Jim, when I grew Amarillis belladonna, they only started blooming for me after I moved them to a hot, sunny, dry spot, and that is in the equivalent of Zone 10. Ina On 30/07/2013 5:30 a.m., Jim McKenney wrote: > We have thunderstorms and overnight (in fact, 24/7) humidity in abundance here in Maryland just outside Washington D.C., and so far the clump of Amaryllis belladonna here has not been moved to bloom in the eight years it has been growing here. This is planted in the ground, with bulbs mostly buried but with the necks exposed. It's in a well protected cold frame. It yearly produces a thick tuft of foliage, and the foliage is never damaged during the winter. Yet it has never bloomed. I drenched it with smoke water last year, and hope blooms eternal... > > Jim McKenney > Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where Crocosmias, eucomises, kniphofias and the erstwhile galtonias are all blooming - gloriosas to follow shortly. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- Ina Crossley Auckland New Zealand zone 10a