I don't see any particular theme. Here in Berkeley at the Garden and my home, they bloomed profusely as they do almost every year. We now have a nice collection of colors. Paul Licht, Director Univ. California Botanical Garden 200 Centennial Drive Berkeley, CA 94720 (510)-643-8999 http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/ Mary Sue Ittner wrote: > Hi, > > It has been a dismal year for the Amaryllis belladonna in my garden. > Only two have bloomed. Usually I have a lot more bloom. > > You may recall in our recent discussion about how to get them to > bloom that I wrote that in South Africa they are much more likely to > bloom after a fire. Members of this list didn't seem willing to go to > those extremes to get them to bloom. > > Several weeks ago a local restaurant burned to the ground. This > restaurant was sited close to a bluff top overlooking the Gualala > River and the Pacific Ocean. Below it was a steep slope that was a > mixture of mostly non native vegetation (non native grasses, Vinca > major, wild radish) although there were some Garryea elliptica (silk > tassel bushes/trees) and Baccharis closer to the bottom. The upper > part burned with the building taking out for the moment the Vinca. > Walking on the bottom of the slope where there is a trail a week plus > later we saw something pushing out of the ground on the hillside > above in the scorched earth and broken glass. Immediately we figured > out it had to be Amaryllis belladonna. We've never seen it there and > I'm not sure how it got there since I don't think anyone could have > planted it on that steep of a slope. But it is all over the place > with more coming up all the time. I took a few pictures for the wiki > today, but I couldn't get very close and my zoom lens distorts distances. > <http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…>http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > > > Mary Sue > > PS. So far it seems to be a great start for my Oxalis and Moraea > polystachya is in bloom and the first Crocus and Hyacinthoides > lingulata. Also a number of Nerine hybrids and species are in bloom > and a lot of Cyclamen. > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >