrete-like. The more I read, the more confused I get about what to put my new bulbs in!
Incidentally, my Scilla maderensis bulbs arrived today. Again , I’ve seen pictures of them with the bulbs exposed but other people, including the sellers Farmer Gracy, saying twice the depth of the bulb. All these bulbs to pot up and don’t know which way for the best!!!
PPS This was the image I recently stumbled across which prompted me to buy some bigger bulbs. The grower says they tower above his head at over 6ft. I’d be very pleased with a pot like that!
