[pbs] Lycoris season
Terry Hernstrom
gardenersview at earthlink.net
Wed Jul 19 15:17:21 EDT 2006
My large population of Lycoris radiata, bloom around Labor Day no matter what the weather cycles are. The curious thing is I can never get them to bloom in pots!
Terence Hernstrom
Kimberly Crest House & Gardens
Redlands, CA
(Where it has been over a 100 degrees everyday for weeks and the garden still looks decent!)
-----Original Message-----
>From: James Waddick <jwaddick at kc.rr.com>
>Sent: Jul 19, 2006 11:54 AM
>To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: [pbs] Lycoris season
>
>Dear all -
> As an admitted Lycori-phile, I am always glad to announce the
>start of the season. My first species . L. sanguinea kiusiana has
>already come and gone with a very short bloom season in our extended
>heat and drought. This is one of the smaller species and each stem
>rarely has more than 4 blooms per stem, but the pale orange-
>tangerine flower color is a treat.
>
> Regardless of speculation, there did not seem to be any
>flowering 'cue' provided by a major change in temperature or
>rainfall. They just bloomed.
>
> Next... Jim W.
>--
>Dr. James W. Waddick
>8871 NW Brostrom Rd.
>Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711
>USA
>Ph. 816-746-1949
>Zone 5 Record low -23F
> Summer 100F +
>
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