Here in my North Carolina garden, I know Autumn is here when the Lycoris radiata pop up. There is still no sign of them, so I'd call it Summer, albeit an unusually cool and wet one. Outside, Lilium catesbaei is still in bud; I think it is about 10 days later than usual. Lilium formosanum is blooming all over the place. It's almost a weed, the way it spreads, but any weed with such wonderful fragrance and flowers large enough for a hummingbird to almost disappear inside can stay. Can I consider terrestrial orchids with tuberoids honorary bulbs?Platanthera ciliaris is in full bloom outside, and in the greenhouse, the summer-growing tropical Habenaria and Pecteilis species are in bud or in bloom. Nick -- Nicholas Plummer Durham, NC, USA Zone 7 <mikemace@att.net> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Jane McGary <janemcgary<janemcgary@earthlink.net> > wrote: > Mid-August is a time when the last Mediterranean-cycle bulbs of > summer overlap with the first bulbs of fall. >