Angelo, does Amaryllis belladonna or any of the Nerine bloom for you under garden conditions? And if so, when do they bloom? Jim McKenney On Thursday, July 31, 2014 4:08 PM, Tony Avent <Tony@plantdelights.com> wrote: Angelo There seems to be something...perhaps a longer summer, that overrides the need for a cold winter in the case of Lycoris X squamigera. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: ang.por@alice.it http://date.com:7/31/2014/ 3:32 PM (GMT-05:00) To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Subject: Re: [pbs] Lycoris squamigera in warm climates Funny that this topic pops up every year ! I think I have told several time I get plenty of Lycoris x squamigera blooms (right now), as well as sprengeri, chinensis, which set seeds on their own, also many other autumn growing species, which would be more obvious. Anyway, mine is a zone 9b, but this winter has been 10a considering that the lower temps never went under +5°C... and squamigera are in full glory now.Angelo PorcelliApulia - Southern Italy