----- > > > List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/> > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Lycoris aurea var. surgens (Adam Fikso) > > Kelly Irvin wrote:-- > I think I will have to contest you here in the general nature of your > conclusion. I am not defending that Adam has the true Lycoris aurea var. > surgens. I agree with you in general as to the tender nature of Lycoris > aurea, and compared to all other species of this genus. I have only > grown the version you sent me, I believe properly identified as L. aurea When I intervened at that temperature, frost had only just started > developing where leaf blades were bending over. These frost locations > showed damage after temperatures came back to normal, but the foliage > stayed erect and in growth. > > I do not believe nature in temperate North America really encourages > this scenario. Chances are frost will develop at much higher > temperatures than 13?F, and, chances are, damage will occur wherever the > frost collects, which is usually on the whole leaf. The experience of > the above described event, though, should at least lead to a theory that > under covered protection with a light bulb, even going below 32?F, could > es; I don't remember the variations if they were > even known, but these were located in an unheated cabin that had a glass > covered room and a large flower box or trough for these to grow in. > Temperatures can reach zero in that neck of the woods. How low in the > glass covered room? I don't know. Frost collection? I don't know. > > Has anybody got speculations on the Lycoris shaanxiensis that is being > marketed these days? Chen Yi is probably the original source for all of > them. I've been evaluating for several years, unwilling to classify it > as such. I > > > James Waddick wrote: >> Dear Adam et al, >> This is an interesting species. According to the best I can >> find, this species is endemic to Upper Burma and like all ssp of L. > > ------Well, Thanks to both of you. I am, right now, convinced that this > is probably not the L. aurea from the China-Burma border mentioned by Jim > W. (Chen Yi did collect from there at least once, but I've not been able > to winter over anything from that area) I don't know what it is. At this point there is nothing visible, no leaf remnants at the base of the stem, and I don't remember any 2 foot long leaves. Since the bulb came from you, Kelly, what's your best guess as to ID at this point? I did say that there was nothing else blooming when it flowered, so I thought it was self-fertile, butas I think back--there could have been a squamigera or two still around when this bloomed In which case I have a triploid x triploid seed pod. Not impossible, but highly unlikely. I'd still like to know what your advice is regarding trhying to germinate this. Let it dry first, or plant it green.? I do plan to wait until it's fully mature and dehiscing before I consider planting it. It is wait and see at this point, and keep notes where I can find them in a year.