How do you keep track of culture requirements?

[Dorsetman]

I intend to start growing pleiones again . I sold all my collection many years ago when I moved house and had nowhere suitable.
But the answer is, after leaf drop. Presently the leaves should start to turn yellow, and you stop watering then. After leaf drop, you can usefully harvest, clean up, pack the bulbs in dry paper bags, and keep them somewhere cool maybe down to a few degrees C. Like 3 or 4 , until after Xmas. Some of the richer purple ones develop much better colour if they have got down to even 2 degrees C. But no colder, and not damp, or rot is a possibility. I used to repot on my birthday - easy to remember, and a joy to do, so my own present to to me - and thats 15 Jan. Start them off in barely damp compost, and no watering until new roots appear, after flowering usually, but depends on the kind. Good luck.

[nlnelson]

I've known people to put color-coded stickers on pots denoting the culture requirements - you could easily mark the ones you'd like to dry out more since you have just one 'special' category.

I intend to start growing pleiones again . I sold all my collection many years ago when I moved house and had nowhere suitable.
But the answer is, after leaf drop. Presently the leaves should start to turn yellow, and you stop watering then. After leaf drop, you can usefully harvest, clean up, pack the bulbs in dry paper bags, and keep them somewhere cool maybe down to a few degrees C. Like 3 or 4 , until after Xmas. Some of the richer purple ones develop much better colour if they have got down to even 2 degrees C. But no colder, and not damp, or rot is a possibility. I used to repot on my birthday - easy to remember, and a joy to do, so my own present to to me - and thats 15 Jan. Start them off in barely damp compost, and no watering until new roots appear, after flowering usually, but depends on the kind. Good luck.

Geoff, you and I share a birthday I appreciate being in the presence of other January birthdays who never got to celebrate with a pool party