Current Blooms in Indiana
Adam Fikso (Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:14:00 PDT)

Hello all. Hymenocallis occidentalis blooming for me. Maiden bloom on two
seedlings purchased as seedlings about 5 years ago. 4 flowes on one, 5 on
the other. Bases of the stems more than 1 inch in greatest cross-sectional
dimension--marquise-shaped which I've not seen in any description, and one
stem is 17" tall to the base of the inflorescence. A very respectable
flower--about 6" across

My Haemanthus coccineus (katharinae?) finished blooming about 3 weeks ago.

I'm also announcing what may be a fool's claim. Seed pods on Lycoris
squamigera and on both sanguinea and aurea v. surgens by squamigera. I've
not seen the ovaries so large before and holding their color while others
have declined. Of course they could be balloons, and/or inviable. These
were the product of mixed pollen, a 2, 4-D assist and DMSO.

So singalong with me? . Has anyone else had large pods on squamigera and
subsequent failure? Jim Waddick?