Dear all; About a week ago, on Aug 5, 06 I wrote : ""The notes about bloom remind me about our brutal hot dry summer. I have three Lycoris in bloom" Species and cvs are extremely spotty- one here, one there and very few with multiple stems- L.chinensis, L. longituba, some hybrids. I will guess that like last year, when we get a good soaking rain we'll have a much better show." Last night we had almost 1 1/4 inch of rain. Maybe too much of it ran off, but some soaked in. Will this bring a new flush of Lycoris bloom as I think or was the spring freeze too damaging to make a difference, now.? I suspect that within a matter of days we'll see more blooms, but as the temps continue to hover around 100F (with THI of 106 - 108) it may just be too extreme. Stay tuned. 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 +