----- Original Message ----- From: "James Waddick" <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 2:00 PM Subject: [pbs] Lycoris & dormany > >2 years ago I received Lycoris as a trade from some friends in the USA. > >These have so far never bloomed and gave never come into leaf yet the bulbs > >are healthy. Any ideas what is going on? > > Dear MArk; > You didn't mention what time of year you received and planted > the bulbs. Lycoris dormancy is brief in mid-summmer even though they > may have been leafless for weeks before and after. Also bulbs dug, > dried and rootless are even more stressed. Also what species. I have > had apparently healthy bulbs sit underground for up to 3 years - > possbly growing new rots and 'settling' before putting up healthy > foliage and flowers. L. chinensi ans L caldwellii both have done this. > > Speaking of Lycoris; > > Although we are experiencing a severe drought (officially > proclaimed along with a couple dozen neighboring counties in NW > Missouri. The July rain fall was the lowest on record with .1 inch > for the entire month.), I have noticed L. squamigera blooming around > town , probably where lawn sprinklers catch it. In my parched garden > I have a couple L. sanguinea in bloom and a few stalks popping out of > L. squamigera. > I was fairly certain that bloom was triggered by fall rain > after a hot dry, but maybe not. See what blooms and IF it EVER rains. > back to the frawing board. > > Jim W. > -- > Dr. James W. Waddick > 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. > Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 > USA > Ph. 816-746-1949 > E-fax 419-781-8594 > > Zone 5 Record low -23F > Summer 100F + > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > >