I don't think it's much of a coincidence. We had an inch of rain about 10 days ago -- the first in over 3 weeks -- and several days ago the first Lycoris stalk appeared. Today they're up everywhere. Jim Shields At 09:59 AM 8/9/2011 -0500, you wrote: >....... A quick survey came up with hundreds of bloom stalks emerging >from 1/2 inch to 2 inches. Mostly all squamigera, but a couple others. > > Weeks of drought followed by an inch of rain and within 48 >hours flowers stalks emerging. Coincidence? > > More later. > > Best Jim W. ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Lat. 40° 02.8' N, Long. 086° 06.6' W