Ina and all, I don't stand Z. atamasco in water, but I do others, like H. longifolius (was Z. longifolia) and Z. guatemalensis. Some rain lilies can be induced to flower by letting go dry for a few weeks, then watering again, heavily. Z. atamasco gets lots of water and food in the summer, but is not (in autumn) getting any food and less water. Once the first flower bud appears in spring, I resume watering heavily. Jim Shields At 08:57 AM 10/28/2013 +1300, you wrote: >Jim, which varieties of Rainlily do this? Would they be ones likeZ. >atamasco? > >Ina > >Ina Crossley >Auckland New Zealand zone 10a > >On 28/10/2013 8:04 a.m., J.E. Shields wrote: > > Some grow and bloom only when there is standing water near them. > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Lat. 40° 02.8' N, Long. 086° 06.6' W