Mine has just sent up its little green leaf tip. I've got four bulbs in two pots, and I'm hoping for a blossom this year. It is nearly a month late emerging this year. Maybe random, maybe because I repotted last fall, maybe a sinister plot. Steve Putman Lee Poulsen wrote: > I can't believe it. Although my bulb is still quite young and small > (this is its third growing season), my Ismene amancaes has sent up a > scape (with one bud) and has bloomed! > > Thanks to the help of Jay Yourch, a quick photo of it is now on the > wiki: > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > > This is the yellow parent of the *much* more readily available > Ismene/Hymenocallis 'Sulphur Queen' hybrid. > I think it's beautiful and it's not that difficult to grow. Other than > the fact that it has a really long dormancy period during which I keep > it dry, it doesn't require any special care. (It seems to only grow > during the spring and early summer and is dormant pretty much the > entire rest of the year.) > > --Lee Poulsen > Pasadena, California, USDA Zone 10a > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php