As others at this end of the U.S. have pointed out, the big main flush
of all the spring bloomers has past. And with the current record
breaking heat we're experiencing, anything still blooming in that group
will probably end soon. However, the various colors of Ornithogalum
dubium are all in bloom as are several other Ornithogalums that others
have mentioned. The very first lily is in bloom (a light pink L.
longiflorum cultivar whose name I can't recall), but many are in bud. I
still have a couple of Leucocorynes in flower, as well as several
native Brodiaeas, and Conanthera campanulata. A Gladiolus cardinalis, I
believe, that I got from Diana Chapman is also blooming prettily. More
of my Rhodohypoxis cultivars are coming into bloom as well. The main
show, however, are the Hippeastrums, and related genera including
Sprekelia formossisima 'Orient Red' which continues to send up flowers
and Griffiniopsis blumenavium (which I finally got a clear photo of and
added that to the wiki. I've uploaded a few of the Hipp. cultivars to
the wiki. ('Emerald', 'Giraffe', 'Jaguar', and 'Red Peacock'.)
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…
I also added an image to the mystery bulbs of what came labelled to me
as Hipp. puniceum album. However, it doesn't look like my other H.
puniceum and it is red. The flowers are much smaller than all my other
Hippeastrums, about 2in/5cm across and 3in/7.5cm deep, yet the leaves
look like typical Hipp. leaves.
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…
--Lee Poulsen
Pasadena area, California, USDA Zone 9-10