Jim et al. I took a picture of my Lycoris caldwellii in bud yesterday evening. Does yours look like this? http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/… This morning the largest bud is already losing the pink blush. To add a small bit of horticultural humor, one of the stalks has a bit of a straggler with it, as if one of the flower buds did not make the train... http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/… A NOTE to ARNOLD: Please remove these images in the next day or two. I just wanted to illustrate Jim's observation. James Waddick wrote: > Dear all; > I recently pondered the effect of drought on Lycoris bloom > initiation. > > After 2 1/2 months of near total drought, a patch of 25 L. > chinensis produced a single short flower stalk. Last weekend we had 7 > inches of rain over two days and it soaked in very nicely. Within 24 > hours and almost visibly this same patch of bulbs is producing 40 > flowering stalks some even blooming as they emerged (very odd) and > some reaching nearly full size. I can't recall stalks emerging with > such such synchrony and speed. > > It has taken a few more days, but the traditionally later to bloom > L. caldwellii have now started to pop. They look like they will be > normal in regard to numbers and height, but the still closed buds > appear to have a slight pink tinge to them which I don't really > recall. Flowers should be a pale yellow. Is this a heat or drought > effect? > > To be continued. Best Jim W. -- Mr. Kelly M. Irvin The Bulbmeister 4407 Town Vu Road Bentonville, AR 72712 479-685-1339 USDA Cold Hardiness Zone 6b E-mail: mailto:bulbmeister@bulbmeister.com Website: http://www.bulbmeister.com/ Forum: http://www.bulbmeister.com/forum/
