Hi Jim, Thank you for sharing! I had no idea the Lycoris Chinensis is so beautiful. Just lovely. heather k On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Jim McKenney <jamesamckenney@verizon.net> wrote: > I'm really enjoying the flowering of Lycoris chinensis this week.When the > scape first appeared and the buds began to emerge, they were white, > greenish white. At that point I assumed that it was L. longituba. A day or > two later, I thought I noticed a very vague flush of pale yellow. At that > point I revised my opinion and decided it was one of the pale > yellowish-white forms of L. longituba. The next day more yellow was > evident, and I began thinking it was a longituba-chinensis hybrid. By the > time the first flower began to open, it was obvious that the entire flower > would be yellow. Each day since, the color has intensified, and now it's a > solid chrome yellow.I've posted some pictures of the flowers here: > My Virtual Maryland Garden: Lycoris chinensis > > | | > | | | | | | | | > | My Virtual Maryland Garden: Lycoris chinensisLycoris chinensis Lycoris > chinensis Lycoris chinensis Lycoris chinensis Thefirst cold-hardy, > yellow –flowered Lycorisseem to have arrived here in the US back i... | > | | > | View on mcwort.blogspot.com | Preview by Yahoo | > | | > | | > > > Jim McKenneyMontgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where Lycoris × > squamigera is popping up here and there in local gardens. > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/