Jim: Most of the x amarcrinum cultivars have been flowering for several weeks here in Raleigh. Tony Avent Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdelights.com/ phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Jim McKenney Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 3:56 PM To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: Re: [pbs] Σχετ: × Amarcrinum Thanks, Antigoni. The latitude of Gythio is about 36.76, the latitude of Rockville, where I live, is about 39.08; that means Gythio is about 160 miles south of Rockville. Raleigh, North Carolina is about latitude 35.81, south of both Rockville and Gythio. So if latitude has anything to do with the blooming of this plant, then plants in the Raleigh, North Carolina area and areas south of that should have been blooming for awhile. Any comments from those south of Antigoni and me? Jim McKenney Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7 _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/