Dear Jim, Just as I thought I can tell these bulbs apart, this is what is going on in my garden in Niagara. Leafless bulb Image #1 produced a seed pod (hand pollinated), image #2. I had it labeled Amaryllis belladonna. It has an intoxicating fragrance. Lycoris squamigera bloomed last month (also leafless), I hand pollinated it as well and here are the seed pods (image 3). Here is my puzzle. My garden is in Niagara on the Lake with very cold winters with not much snow cover, yet they both grow well here. 1. These two species should not grow well in the same environment 2 Lycoris squamigera should not set seeds Any light on this puzzle is much appreciated. Laura Grant Niagara on the Lake Ontario On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 10:18 AM James Waddick via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Luminata and all, > > Many people confuse Belladonna and Lycoris because of the similar > common names - Naked Ladies or Surprise Lilies. > > They are very easy to tell apart and here’s the PBS story: > > > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… < > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…> > > Luinata, I am absolutely certain your bulbs are Lycoris > squamigera. Best Jim W. > > > > > > > On Sep 8, 2021, at 7:35 AM, Luminita vollmer via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > > I also have a few Belladonna bulbs that I bought from someone at the > local > > farmer's market about 10 years ago. I planted them in the garden, the > > seller told me they multiply like crazy and they live outside during the > > winter. > > > > I only saw them blooming once, like maybe the second year I planted them, > > and forgot about them every year until spring when a large bush of green > > leaves appeared and then quickly disappeared until next year. > > > > But this year - I had a large group of blooms, a dozen stalks or so , > just > > a big bunch of flowers that you could see from far away in the yard. > Early > > in August the spikes came up and bloomed. > > > > The seller told me Belladonna, but they could be L. squamigera. We get > > really cold weather here, -20F or even more. And for many days in a row. > > This year we had over 90F for week, and high humidity. Many of my > > perennials are behaving like they were under war-like conditions - they > all > > have bulbils where usually they don't. > > > > If anyone's worry is about Belladonna being outside in cold weather, mine > > are doing it. And if they are L. squamigera, they are also doing it. > > Maybe I planted them deep, I will try to dig them up in a couple of > weeks, > > they really are not in a good spot for me, but apparently yes for the > > bulbs. > > > > Luminita > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Amaryllis belladona seed pod.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 246627 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Amaryllis belladona 1.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 319984 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Lycoris squamigera seed pod.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 258803 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>
