Lauw; I am glad you made this observation because I had noticed some of the same behavior. On some Lycoris I noticed "stalks" with a bulb at the base and another formed above the lower bulb. I was having some trouble deciding whether the newest bulb was the upper or the lower and whether the plant was trying to get shallower or go deeper. i have been trying to hybridize Lycoris and dug everything from 1 year seedlings, 2year etc. to my six year seedlings this spring becaase I am moving the garden. In looking at the age progression in the seedlings it seemed to me that they were going deeper and deeper the older they were. I have been reading about Lycoris this spring and all me references were saying they bloom better when they are planted shallowly. I was a bit confused becuase the plants seemd to be telling me that they like depth. The books I was using were zone 7-10 garden writers and my present garden is zone 5/6. Could it be that in colder zones the plant pull themselves lower than in warmer climates. Since I am moving to a zone 7 I shall plant less deep in the new garden but I am still confused by the action of the plants. I hope next year to see the first blooms on my oldest crosses. --- Bulbargence <dejager@bulbargence.com> wrote: > Bonjour, > Rhodophiala bifida and Lycoris radiata (and > chinense) are both in flower > here in the ground When lifiçtng bulbs to sellI have > some interesting > observations about the planting depth. When planted > Rhodophiala shallow > 50-100mm (2-4") it always pulls itself down to > 150-200mm (6-8") to reach > cool and humid layers. Lycoris radiata, I just find > out, does exactly the > contrary: they were planted at 75-100mm (3-4") and > now whenpulling them up > all have formed a secondary bulb at the level of > 30-50mm (1-2") > One never stops learning! > > Lauw de Jager > http://www.bulbargence.com/ > South of France (zone 8 Olivier) > Coord. Geogr.(GPS): 43°42' 43" N 4° 32' 12" E > > > > Jim Shields: > > Rhodophiala bifida must need fairly extreme > conditions to bloom. They > > probably need hot summers and cold winters, > neither of which Mary Sue has > > at her current home. > > > > We have some Lycoris radiata radiata here too, > that survive and sometimes > > bloom, but definitely do not thrive outdoors in > the ground. The diploid > > form of L. radiata does not survive here. > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >