Hieronymiella

Hieronymiella is a small, poorly-known and little studied genus of around 7 species (just 4 according to one recent study), found in the wild in Argentina and a small part of adjacent southern Bolivia. The genus is closely related to Eustephia (in which genus some species of Hieronymiella were once included) and Chlidanthus.

They are mostly plants of arid environments and are adapted to dry soils and cold winters. Some of the species are triggered to flower by inundations of spring melt-water or even by the periodic flooding of the seasonally dry river med margins where they grow.

In cultivation Hieronymiella is well adapted to growth in a well-drained, fertile, loam-based compost with the long-necked bulbs planted so that the neck just sits above ground level. For this treason, we don’t find them suitable for small pots., but in large ones, you have to either grow more, or ensure that a singleton does not sit alone in a mass of wet compost. Fertilise when in growth and keep dry from leaf-yellowing around October-November, to reawakening in Spring, around April-May.