Propagation of Lycoris
J.E. Shields (Wed, 03 Nov 2004 05:41:31 PST)

Hi all,

A couple months ago we had a lengthy discussion of propagation of
Lycoris. On 27 September, I sliced clean bulbs of Lycoris squamigera and
place the resulting chips in a tray on the surface of moist
vermiculite. The tray was covered with translucent plastic film and placed
in a warm area.

Today I observe that white, teardrop-shaped bulblets about the size of a
pea have formed on many of the chips of L. squamigera.

A few days later, I did the same with bulbs of L. sprengeri. A few
bulblets are forming on the sprengeri chips also.

It appears that Lycoris, like Narcissus and many other plants in the
Amaryllidaceae, are readily amenable to propagation by bulb
cuttage. Details will be presented elsewhere.

Regards,
Jim Shields
in central Indiana

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