Dear all, It has been an odd bloom season with most plants 10 days to 2 weeks later than usual due to cool spring weather and extended rains. So far Crinum bulbispermum has started to bloom and some plants are on 2nd and 3rd stalks. I am sure they love all this extra precipitation. No sign of stalks yet on xpowellii hybrids. Crinum 'Snow Queen' and C. macowanni in pots have started, too. There's plenty others still waiting. We have had a LOT of rain and this is has not only delayed bloom, but delayed dormancy. Daffodils are very slow to go dormant and many spring bulbs still have green foliage. Temperatures have been below 90 and humidity very high; atypical, if such a thing exists any more. I am eager to dig some dormant bulbs, but they either are not yet dormant or the ground is too wet to dig. Frustration! best 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 +