The possibles I can think of are - sun coming through water beads on the leaf; or, dirt resting on the leaf stopping photosynthesis. The second one is the easiest to test - clean leaf and moderate light and see if it regains colour. Good luck. (I'm watching mine like a hawk at present. Has it made enough size to flower this year??? It started out as very small and wizened several years ago and has been gaining steadily.) I'm delighted you have so many to enjoy. :-))

A friend from work gave me 2 plants last fall. After they died down I planted them in the front garden. I was amaz ed at how quick they came up. One day the leaves were about 3" tall and in less than a week the blooms were on! I can't wait to see what they do next year...I'll be sure to move them to TN when I leave FL and my daughters would love to have some I'm sure!

You might want to check under Scadoxus if your plant has been growing over summer and is tall. My Haemanthus has just gone dormant for summer. Flopped its big leaves into brown mulch and, I hope, will come out in flower in late summer, now it's bulked up. The Scadoxus, though. It's leafing up and will be flowering early next year (mid summer). You are likely to experience far hotter summers than I do, so your easterly aspect will suit well. If you are growing a Scadoxus, then dappled light suits it very well, and summer water. Topdress with fresh mix rather than repotting every year, and use a generous pot - 12"+ wide and deep. It will fall over like a Dahlia with the first frosts yet, so long as they are light, it will sit dormant over winter and resume in mid-spring. It probably will not take prolonged freezing. I'd be snuggling mine under ag fleece if it looked like more than a couple of degrees. Those bulbs are too juicy to tolerate hard frost. For me, it is not evergreen like H albi-flos. PS the Pacific Bulbs website can be quite useful for African bulbs.

Hi chris_rex, I have kept this one in a plant pot for about3 years now. It is quite happy on my back veranda where it gets the morning sun and afternoon is mostly shaded. This is how it looks now with it's large strappy looking leaves. Cheers, Margaret.