Dear Friends, So much for theories, plans and vagaries of nature. I wrote earlier about my theory I'd see abundant secondary /late bloom on Lycoris following a good rain. We did get a 1/2 inch here and there, but not enough (still) to really soak in. Lycoris squamigera had a second flush. The first bloom was meager and about 1/2 the usual height. The second flush was -..well..... Where I had 7 stalks earlier at 1/2 height, here came 27 new stalks at less than 1/4 height; barely an inch or two above ground and elongating to 4 inches. Very odd looking. No improvement on Lycors chinensis, longituba or other hybrids except - L. caldwelli. One spot that should have 20 plus stalks has 4 stalks, yet in 4 other spots it is blooming as usual with 1/2 dozen stalks each and nearly normal height. I fail to see a pattern, other than that these will bloom if they MUST regardless of rain and heat as long as the time comes around. I seriously doubt I'll see anything much later than this unless we do get some good soaking rain, cooler temps and perhaps some L. radiata will show up in a month or so. Right now the garden is essentially at a stand still. Too hot, too dry for too long and our patience is wearing thin. best 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 +