It's not just greenhouses. The H. barkerae and coccineus are in full bloom here in the Garden. Paul Licht, Director University of California Botanical Garden 200 Centennial Drive Berkeley, CA 94720 (510)-643-8999 http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/ On 8/26/2010 4:10 PM, Stephen Putman wrote: > Jim, > > Does this mean that you have been watering them prior to > now, or that some other triggering phenomenon is at work? > > On 8/26/2010 6:03 PM, J.E. Shields wrote: >> In the greenhouse, some of the Haemanthus barkerae are >> blooming, as well >> as a couple H. pubescens pubescens. There is a bud on the >> H. dasyphyllus >> and on one of the H. coccineus. Another coccineus is in >> full bloom, with >> very curious -- and quite attractive -- bicolor (red and >> white) bracts. >> >> Pictures will eventually appear in my blog, >> http://shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/… >> >> The Lycoris have mostly faded except for one clump of L. >> caldwellii. >> Bloom is a bit spotty; what with the extend hot, dry >> weather we have >> been having, perhaps not surprising. >> >> Jim Shields >> >> ************************************************* >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >