Amaryllis belladonna blooming
J.E. Shields (Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:50:03 PDT)

Terry,

Unfortunately, the sins of folks using English names for plants have caught
up with you! "Naked Ladies" when used in the U.S. Midwest usually means
Lycoris squamigera, which is quite hardy here. In the Southwestern U.S.,
it probably refers to Amaryllis belladonna and to various
Brunsvigia/Amaryllis hybrids. In the UK, I think it may refer to Colchicum
blooms.

Amaryllis belladonna just doesn't seem to like our climate here in the Midwest.

Jim Shields
in central Indiana (USA)

At 03:37 PM 8/16/2006 -0700, you wrote:

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