Thank you Jim. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Waddick" <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 11:20 PM Subject: [pbs] What makes erythroniums bloom? > >>Hi all. What makes erythroniums bloom?. I have a patch of them here near >>Chicago (natives I think) and only about 10-15% bloom each year >> >>Dear Adam, > > I wish I knew. > I have a small patch of wild collected (from down the hill) > Erythronium albidum. They bloom fairly well, but must have 2 leaves > per plant before they bloom. Plants with one leaf do not bloom. In > the wild you can find hillsides with hundreds of plants and only a > hand full of flowers. > > I have 3 named E. dens-canis and 2 have never bloomed in a 10 > years; the 3rd has produced one bloom one year and this year a record > 2 flowers. They all produce abundant and lovely foliage. > > But then E. 'Pagoda' is pretty reliable about blooming every > year -more or less each year. > > I sure don't see a pattern. 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 + > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/