Amaryllis belladonna and lycoris squamigera

Paul ottopauld@hotmail.com
Wed, 06 Sep 2017 20:19:28 PDT
A friend in Indiana sent me Lycoris squamigera when I lived in Portland Or. After nine years the bulbs never flowered, but the Amaryllis always flowered. 

If I am remembering correctly, Lycoris squamigera foliage emerges in the spring.

Paul Otto
Brookings Or-- where Lycoris radiata refuses to flower also.

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> On Sep 6, 2017, at 10:09 AM, Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> wrote:
> 
> Diana Chapman shared an interesting anecdote a number of years ago about a surprise Lycoris flowering in California. You can read it here:
> 
> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/2005-August/…
> 
> It was speculation on her part that a drop in temperature had induced flowering. California often has sunny fall months and doesn't get cold sometimes until November. You might search the archives as I think this has been discussed a number of times before.
> 
> 
>> On 9/6/2017 9:36 AM, Chad Cox wrote:
>> So that being said should I just dig up the lycoris and get rid of them or is there any chance if I put them in the right place and give them proper care that they will do something for me?
> Mary Sue
> where my "naked ladies", Gladiolus carmineus, has started to flower in spite of the oppressive heat on the North Coast of California
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