Jim W. and all, Lycoris sanguinea is in bloom here. Scattered scapes of squamigera and just a couple scapes of longituba are poking up so far. Jim Shields in warm and very humid central Indiana, USA At 10:49 AM 7/22/2010 -0500, Jim W. wrote: >...... Yesterday I saw a single stem of a Lycoris chinensis x L. >longituba hybrid up about 1 foot. I checked around and saw no others, but >L. sanguinea is usually the first to actually bloom here and no growth visible. >.... ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA