Mikchael? A nice piece of research witih available materials.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Mace" <mikemace@att.net> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 1:10 AM Subject: [pbs] What makes Amaryllis hybrids bloom? > Folks, > > > One year really stood out: fall of 2006. Check the archives for > yourself -- > you'll see a lot of comments about the abundance of Amaryllis blooms that > year. You'll also see a lot of comments that there was no significant > rainfall that summer. "Warm, sunny, and dry" was a typical summary. > > Here's a typical post, from Mary Sue: > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/old.php/… > > The comments about summer rain were interesting, because some very > experienced growers say that a good summer drenching is the thing that > But something else also stood out. Winter of 2005-6 was a heavy rain > year, > with totals in many places about 150% of normal. The preceding winter, > 2004-5, was also pretty good. > > > This isn't much evidence to go on, but my preliminary guess is that > Amaryllis blooms in California are triggered by high rainfall in the > previous one (or two) winters. > >> _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/