Bonjour Jim, Just accidentally cut a L squamigera in two: the flower but has mmoved into the 'neck' of the bulb. Flowering in 10 days? Greetings Lauw le 18/07/05 17:13, Boyce Tankersley à btankers@chicagobotanic.org a écrit : > Just returned from a vacation to visit relatives in New Mexico. Lycoris > squamigera in full bloom in Las Cruces, New Mexico. USDA zone 7, about 4,000 > feet elevation. They average about 8" of rainfall per year but these plants > were growing in cultivated flower beds. > Anyone else have Lycoris in bloom yet? Lauw de Jager http://www.bulbargence.com/ South of France (zone 8 Olivier)