Lack of humidity? That could be yet another reason they don't grow in much of California. You mean "rainfall" rather than "humidity", don’t you? Cities on the west coast are considerably more humid than cities in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, etc., except when it's raining. Denver has relatively wet springs and dry summers (usually; not this summer); Santa Fe has very dry springs and relatively wet summers due to the Mexican monsoon. There used to be a large colony of Lycoris squamigera in Denver, planted between an irrigated lawn and a parking lot. Considering that the ones I planted emerged in the spring and then vanished, my impression of this plant is that it doesn't tolerate summer-dry soil. Bob Nold Denver, Colorado, USA _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/