Mystery Lycoris (...paging Jim Waddick...) -other?
James Waddick (Wed, 25 Aug 2004 06:49:58 PDT)

Dear Lee and all;

Nice flower, but not a Lycoris. I can only guess some other
bulb escaped notice in the same pot or maybe label mix up.

BUT and I must admit multiple ignorance here -

Last year I think you and I and at least one or two others
ordered 'Mixed Phycella' from Dutch Bulbs . The bulbs were delayed
and not Phycella. I forget what they were then, but Alberto on this
list suggested they might be Chilean Rhodophiala. Well of course I
can't recall exactly what happened to them, but this year a pot full
of bulbs bloomed (all without a label of course). When I went to the
PBS wiki on Rhodophiala to look for your 'Mystery Lycoris' I found a
picture of R. araucana
(
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…)
that looked a lot like my no-label bulbs that might be last
year's "Phycella-NOT"
Confused yet?

Summary Your picture is not a Lycoris. Might be a Rhodophiala, but I
don't have a clue.
Could last year's Mystery NOT-Phycella from Dutch Bulbs be R. araucana?

I didn't find a Rhodophiala that looked like your mystery
bulb, but agree with Kelly it is not a Lycoris. Anyone else have a
guess?

Best Jim W.

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