At 02:57 PM 8/15/2004 -0500, Jim Waddick wrote: >no flowers (ever) on Amaryllis. Jim, you're obviously a bird-in-the-hand-is-worth-two-in-the-bush type person. You don't mention how you are growing the Amaryllis. Are you growing them outside in the ground? I wouldn't expect them to have much of a chance in your area treated that way. Are you growing them in pots? Big pots? Inquiring minds want to know! And when you write: >2 months of a succession of 20 species and >selections of Lycoris don't forget, most of us would have trouble assembling a Lycoris collection with a third or a fourth of the ones you have. So for most gardeners, "duh" has nothing to do with it. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@starpower.net Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where a measly six different Lycoris have bloomed from bulbs, many of which eventually provided a feast for the bulb fly larvae. >Dear All; > Sorry, been on another peony project and slow to respond. > It is no contest: 2 months of a succession of 20 species and >selections of Lycoris versus no flowers (ever) on Amaryllis*. Duh. > > Right now Lycoris incarnata is producing a nice show in a >couple patches. This has proven to be both remarkably hardy and >vigorous. The buds are an intense pink, but flowers open white with >each petal showing a rich pink mid-line. Undeniable 'peppermint' >quality. This is a medium size lycoris in all aspects and blooms as >the last of the L. chinensis/longituba and their hybrids are fading. >L. caldwellii should be next in line. > > I can't agree more about the pitiful shape of Lycoris sold in >fall. The bulbs should be dug, divided and replanted in July or >August. By Oct and November they are extremely stressed and bulbs >bought then are half dead. I've never had them wait 5 years, but 2 or >3 years is not unusual before they show themselves again and add a >year from bloom. > > Best Jim W. > > > >* I have 4 or 5 varieties, but have been giving these away to other >more gullible local gardeners who think they can get this to bloom >here. Some in 10 years plus have produce nary a petal. > >-- >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 >