I have many Amaryllis belladonna hybrid seedlings that are offspring from a batch purchased from William Welch many years ago. They generally bloom sporadically from late July to September. This year, we had to cut down some trees which had many bulbs growing but not thriving underneath them. The Amaryllis belladonna bulbs located in the former shady area are now in full bloom in mid-October, so I have to agree with Mary Sue that sun is a major influencer of bloom in these bulbs. Jana Ulmer Sebastopol, CA > On Oct 10, 2019, at 8:57 AM, Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> wrote: > > Our Mendocino coast has massive flowers every year in places where they get no summer rainfall and no watering either. The best flowering is almost always where they are growing in full sun. > > I have them planted all over my garden (from earlier times before I realized that my garden was too shady) and the ones that flower the most reliably are ones that get the most light. Ones in the shade have never flowered. We had better rainfall this past spring than we have had in a number of years and there were a few that flowered this year that hadn't in a long time, but others that flowered last year that did not flower this year. A friend was thrilled when hers flowered this year after skipping a few years and when I asked, I learned that a neighbor had cut down a tree so the bulbs were now getting much more light. > > Mary Sue > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…