I have several accessions of Lycoris longituba in the garden, and this year I’m seeing one of them bloom for the first time. The catalog from which I purchased these bulbs a few years ago described the blooms as white From a distance they do look white, but close up the color is a lot more complex. There is a warm saffron suffusion to the flowers, sort of like the effect of orange juice mixed in milk. The developing buds have a diffuse red/pink stripe on the outside, but as the flower matures this disappears. There is a nice fragrance, too. This one is definitely a keeper, a very nice addition to the rather limited range of oporanthous bulbs. The season for Lycoris squamigera will evidently be a long one this year: the first appeared weeks ago and others are just emerging. It would be nice to know what triggers bloom in these bulbs. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone 7 My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/