I grow lots Amaryllis belladonna and they bloomed several weeks earlier than this did. They're also much larger and have a strong, sweet, almost candy-like scent, and they have many blooms per scape and much taller scape stalks. They do so well here that they will naturalize without any additional watering or care. I got this bulb from Van Bourgondien a few years ago. Are you saying that those were not Lycoris? This is not like any Amaryllis that I've ever seen either. I wonder what it could be. --Lee Poulsen Pasadena area, California, USDA Zone 9-10 On Sep 16, 2004, at 9:07 PM, James Waddick wrote: > Dear Lee; et al; > Wow I am impressed with the Worsleya pics. Great. Not an easy task. > > I am 100% certain the "Lycoris" is not that genus. Amaryllis > belladonna? > There were a number of Japanese hybrids introduced by Van Bourgondien > a few years ago and they turn up there every now and then. > I am not that familiar with Amaryllis, but I know Lycoris and it > doesn't look like any species or hybrid I know. > > Check again. > > Jim W. > > > -- > Dr. James W. Waddick > Near KCI Airport > Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 > USA > Ph. 816-746-1949 > Zone 5 Record low -23F > Summer 100F + > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >