Dear all, I too am always delighted when Lycoris time rolls around again! I love these plants. I have the same range of chinensis plus hybrids plus typical longituba that Jim Waddick has -- after all, my bulbs came from him! I'm thinking of tagging them as to color and probably identity too. I just hate to disturb them, for fear they will stop blooming for a couple of years; but I probably will, although again the question is "When?" Immediately after bloom would be logical for the mere sake of keeping track of which is which color variant. I assume however, as Jim W. did, that the summer dormant period would be better for transplanting. Re: transplanting Lycoris, I assume the critical point is, when do the bulbs grow new roots? I don't know when this time period occurs for this genus. One longituba we have here has a lovely pink cast to the open flowers, from buds that are a rich rose color before they open. It too seems to have relative large flowers. It's raining today, but I'll try to get a digital image tomorrow. I am also interested in anyone propagating these bulbs and how they are doing it. I'll definitely be watching for individual bulbs that have produced offsets. In want of artificial propagation, selection may be the next best approach. Any comment or suggestions, anyone? I'm taking pictures of these with a variety of cameras. Older pictures of these plants can be found on my web site at: http://shieldsgardens.com/amaryllids/… and follow the links to genus Lycoris. I'll expand those pages when I have additional pictures of potential interest. I have noted that Lycoris [chinensis X haywardii] bulbs are coming back quite reliably each year, and blooming. Also, they are offsetting well. I assume they are seedlings, but they flowers look nearly identical to me. This and a couple others (all from China by way of Jim Waddick) are shown at: http://shieldsgardens.com/amaryllids/… I wish we could develop a source of reliably named bulbs of Lycoris, selected by color etc. If anyone is doing this, please get in touch with me privately at <jshields@indy.net> Best regards Jim Shields in rainy central Indiana ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA