[pbs] Theories - Late Summer bulbs(Lycoris), rain etc.?
J.E. Shields
jshields at indy.net
Sat Sep 1 18:30:23 EDT 2007
Jim W. and all,
Here, we received over 4 inches of rain in a week's time in about the third
week of August.
Our Lycoris made a weak attempt at flowering during the last week of July
and the first week in August. Starting within a few days of the heavy
rain, the Lycoris began sending up new scapes from places where there had
previously been no flowering in July and August this summer.
This late burst is definitely heavier -- more scapes, more flowers -- than
the first flush was. So I think I see confirmation of Jim Waddick's rain
hypothesis, at least in my garden and with the heavy rain we received in a
short period of time.
Now some of the Colchicum are starting to bloom, at least in a few
spots. The Hymenocallis occidentalis did not bloom at all until after that
rainfall. A few scapes are up and in flower on them now.
So what are we to conclude? That resuscitation after a drought is
dependent on the amount of rainfall received? Possibly so.
Jim Shields
in central Indiana (USA)
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