If you ever verify that, it would be fascinating...certainly changing what we know about the plant. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Shawn Pollard via pbs http://date.com:7/29/2014/ 10:26 AM (GMT-05:00) To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: Re: [pbs] Lycoris squamigera in warm climates Dear All: It has been reported to me, second hand, that Lycoris squamigera persists and blooms along the old canals in the Phoenix area because the evaporation of the water cools the soil year round. Shawn Pollard