The flower looks right for L. aurea, chinensis, and L. traubii. The key for me to distinguish them are the leaves, as L. aurea are quite distinctive and the first species leaves to emerge in September. Tony Avent Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Gardens 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 Kipp McMichael Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 7:27 PM To: jamesamckenney@verizon.net; pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Subject: Re: [pbs] Yellow somewhat tender Lyroris Jim, Looks like your account has been hacked. You need to change your email password and make sure the "reply-to" setting in your email account settings is set to the proper address. -|<ipp > Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 15:28:40 -0700 > From: > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: [pbs] Yellow somewhat tender Lyroris > > > > Would the Lycoris experts please take a look at this and let me know what they think? It was purchased years ago from a mass market mail order catalog as Lycoris aurea. I did not expect it to be Lycoris aurea, and now that I've seen it in bloom descriptions of Lycoris aurea suggest that it is not that species. But what is it? Is this Lycoris traubii? It's about twenty inches high. > > Take a look here: > > http://mcwort.blogspot.com/2013_09_01_archive.html > > > 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/