Jim: I've been thinking about your orange hybrid...how about L. sanguinea x L. chinensis instead of L. incarnata. I've can't find anyone who could get L. incarnata to set seed or who found the pollen any good. Whatever it is, it's darn nice. Tony Avent Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdelights.com/ phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of James Waddick Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 12:10 PM To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: Re: [pbs] Lycoris in Maryland & KC One of the members of our local rock garden group is a Lycoris enthusiast. He has obtained plants from all of the usual suspects (Chen Yi, Brent & Becky, Tony, Jim Waddick and others) and each year the variety of bloom gets better. Please take a look here: http://www.pvcnargs.org/lycoris_gallery.htm Dear Jim Mc, Nice pix. Only one seems 'iffy' that's your L. straminea. Just can't see it close enough to confirm ID. Other wise all good guesses Here's some pix taken this season in my garden - all pix are in vaguely chronological order. https://facebook.com/media/set/… You do not need to be a member to look at this public link. All are named. Nos 54 and 55 are a very interesting hybrid that looks like a late blooming sibling to L. squamigera. Very subdued, but quite nice. As I mentioned earlier here's juts a few of the L. caldwellii going strong now at the end. Still Lycoris season in KC. 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 +