----- Original Message ----- From: "James Waddick" <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 12:03 PM Subject: [pbs] Lycoris pix and other bits > Dear All; > With nameless help (they know who they are) a number of > recent pictures of various lycoris have been added to the wiki. Ylou > can go to > > > > The new pix are mostly those attributed to me or to J. L. > Murrain. These include: > > L. caldwellii > L chinensis - a very orangey colored form > Lycoris hybrids- second section following John Ingram's named cultivars > notable - An orange - red L. chinensis hybrid > The L chinensis x L. sprengeri possible hybrid with > an interesting 'dove-grey'/ blue tint. Very subdued. > The possible L. sprengeri x longituba hybrid with > very tubular flowers. > L. longituba- a form with a rich green throat and flat white petals. > L. sprengeri- showing two very distinct color variants. > > With all the other contributions, there is a very good > reflection of colors and forms found in the genus. I hope you'll > enjoy the new pix and thanks for getting them posted. > > > ON ANOTHER TOPIC: > > We watched the buds developing and showing on the fall Crocus > speciosus. In a typical fall, they will open wide and last 3 days or > more and follow with a second round a few days later. > > This year the buds opened in the midst of a freak period with > temps at 94 and 95 F. The flowers did not last 24 hours. And a second > round has yet to appear. We have not had a rain since then either. > Other fall crocus are beginning to show the tips of flower buds, but > they all seem to have stalled awaiting cooler temps and wetter > conditions. > > > > AND > Earlier this year Joe Shaw brought up the topic of rebloom in > Crinum. I never see this and this year is no different, BUT > > I did not get bloom on 'Ellen Bousanquet' this spring, but it > is sort of on the edge here - hardiness-wise. Just within the last > few days it sent up a puny stalk with only 4 buds and one is > deformed. So still no rebloom, but a very late and struggling first > bloom very late in the season. > > All this keeps me wondering. Best Jim W. > -- > Dr. James W. Waddick > 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. > Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 > USA > Ph. 816-746-1949 > Zone 5 Record low -23F > Summer 100F + > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >