My Ismene flowers around Christams and is dry by May. It has done this for 5 yrs in a row now and its few selfed-seedlings follow this pattern (but have not flowered being too young still). I could never figure out if this is the correct cycle, but it works. Paramongaia has bitten the dust, all 3 I've had because I could not figure out their cycles. I'd recommend drying off the Ismene until late fall. Good luck! Kevin Preuss