Getting Rain Lilies to Bloom
J.E. Shields (Sat, 23 Nov 2013 11:02:34 PST)

That is very useful information, Alberto. It also helps to have it all on
one page.

I am very curious about the seasonality of the Brazilian species. I know
almost nothing about the climate(s) of the various regions in Brazil.

Jim Shields

At 06:49 PM 11/23/2013 +0000, you wrote:

There is a lot of information available on this.

For instance, the list of oficial Mexican spp.

arenicola
bella
carinata/grandiflora
chichimeca
citrina
clintiae
crociflora
fosteri
katherinae
latissimifolia
lindleyana
longifolia
macrosiphon
morrisclintii (they merge Cooperia into Zephyranthes)
nelsonii
nervosa
nymphaea
primulina
pulchella
reginae
subflava
verecunda

are all from alkaline to very alkaline soils and dry winter dormancy.

"Labufarosae" also belongs here but has not been published as a species to
my knowledge. And it is a very good one. Also huastecana.

Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 13:31:50 -0500
To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
From: jshields@indy.net
Subject: Re: [pbs] Getting Rain Lilies to Bloom

Also note that Charles grows his rain lilies in the university greenhouse
-- heated in winter and cooled in summer. If we can figure out when the
dry season occurs in nature for a given species, that is when those rain
lilies should benefit most from a rest period.

Best wishes,
Jim Shields

At 06:10 PM 11/23/2013 +0000, Alberto wrote:

Kathleen, summer drying for those that are dormant in summer. The many
Mexicans would rot if exposed to wet ground/mix in winter.

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