Fall is here in San Jose
Mary Sue Ittner (Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:14:19 PDT)

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