Dear Friends, Lycoris continue to bloom with a few late L. sanguinea overlapping with the first round of species and their hybrids: Ll. squamigera, chinensis, longituba and sprengeri. Still no incarnata or the next round of later bloomers. We are experiencing a dry spell and I expect to see major bloom when we get a heavy rain. I had pondered the questions of other hybrids that match L. squamigera. It is generally agreed that L. squamigera is a sterile triploid hybrid between L. longituba and L. sprengeri. Although it is an odd seeming combination it could surely have occurred more than once. Chromosome numbers as follows: L. squamigera = 27 (16 = 11) L. longituba = 16 L. sprengeri = 22 (11 + 11) Just this week I had a new flower stalk emerge that looks like L. squamigera, but the flowers are a more even pale pink with no hints of the blue-lilac common to the tepal tips of 'typical' squamigera. It seems obviously like a sibling seedling to L. squamigera, just a pastel. I have a couple pictures I'd be glad to send to someone to post to the wiki or mail to individuals with an interest. Send me your email and I send them off. Appreciate responses. It is pretty amazing that these delicate looking flower scapes can push through dry, near rock-hard, baked clay to bloom. Some L. longituba get to a full 3 ft tall. Amazing. Best Jim W. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +