Lycoris squamigera has finally begun to send up flower stalks at my home north of Chicago. A very dry July is the reason I think. Boyce Tankersley Director of Living Plant Documentation Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Road Glencoe, IL 60022 tel: 847-835-6841 fax: 847-835-1635 email: btankers@chicagobotanic.org