Hi, all, I just noticed that the velthemias are starting to pop here in the San Joaquin Valley--the little bulbs only. The big dudes are still dormant. Sue Haffner, Clovis CA ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> Date: Sunday, September 21, 2008 8:14 pm Subject: Re: [pbs] Fall is here in San Jose To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Hi Bracey, > > We got a bit of rain out of the front a little north of you. At > least it > generated some brown water for the barrels that collect water from > the roof > even if it only the surface of the ground got wet otherwise. And > I too > have Zephyranthes candida in bloom. But I've found it always > blooms this > time of the year for me. Alberto told us it grows along rivers > and in > marshes where it gets year round rainfall except for a brief > period in late > summer after which it blooms. Mine are growing in a large > container with a > Meyer lemon so that they get year round water. The best bloom I > ever had > was one year when I was gone in late summer and the person > watering for us > didn't water the lemon tree very much. It lost a lot of leaves, > but didn't > die and we got massed bloom from the Zephyranthes when we returned > and > stepped up the water. I don't know about Zephyranthes flavissima > which > isn't pictured on the wiki either. > > Mary Sue > > Mary Sue Ittner > California's North Coast > Wet mild winters with occasional frost > Dry mild summers > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >