As with many of the acacias, it forms attractive yellow flowers in between July and October.
The food will seep down to the bulbs' roots when they are forming flowers for the next spring.
The longer the plants are chilled, the faster they will form buds, flowers and fruit once back in the greenhouse.
The old cohort is used as a carbonhydrate source to form the new leaves and flowers.
There are species that don't require quite so much darkness to form flowers, and will bloom earlier.
Petals form open bell-shaped flowers, which are pale to medium blue or white, about 1/3 inch (8 mm) long.
But many gardeners forget that the bulbs need some light to form flowers for the following year.
As with many of the acacias, it forms attractive yellow flowers in spring.
If the nights are too cool, the plants never form flowers.
Although the bulbs will seem to be dormant, they are forming new flowers within.