Hi all, All the Lycoris that I have tried here bloom leafless here in Indiana in the late summer (these came from Jim Waddick): LL. sprengeri, chinensis, longituba, and caldwellii. Also, L. sanguinea and L. radiata radiata (neither from Waddick). All the autumn flowering Colchicum that I have seen flower from leafless bulbs: byzantinum, cilicicum, autumnale, speciosum, bornmeulleri. Haemanthus coccineus and H. barkerae, in late summer or autumn. Scadoxus puniceus, in very later winter or very early spring. Those occur to me off the top of my head. Jim Shields in central Indiana At 07:57 AM 8/3/2003 -0700, Mary Sue wrote: >The topic this week was inspired by an unanswered question on another bulb >list and that was which bulbs flower without leaves. This is a rather >broad question since some have leaves that grow and are dying back when >they flower. Some of these same bulbs in cultivation away from their >native habitat may still have leaves when they flower because the >conditions in cultivation are different (temperatures and more regular >amounts of moisture for instance.) Others have a dormant period, then >flower, and then produce leaves. Then there are even some interesting >combinations like Gethyllis that flower in summer without leaves, with a >fruit emerging from the ground in autumn before the leaves appear. I think >it would be worth growing just to see that happen. >......... ************************************************* 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 Member of INTERNATIONAL CLIVIA CO-OP