Although Santos has been talked about and flower pics posted already, I would like it to have it's own thread for it deserves it. Santos is a newly purchased bulb for me last season. I gave out 1 scape with 4 flowers and grew some variegated leaves indoors. Here is the flower...

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Spring time, it was grown outside with the rest of the collection. It was a slow grower giving out like 3 leaves. Summer it slowed down a bit and i noticed it's leaf color getting paler. So I transfered it to a cooler area with the Papilios are, receiving only morning sun. It seemed to like it, started to leaf out beautifully and the variegation more pronounced. It has given out a baby, looking just like mommy. Beautiful...

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I just love the reddish/brown leaf edges against the light green center...

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All 4 flowers were pollinated with pollens from Jade Serpent, Sugar Candy, Amputo and Supreme Garden. All the seedpods aborted except for SantosXSG. Of the 44 seeds planted only 3 successfully germinated. They all have one 2inch leaves each now. I cannot tell yet if they will have the variegation. I hope they'll develop some when they get older.

I think I will let Santos continously grow inside this fall/winter and wait for it to flower on it's own. That would be a pretty sight...