Jim W. and all, Here, we received over 4 inches of rain in a week's time in about the third week of August. Our Lycoris made a weak attempt at flowering during the last week of July and the first week in August. Starting within a few days of the heavy rain, the Lycoris began sending up new scapes from places where there had previously been no flowering in July and August this summer. This late burst is definitely heavier -- more scapes, more flowers -- than the first flush was. So I think I see confirmation of Jim Waddick's rain hypothesis, at least in my garden and with the heavy rain we received in a short period of time. Now some of the Colchicum are starting to bloom, at least in a few spots. The Hymenocallis occidentalis did not bloom at all until after that rainfall. A few scapes are up and in flower on them now. So what are we to conclude? That resuscitation after a drought is dependent on the amount of rainfall received? Possibly so. Jim Shields in central Indiana (USA) ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA