Lycoris chinensis
James Waddick (Fri, 06 Jul 2012 10:20:09 PDT)

Dear Lee,
I agree, but in your climate this may be the norm. Here in
Kansas City they don't bloom until August or so along with L.
squamigera and L. longituba.

It seems clear that they can delay their bloom based on lack
of rain fall/ soil moisture. We are currently experience a severe
drought here and extremely high temps (103-105 expected today) so I
expect a late bloom unless things change drastically which is NOT
forecast.

I'd have to compare bloom time for others in mild climates to
compare. Diana seems to have similar experience.

And generally Lycoris do not do well in pots and bloom poorly
in my experience.

Congrats though on the bloom. A nice bloom for mid-late
summer when some bulb flowers are in short supply.

Best Jim W.
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