Lycoris squamigera is blooming here in Maryland, both in a neighbor's garden and in my garden. There has been little rain recently, yet these are big, robust stems - and, it seems to me, a bit early. The local temperature got up to 101 degrees F today, and it's been at or near 100 for three days in a row. Jim McKenney Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, lately the torrid zone.