My large population of Lycoris radiata, bloom around Labor Day no matter what the weather cycles are. The curious thing is I can never get them to bloom in pots! Terence Hernstrom Kimberly Crest House & Gardens Redlands, CA (Where it has been over a 100 degrees everyday for weeks and the garden still looks decent!) -----Original Message----- >From: James Waddick <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> >Sent: Jul 19, 2006 11:54 AM >To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >Subject: [pbs] Lycoris season > >Dear all - > As an admitted Lycori-phile, I am always glad to announce the >start of the season. My first species . L. sanguinea kiusiana has >already come and gone with a very short bloom season in our extended >heat and drought. This is one of the smaller species and each stem >rarely has more than 4 blooms per stem, but the pale orange- >tangerine flower color is a treat. > > Regardless of speculation, there did not seem to be any >flowering 'cue' provided by a major change in temperature or >rainfall. They just bloomed. > > Next... Jim W. >-- >Dr. James W. Waddick >8871 NW Brostrom Rd. >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