these are blooming NOW? -------------------------------------------------- From: "James Waddick" <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 3:39 PM To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Subject: [pbs] What's blooming now ... week of Aug 21st, 2011 >>Some more Lycoris are blooming now. L. sprengeri is now in full bloom, > > Dear Friends, > Like Jim S, my Lycoris are going strong again. Still have L. > squamigera, longituba, chinensis and sprengeri. L. anhuiensis got > blown over in the same storm that knocked me off line all weekend. > DARN!! Various hybrids abound, too. > > New this week are L. incarnata and a strange pale > orange/tangerine beauty pictured at > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > This is so unlike anything else I grow. > > And the first shoots are showing of L. caldwellii, the last > of the spring foliage types. > > IF any of the fall foliage species manage to bloom I expect L > radiata in a week or two, maybe others. Generally these do not do > very well here. > > Noticed a few blooms in a pot of Habreanthus martinezii from > an older PBS Bulb offer, I think. Pale pink and like a mini Lycoris. > > We've had enough rain this week to bring flowers to pots of > Zephyranthes candida, citrina and a couple others. None of the rain > lilies are hardy here. > > And a few late Crinum linger on. Their gigantic 6 foot plus > long foliage is a wonder of the temperate garden. Wow. > > Off topic: last night brought the first flower of the huge > night blooming cereus (Hylocereus undatus). Over 10 in across, pure > white and about as exotic as any flower gets. Dazzling and worth > staying up late to see in all its glory. > > See what next week brings - more excitement. Best > Jim > -- > 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 + > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >