Adam: Way back in '01 you ordered from me L. chinensis. In '04 you ordered L. aurea v. surgens. Maybe you are seeing L. chinensis in bloom, as Jim suggested? Mine only started blooming the last week of August with one or two new stalks still coming up now. In the past, I've taken pictures of L. chinensis in bloom as early as August 21st and as late as September 16th here in zone 6. Lycoris seed is pretty easy, I think. I'm sure there are better ways to do it, but I've been quite successful simply using regular potting medium, saturating it, then pressing fresh seeds into the surface, making sure to leave the top of the seed visible. Ideally, place it in the shade and create a little greenhouse with a clear plastic bag. I like to strip the flag off of two marker flags, bend, and stick into the pot to support the clear bag. A one gallon bag works well on a one gallon pot. This will keep you from having to water very much. When you do water avoid dislodging the seed. The seed will send down a root radical now but will wait until spring to send up the foliage. Actually, it's even easier to take a plastic bag and pull it down completely over the pot and securing with a rubber band, sort of making for yourself what looks like a bongo drum. Once inspections show that roots have emerged, you can remove the plastic, if used, and water occasionally through the winter months. I speculate, in a pot, it would be best to protect from severe cold. Adam Fikso wrote: > I just remembered a detail that may be important. As the flower aged, it > acquired an orange tint, approaching the faded dusty orange of L. > sanguinea, (as I have it labeled), which bloomed and finished about a month > before. Mr. Kelly M. Irvin 10850 Hodge Ln Gravette, AR 72736 USA 479-787-9958 USDA Cold Hardiness Zone 6a/b mailto:kelly@irvincentral.com http://www.irvincentral.com/