No, that is not at all what I wrote. [shrug] Nathan At 10:29 AM 6/14/2015, you wrote: > >So I wonder how A. belladonna responds to "full sun" sites with southern or >northern exposures, if there would be a difference in flowering time. > >To add to the complexity, there are many well documented cases of A. >belladonna (and possibly the hybrids) blooming very vigorously after a fire >has cleared the overlying brush. Mary Sue posted some great photos of this >on the PBS Amaryllis page. > >Based on what Nathan wrote about bud initiation happening three years before >blooming, that means it's routine for these plants to form buds, wait to see >if conditions seem optimal for blooming, and then abort the buds if they >don't get the right trigger(s). So when we fight to get these things to >bloom, we're not just trying to make the bulbs happy, we're trying to avoid >conditions that tell the bulb "this is one of the years when you should not >bother to bloom." > >Some PBS members in Australia have said that the blooming trigger for them >is late summer thunderstorms. But that can't be the only trigger, as in most >of California we rarely get that sort of weather. > >The whole thing is surprisingly complex, and I'm glad Nhu is keeping >records. At some point I hope we can collectively figure it all out... > >Mike >San Jose, CA > > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/