Lycoris & dormany

Mark Smyth mark@marksgardenplants.com
Mon, 04 Aug 2003 16:31:32 PDT
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From: "James Waddick" <jwaddick@kc.rr.com>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 2:00 PM
Subject: [pbs] Lycoris & dormany


> >2 years ago I received Lycoris as a trade from some friends in the USA.
> >These have so far never bloomed and gave never come into leaf yet the
bulbs
> >are healthy. Any ideas what is going on?
>
> Dear MArk;
> You didn't mention what time of year you received and planted
> the bulbs. Lycoris dormancy is brief in mid-summmer even though they
> may have been leafless for weeks before and after. Also bulbs dug,
> dried and rootless are even more stressed. Also what species. I have
> had apparently healthy bulbs sit underground for up to 3 years -
> possbly growing new rots and 'settling' before putting up healthy
> foliage and flowers. L. chinensi ans L caldwellii both have done this.
>
> Speaking of Lycoris;
>
> Although we are experiencing a severe drought (officially
> proclaimed along with a couple dozen neighboring counties in NW
> Missouri. The July rain fall was the lowest on record with .1 inch
> for the entire month.), I have noticed L. squamigera blooming around
> town , probably where lawn sprinklers catch it. In my parched garden
> I have a couple L. sanguinea in bloom and a few stalks popping out of
> L. squamigera.
> I was fairly certain that bloom was triggered by fall rain
> after a hot dry, but maybe not. See what blooms and IF it EVER rains.
> back to the frawing board.
>
> Jim W.
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